Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

Chapter 7 Meet 5K+

"Where the dust is high and sharp, the car will come"

--"The Art of War"

The Kazdel column formed by the 113th Division of the People's Federation of Extraterrestrial Corps and the Integration Movement is rolling forward.

Two squadrons consisting of a standard cruiser and two standard destroyers advanced side by side, followed by the battleship "General 1", exuding maximum deterrence.The amphibious assault ship group is in the center of the ring formation formed by the rest of the cruisers and destroyers, accommodating an entire reinforced division of the People's Union-Integration Movement mixed land combat force.However, the most central one is not the column flagship "Natural Selection" that carries a company of space warriors and related auxiliary forces. The ship type has been officially changed to "strike cruiser".

A steel monster with a height of more than 60 meters, eight giant tracked warehouses each weighing thousands of tons, and a total of forty road wheels with a diameter of eight meters. A masterpiece made by accumulating tons of materials, it is an industrial seed for both military and civilian purposes.

——Mobile Construction Vehicle, MCV, mobile base construction vehicle.

For the sake of martial arts, it can build a forward military industrial base within 24 hours to meet all the material needs of the People's League Army-level marines in a combat environment without rear areas; Open up the world to provide industrial material conditions of a certain quality and quantity, laying the foundation for this place to officially become the administrative region of the People's Federation.

Accompanying this MCV are non-combat ships such as transport ships, supply ships and service support ships of the Kazdel column.They were indeed the lifeblood of Kazdel's column.

The entire fleet was like a huge iron box, rolling forward all the way, the sand and dust rolled up by the tracks were raised hundreds of meters high, and the floating dust covered the sky.And along the way, there are indeed hundreds of ghosts and changes.

Civilians hid without a trace, and soldiers never showed up.This is understandable. As long as their minds are clear, no one will run in front of a powerful and unknown force.Only a few small land ships of unknown affiliation timidly approached the fleet's security circle, but just when the shipborne drone of Kazdel's column appeared, they left at lightning speed.Now that we have finally met friendly forces (at least for now), we can finally have effective contact with local forces.

After much consideration and discussion, Hedley's team was allowed to board the Kazdale column flagship "Natural Selection" strike cruiser.The first round of negotiations will be conducted by column commander "Patriot" Bozhuo Kasi.

**

The existence of Kelsey is the most powerful proof of the identity of this fleet.Most of the mercenaries don't like this woman who talks endlessly with rhetoric and always has a bad face-but this premise is that everyone has seen her by His Highness's side and knows that she is His Highness's confidant.

Sausages, sauerkraut, fresh meat, bread, butter, eggs, and milk are like dreams for the living conditions of the Sarkaz mercenaries.As a result, the Hedley team swept away the ration food in a stormy manner, but even at this speed, it was still not the fastest among the Atlas employees dining together.They smelled the same kind of breath from the Atlas shipboard marines around their area. Obviously, many of them had stayed on the front line of the war and had a special desire for food.

After the meal, most of the Hedley team returned to the dormitory arranged for them on the ship to rest.But a few have gone in the other direction.They climbed the stairs inside the ship to the direct flight deck of the land strike cruiser, and stood at an open space behind the island that was used to transfer aviation ammunition during wartime.

The last pure-blood Wendigo Sarkaz on this land, Bodrocasti, the "Public Relations Manager" of the Atlas Kasdale Regional Department code-named "Patriot", is waiting for them.

"Right now, I'm only here to see you personally, please don't worry. I just want to hear what happened to... my compatriots, and my hometown."

Bozhuo Kasi came straight to the point and went straight to the point: "I know that in Kazdel, many things happened. I have heard about it, but I don't know the details."

W said calmly: "Oh, you are an Ursus now. And you switched sides after being loyal to Ursus."

Bozhuo Kasi nodded: "The two are not in conflict. But my blood will not change. The darkness we face is also deeply rooted. I can't change the former, but I can do the latter."

W showed an uncertain smile: "Then even if you know, what are you going to do?"

Bojocasti replied calmly: "Because I met Teresia a long time ago."

The Sarkaz mercenaries looked at each other, and W showed a surprised expression for the first time: "—— huh."

Bodrokas took a long breath: "I understand your reaction. She also left traces on you. After all, you are also Sakaz. And I, an old guy with a three-digit age , also grew up listening to the stories of her and her brother.

"She was hailed as a hero by all. She was a great warrior and a rare monarch... My flesh and blood are loyal to Ursus, my kind chooses self-exile, but I am still Sarkaz.

"I wonder what happened to Kazdel."

......

Since the coalition conquered Kazdel 200 years ago, the once mighty Kazdel has fallen into a chaotic vortex of civil war.The ten royal families of the Sarkaz race, the smaller Sarkaz clans, the separatist cities and the never-ending mercenaries sometimes cooperated, and sometimes broke out fierce conflicts with each other.

