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As a result of this incident, the Colombian Congress made an exception for the first time in decades and introduced a bill to manage lava flow products within 72 hours.As a result, the federal government had to pay huge compensation to Siesta and promised to amend the antitrust law as soon as possible.

The battle in Ursus and the popular short film on the Intercity Network were superimposed on each other. Within just half a month of their popularity, Lava Flow received orders like snowflakes.And some unexpected and reasonable troubles.

Rutland seemed to have realized something, and finally sent an investigation team led by the Rutland Notary Office to Siesta to investigate the local company in Siesta for openly selling unlicensed firearms in the international market. incident, launch an investigation.

The investigation team submitted the application and entered Siesta City smoothly. After all, Siesta is an open tourist city. Along the way, several members of the investigation team had a surprising understanding of this city that is under construction everywhere. Busy and prosperous, I was surprised.

But when they walked into the Rhode Island Station Office Building, things became a little subtle.

98.Rutland’s visit

"In order to safeguard the national interests of Lateran and the purity of religious belief, in accordance with the Lateran Law, the Pope's Office and the Notary Office appointed us to come to your company to investigate the circulation of illegal firearms in the international market. Lateran Lan holds the technical patent rights and final interpretation rights for gun weapons, this kind of..."

In the office, Rutland's special envoy said this to Brother ACE, who was sitting behind a huge desk and concentrating on making tea and drinking tea.

"Why can't I understand what you are saying?" Hot water was poured into the shriveled tea leaves, re-stimulating the aroma contained in those leaves. ACE held the tea cup and smelled it with a smile before leaving such a sentence.

"Platinum, help see off the guests."

"This..." The Rutland envoy had never seen someone who was so sullen to Rutland, and the sullen mood was undisguised on his face.

"I told you that I don't understand what you are saying. Lava Flow is a weapons developer owned by Norman Industries, and it is not from Rhode Island. Why are you coming to us?" Brother ACE looked at these people with expressions like The Rutlanders who ate the flies found it interesting that this building is indeed the only office of Lava Flow. The only employees of Lava Flow are currently in this office, but everyone in this office is... In fact, they are not employees of Lava Flow, it is just an unmanned company with a legal responsibility for operations.

"There is no other office in the whole building. All the information about the illegal company is directed to you. Please don't joke with us."

"I am very serious. I have made it clear that your accusations are completely baseless."

"Then how do you plan to explain the firearms circulating in the market?"

"This building belongs to us in Rhode Island. The business license submitted by the lava flow has never stated that it operates the firearms trade. Our security personnel have also inspected the warehouse they rented in this building many times. It has never been mentioned. Illegal items, if you continue to make trouble like this, I will contact our Rhode Island legal team and the Siesta City Council’s foreign affairs department.”

Rutland's special envoy wanted to say something else, but the white-haired Kuranta girl with a large "gun weapon" hanging on her chest came up unreasonably and asked several people from the investigation team to come out. office.

In the corridor at the door, the Lateran envoy looked at the "gun weapon" hanging in front of the Kuranta girl and felt that his own IQ was insulted. It was difficult to let the other party's refusal to cooperate with him People think there is no problem in it.

"Since you claim that there are no illegally manufactured firearms in this building, lady, can you please explain what the weapon you are carrying is?"

Generally speaking, as an executive, Xinteleia has no obligation or necessity to explain anything to these Lateran envoys who have not yet understood the situation, but she has received the instruction from ACE, so she can say something.

"Why do you think this is a firearm? My gun has nothing in common with your Rutland projectile staff. In the face of such unfounded accusations, we will reserve the right to take further action."

After that, Cintera threw a lava flow brochure to the leading Lateran envoy and thoughtfully helped him open the first page.

"Please read carefully what is written here. What is for sale here is railgun. The translation of Dayan text is rail gun, magnetic rail gun! It has nothing to do with the thing you are wearing."

Then Xintrea left without looking back, leaving several envoys at a loss.

……

"Okay, as long as the words are in place, I'm sorry to trouble you, Xintrea."

"Hey, no trouble, no trouble. I find it interesting to see those fundamentalist light bulbs struggling there."

"By the way, what I mentioned before should be ready."

"I asked when I came up just now. The aviation squadron has been prepared for a long time. It just so happens that there are several small activities in Siesta today. They are already prepared. They will take this opportunity to come out and do some aviation promotion."