Tracys and Teresia were born among commoners, and gradually became the second of Kazdel's six well-known heroes.Now that everyone else has disappeared in the long river of history, these two brothers and sisters have ascended to the position of regent king and demon king qualification successor step by step, only one step away from King Kazdel.

However, the two are idealists in a certain sense, but at this moment there is a huge difference.

Perhaps after hundreds of years of fighting, Demon King Theresia chose to establish a new organization "Tower of Babel", hoping to use the opportunity to cure the Originium disease to use gentler methods to open up a way for Sakaz's survival. new road.

However, the regent Theresis was deeply suspicious of this.As a war hero who united most of Kazdel's forces under the banner of the "Military Council", he agrees with the need for development, but believes that there must be a strong force to deter Sarkaz's old opponents first.

Teresia has ideals, and Teresis longs for power.

The highest goal is to allow the Sakaz people to survive well, but the two parted ways at this moment.Now, Kazdel, which has been in endless civil wars, has rarely fallen into a low tide of war, but this is just the calm before the storm-the two His Royal Highnesses have smashed and integrated a large number of Sarkaz clans and expanded their sphere of influence. , the only two large-scale political entities in Kazdaele are the two brothers and their respective forces.The two sides are entrenched in the west and east of Kazdale respectively.

Theresia and Teresis are confronting east and west.The entire Kazdel has been torn apart from a mess, and the largest all-out civil war in Kazdel's history will break out between the two forces. The throne; it will also determine Kazdel's future course.

......

"That's it." Hedley concluded the explanation with these words.

The patriots did not interrupt from beginning to end, but listened silently.It wasn't until Hedley stopped talking that everyone heard an inaudible sigh.

Ines said: "Okay, then, you have returned to Kazdale with such a huge fleet, what do you want to do?"

A calm and peaceful male voice came from not far away: "Let me answer this question."

People followed the reputation and saw a...

An ordinary man.

It doesn't have any animal-related characteristics, so it may be from the Agor people; but the skin color, hair color and eye color are like Yan people.Underneath the black slab cut cut are the weather-beaten and tough cheeks, with a calm and peaceful expression.He was wearing a green overcoat, and the inner clothes were the same camouflage uniforms as those of the marines, and there was no difference between the two from the clothes.

But the woman behind him looked interesting.She has short, smooth gray-white hair full of texture, a white and tall forehead, and a three-dimensional but delicate and pretty facial contour, exuding a strong and stubborn aura, like a long sword pinned to her waist.This guy exudes a dangerous aura from top to bottom, and it's hard to tell whether it's a dragon or a Drake from the racial characteristics for a while-the members of these two races are not easy to mess with.

Countless thoughts flashed through the minds of the politically sensitive mercenaries.But all of this disappeared when the ordinary man stood still in front of them and spoke: "My name is Comand. I am the Kazdale Regional Manager of the Atlas Group. To put it simply, I am Atlas in The supreme person in charge of all businesses in the Kazdale area is also the supreme commander of this fleet."

The patriot stood neatly at attention and saluted, proving his words.

Commande returned the salute calmly, put down his arms after the patriots saluted, and continued to say to the Sarkaz mercenaries: "As for the purpose of our coming here... In theory, we are similar to your essence, mercenaries , at most part-time arms dealer. We are here to make money."

The Sarkaz people looked past Comand and looked at the huge fleet like a mountain of steel again, so they rolled their eyes in unison.

——If these are just mercenaries, then His Highness's Tower of Babel is really a harmless medical enterprise.

"As a matter of fact—allow me to digress." Commander suddenly changed the subject, "Do you know anything about Ms. Kelsey?"

"..." The mercenaries looked at each other silently.Before they could answer, Command continued talking to himself, "For example, you can't speak without metaphors, personification, questioning, and rhetorical comparisons, such as always acting like you owe her money or favors... .”

The faces of the mercenaries twitched slightly, holding back their smiles.

"But she's also done a lot of great things."

Command paused for a moment, observing the other party's expression, and felt that the Sarkaz people either knew nothing about Kelsey's anti-Sarkaz coalition forces organized 200 years ago, or they had a good ability to disguise.

He went on: "Here I'm going to tell you something very interesting: she also worked as an archaeologist."

"Archaeologist? I really can't tell that the old woman is a generalist." W laughed dryly.

Comand nodded, raised his left hand, tapped twice on the personal terminal on his left wrist, and activated the naked-eye 3D stereoscopic projection mode——

The Sarkaz mercenaries looked suspiciously at the picture that emerged in the air: a black and white high-definition picture, a bone lying in the sand, and a sign with the words "H1-56" next to it.

"It's...the femur, the femur." Ines frowned and identified it. "The fracture has healed."

"It seems that you are quite familiar with the bones of dead people." Comand made a joke to the Sarkaz mercenaries, "but this sentence is not accurate enough. To be precise, this is a human femur Fossil - According to the archaeologists, it is from 1 years ago. Ms. Kelsey, one of the group of archaeologists and historians, gave me this picture.