Putting the rifle aside, Xintrea picked up the tea cup brought by the robot. At this moment, the roar of a jet engine came from the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the high-rise office.

Three Forged Hammer fighter-bombers that had been structurally optimized and modified, with cigarette pullers attached, flew at low altitude over Siesta's longest and straightest seaside central avenue, which is the Rhode Island Office Building, and the just-left The top of the Central Avenue where the Rutland Investigation Team and his party were located.

Three aircraft roared across the sky from ultra-low altitude, leaving behind six trails of smoke. The roar of the engines and the red, yellow and blue smoke trails attracted many Xista locals to stop and watch.For the citizens of Siesta, they have become accustomed to this kind of aircraft. After all, since a few months ago, this thing has been flying high above their heads every day.But flying so low and carrying smoke-pulling equipment for aerial demonstrations, such scenes occur relatively rarely, and each time they attract a lot of attention.

When flying at low altitude, Beilian's engines sounded like dragons roaring and tigers roaring, full of pressure.

Three heavy-duty fixed-wing fighter jets that had never appeared on this land roared past the head of Envoy Lou Ratlan, and at this time, the three aircraft deliberately fired a round of heat-decoying bombs at the same time as if they were causing trouble. .

Looking at the heat decoys floating in the sky, the expressions of several Lateran envoys became even more ugly. They had never seen a near-Earth vehicle with this shape and performance. Oh, maybe this thing shouldn't be called a near-Earth vehicle. This thing is on the cover of the brochure, but according to the above introduction, it is fundamentally different from the common near-Earth aircraft on this land.

Qian?.,";Xun,'"Free!!';小!!说? skirt:"2,;.'5.!5"5:',:.9?5:,3!!! 0"0 "These people dare to be tough and have their own backing. "The special envoy shook his head helplessly and returned his gaze to the product manual in front of him. This large-scale military equipment is currently not within the scope of the military sales license, but they still printed detailed and accurate promotional pages, as if they were using this This method shows one's own power.

"The rest of the matter is not something we should consider. As for whether to submit an official letter or just let it go, that is not the scope of our responsibility."

"What should we do?"

"Draft a report, record the answers the other party gave us, and what we encountered, and report it in detail." This older executive said to several young people who were following him.

"Okay, let's do it now." The young members who were concerned about Rutland took a hurried step and walked quickly to the hotel where they were staying. They had to go back to the hotel to write relevant documents. What happened this time , it is really different from the past.

99. “Seaweed Tea”

The Agor city under the deep ocean was indeed formed by a group of refugees trying to escape the Agor-Haijin war, and a small number of soldiers who escorted them to evacuate several cities at the forefront of the war, where the fighting situation was extremely unsatisfactory. Established several years ago.

Because Haiji is facing pressure from both sides on the frontal battlefield and internal penetration, some problems within Agor are hidden under the powerful science and technology and developed productivity. As the war continues to squeeze the country's potential, and consumption gradually emerged.

At that time, the deep-sea hunter force was still reorganizing and forming, and the final decisive battle between the hunters and Poseidon was far from being staged. In that chaotic situation, several refugee fleets withdrew from the frontline fortress city. Unexpectedly, they lost contact with the authorities, and during their retreat, they were surrounded by sea heirs along the way. In the end, they had to retreat to the continental shelf less than a hundred nautical miles away from the coastline. At that time, this piece of Glenfalot On the continental shelf along the coast, the activities of sea descendants are not yet rampant.

These refugees once thought that Agor had been destroyed in the war with Haiji. They fearfully rebuilt their city under the weight of destruction. They even considered whether to follow the example of the islanders and flee the ocean. Go to land and survive.

After the god-killing battle of the deep-sea hunters, the Agor authorities, who had a breather, re-established contact with the city of refugees. Although the Agor authorities at this time were already stretched thin, they Some assistance was provided where possible, but more refugees displaced by the war were also resettled here.

The city, which originally had only a medium-sized dome and some simple underwater caisson buildings, underwent an expansion at that time. The newly arrived refugees and the materials sent by the cargo fleet finally made the place what it is now.

But soon afterwards, their contact with the Agor authorities was once again disconnected. There was no longer a fleet on the originally stable cargo route, and those terrifying aliens wandered around the outskirts of the city all day long.In this way, the city is living in the shadow of fear again, and this time, they have no way to escape. In order to build the city, the large immigration ships have been dismantled, and the city that lacks heavy industry technology can no longer It was impossible to build a new immigrant fleet, and even maintaining the few remaining small escort boats was difficult.

These Agor people have been trapped here, even if they know that there is a large ship made by land people, driven by the ocean currents and the undercurrents created by the aliens, it has drifted from the deeper sea to their heads, even if it is the closest The land is only a hundred miles away, but they can't do anything. Without a fleet and weapons, leaving the city is like feeding fish with one's body. They can only wait here for the tragic ending of death or assimilation by those monsters.

The captain who received everyone in the moon pool was the commander of this city defense fleet that played no role at all. He was even the last professional soldier in the city to receive professional training from the Agor Army.He was once the youngest recruit in the escort force, but now, his seniors and colleagues have either been killed or injured due to accidents due to lack of maintenance of mechanical equipment, or have collapsed or sunk due to long-term high-intensity mental stress and lack of nutrition. He entered the ranks of those aliens and was executed by his own people.

The bright lights on the surface of this city are already their last sign of stubbornness. The lights lit by electricity are the last lights of civilization. For these people trapped here, they are also the last words of hope for themselves in a desperate situation. Numbing and comforting.

……

"I have nothing to entertain you here." The captain asked his sailors to bring a jar and a few bumpy cups from his cabin. He opened the jar and found some white powder inside.

On the preparation table of the moon pool, the captain prepared simple drinks for everyone using powder and hot water.Alpha picked up the cup and took a sip. A strong and strange taste made her frown. Salt, a large amount of sugar and a small amount of starch were used to cover up the strange taste caused by this combination, and the addition was from some kind of The essence extracted from seaweed makes up the weird taste of this strange drink with "seaweed tea" written on the can. Finally, there is a small amount of stimulant food additives such as taurine to help the user stay energetic, but that The amount added is almost a trace amount.

Moreover, the sugars used are glucose and fructose, two simple sugars.She didn't need to trace back to guess that all the ingredients in this strange drink were chemically synthesized.

Using carbon dioxide and water to catalyze the production of starch through chemical industrial means, this technology sounds very high-end. It seems that as long as there is energy and basic equipment and consumables, the rest only needs air to continuously provide food.But is it really as beautiful as imagined?

Even the most basic food must be produced using this relatively high-tech, highly intensive method. This actually means a huge dilemma. Food production must occupy industrial production capacity, and there is no space and space required for agricultural production. space.This is actually a manifestation of the extreme lack of resources.

Alpha, who saw this weird drink the most, had the least reaction, and Skadi, who was the least concerned about it, took a sip and put it back on the table out of the most basic courtesy. Ceria also frowned. Frowning, he just took a sip.Only Gladia, with an extremely complicated expression, hesitated again and again, and then...

"Seaweed tea...it's okay. It tastes much better than the two 60-year-old compressed biscuits that Vera and I ate in Atlantis. At least it's still within the shelf life." Alpha raised his neck and took the cup. He drank all the "tea" in one gulp, then took the two cups that Ceria and Skadi had put down and drank them all.

"Who has never lived a hard life, and who doesn't need to struggle with all his strength to survive." Alpha put on an encouraging smile and patted the Agor soldier in front of him, "You usually eat things like this ?”

The captain nodded. This can of drink was specially distributed to him by the city management committee considering his professional abilities. He himself was reluctant to drink it. Only the most tired manual workers in the city could drink this kind of drink. Sugary drinks.Even though the gap between it and the variety of exquisite foods in the old days in his memory was huge, the captain himself was reluctant to drink this can.

Of course Alpha sees this.

Gladia looked at Alpha, and the complicated expression on her face was replaced by a helpless smile. On her body, the elegant clothes from Argor technology still represented the afterglow of Argor's past, but in her hands The seaweed tea in the cup is not Agor's current situation.Without any further hesitation, she took a sip of the drink in her cup that would have made her curse.

100. Archon Gladia and the City in Danger

With a snort, the helmet of the heavy-duty powered diving suit was unsealed. Compared with the powered armor itself that can be used on land, the UEG heavy-duty powered diving suit assigned to the Grand Inquisitor and his young apprentice is not suitable for use on land. action, so after arriving in this Agor city, they needed to take off their diving suits at the port.