"What does this picture represent?"

The noise around gradually subsided, and Comand's introverted and steady voice echoed in the ears of the Sarkaz people: "It means that in that city without mobiles, without modern technology, or even with swords, human beings are still drinking blood, eating and sleeping, hunting and gathering, using In the Stone Age, there was such an unlucky guy—his leg was broken.

"For primitive tribes, he is a cripple and a burden. He cannot gather, let alone hunt. If he is abandoned, he will surely die.

"—but the bone healed."

Commande glanced at the Sarkaz mercenaries with different expressions: "You understand what this means. After he was injured, the tribe with perhaps only 30 to [-] people did not abandon him.

“Someone treated his wounds, someone provided the burden with water and food, and someone protected him from wild beasts in the wilderness where danger could come at any time.

"Unity allows human beings to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and survive to this day. Perhaps this is the biggest difference between us and the beasts."

Facing the silent Sarkaz mercenaries, Command raised his voice slightly: "Sarkaz, may I ask, how many times have you experienced cooperation and betrayal?"

The three mercenaries laughed wryly together.

Hedley whispered: "Mr. Manager, we are Sakaz mercenaries."

Ines let out a long breath: "And it's an ultra-small mercenary group that relies on seven or eight guns for a living. It's no different from the primitive tribes at that time. A small conflict It will destroy us completely."

"Whether it's betrayal or being betrayed..." W's smile was slightly complicated, "Heh, do you remember how many slices of bread you have eaten?"

Comand nodded: "I dare not say that I understand you, I have never been in a situation like yours, and I don't have that qualification... But the problem is, today, 1 years later, another broken femur is placed on the in front of us.

"The age of witchcraft and physical fitness is passing away, and the age of industrial prowess and science and technology is upon us. Kazdel has been worn down in endless wars for 200 years, and now is its last chance to catch up Otherwise, everything that Sarkaz is proud of, whether it is a powerful racial talent or a large number of elite fighters, will be meaningless in front of mobile cities and land battleships, and Kazdel will completely become a geographical term , and the continuation of Sarkaz is not up to him to decide."

The three are solemn.But immediately pretended to be indifferent or disapproving.Hedley said calmly: "Sir, we are just a group of mercenaries."

Comand smiled: "You chose to cooperate with Theresia for a long time. There is really no reason other than the transaction? I don't think you are the kind of people who only want to kill and fuck. You follow Theresia's ears and eyes, and you will consider these things. Question. Think what you will... For the idealist, we can give her a chance to give her followers a chance to sleep peacefully under the starry night when the smoke has cleared; and for the realistic Activists--"

Comand pointed to the fleet close at hand: "We will give him a chance to gain strength.

"Okay, I'm done."

Silence continued for a moment.

"It sounds like...you're trying to get 'all the Sarkaz unite'." Ines said quietly, "but I'm not optimistic about it. Even if you really came to help, but You know, the Sarkaz have been robbed for 200 years and trust no one."

Commande smiled and waved his hand: "I understand, we all understand. Everyone thinks that their fundamental goal is the most correct one, Theresia, Theresis, the royal court, the powerful and the small and medium nobles It is impossible to resolve this difference by persuasion and understanding. Because the essence of this problem is their own and the group they represent - interests.

"Unity has a price. It is not enough to propose a very feasible and very beautiful plan. Only when there is only one feasible plan left, can everyone support this plan.

"However, Kazdel will definitely be unified."

Comand nodded: "That's it."

After a brief silence, Hedley spoke: "In my opinion, there are two possibilities for your true appearance.

"Or, you are an idealist who is even more hopeless than Her Highness Teresia, and sooner or later you will drown in your own ideals.

"Or, you are the most powerful trickster and conspirator in this land."

Comand and Hedley looked at each other, and finally shared meaningful expressions.

Then Comand suddenly turned his head to look at Ines next to him: "Your Originium skill is a Psychic system, but you can only feel my general emotions, not the specific content of thinking, right?"

Ines was caught off guard by the sudden attack: "Ah, I..."

"It's because our psykers are blocking your offense." Comand replied in a calm and polite tone, as if he didn't care, "but if it's harmless to pry into other people's minds at will, then'this There's nothing on earth that can be considered an offense.

"Miss, we understand your hesitation towards us. After all, you are responsible for the safety of your own team. But if there is a next time, either your corpse will be thrown off this ship, or the corpse of your entire team will be thrown off this ship." boat. Respect yourself."

He returned his gaze to Hedley: "You see, unity and trust are indeed not easy things."

Comand turned to leave.The Drake girl cut across Ines's head with her chilly gaze before turning around...

Throat.

Then she pressed the small combat headset next to her ear: "Quick response team and snipers, you can withdraw."

Chapter 8 Meet the young ones, come the old ones

As soon as she entered the corridor of the ship, Tallulah frowned unhappily: "You are risking yourself!"