The pressure resistance of this diving suit is quite good, but the design of the hard shell limits the joint movement itself. It is impossible for them to climb up to the moon pool of the underwater port by themselves. Fortunately, no matter how worn it is here, Narrow, it is a military port.The crane used to load munitions and ammunition swayed and lifted the two people from the moon pool and placed them on the shore. Then Alpha helped them unload their diving suits.

The Grand Inquisitor took out his coat from the waterproof storage box of the diving suit and put it on his body. This coat was a symbol of their status. The Little Inquisitor did the same, although the underside of the coat was still designed for movement in the warehouse. Wetsuit lining.

When he got out of the diving suit, the Grand Inquisitor felt a sense of discomfort. The air here was quite turbid, full of the smell of mechanical lubricating oil and the heat and humidity evaporated from seawater. On the walls of this cabin, the ventilation fans in the ventilation ducts were weak. rotates to provide treated and renewed air.

But it was obvious that even the fresh air blown in was full of rust, engine oil, and the damp smell of sea water.

Alpha checked the air quality. Fortunately, for the Agor people who live under the sea all year round but still breathe air, no matter how difficult the conditions are, the safety of the air is the top priority. Although the air here is hot and humid, it is The oxygen content is sufficient, even slightly higher than the atmospheric environment. It is also relatively clean, and not many pathogenic microorganisms have been detected.

"Before I left Agor, the air in the city should have been dry and cool. I don't know if the air environment will be slightly better after leaving this military port." Gladia's mood was enough along the way. She was feeling heavy, and only a few low-pitched chats with Alpha could relieve her helplessness a little.

Next to him, the doctor also came over, holding a report in his hand. I don't know how he fooled the captain into getting the written information in the military port.

"There are very few records of their departure from the port." The doctor who took off his power armor helmet scratched his white hair, "And this military port is the only port in this city. They have not communicated with the outside world for at least the past three years. Record, that officer did not lie, considering the population accommodated here and their current productivity, this city is indeed on the edge of despair."

Gladia nodded, "I even feel lucky that I chose to return to Agor at this time." She looked at Alpha beside her, "If you follow what Alpha said, the few of us will be together in one year." After a long time, I chose to leave after taking one look at this city from a distance, and the situation will definitely get worse."

"Materials are scarce and the living environment is harsh. The longer it takes, the better it will be for the Deep Sea Church and Hai Hei. People in trouble will always want to take evil ways."

While everyone was discussing, the captain came out from the passage connecting the port and the city with several people wearing white washed Agor uniforms. Those people had tired and haggard faces, but When they saw the people who were obviously from the outside world, their eyes flashed with hope.

"It's really your Excellency Gladia! It's the consul who has brought people here!" One of the middle-aged men with sparse white hair burst into tears of excitement when he saw Gladia.

The captain introduced that these people were city hall staff who took time off from their busy schedules to greet Gladia after hearing the news.

In Ingrant City, there is no concept of officials in the city hall. This patchwork city is used to feed hundreds of thousands of refugees who have been displaced here without any support. The people working in the city hall can only be those who are the most vulnerable. Pure idealist.Not to mention speculators, even people with a little bit of selfishness cannot endure that kind of high-intensity work with no hope of getting ahead.

With the help of an old automated management system, I deal with mountains of various documents every day, calculate sets of hopeless numbers, hold work meetings and group discussions one after another, and try to keep the books at hand as much as possible. Maximize the use of limited resources where they are needed most.

If it weren't for the fact that City Hall was where Grant did the most intense mental work, and mental work required as much nutritional support as physical work, these staff would even receive the minimum supplies.After all, they are sitting in an office in the middle of the city, and there are thousands of workers who have to work in various pipes and support structures that are at risk of collapse and water explosion at any time to ensure the operation of the city. They are even more Bitter and more in need of nutrition.

"Can you take us around the city?" The two sides exchanged brief greetings. Gladia knew that these people almost regarded her as a mechanical god who brought salvation, but this was also normal. After all, she was Ah The emergence of Gore's Techno-Archon himself represents far more than just a powerful warrior.

"Of course, here." The captain will not accompany the city tour. Although the city defense fleet rarely leaves the port, after all, no one can defeat them when they leave the port, but they must be on duty here 24 hours a day, in case something happens. After knowing the situation, their mission is to go out and attract as much firepower from the outside world as possible, and delay it for a while.

The following tour was accompanied by several city hall staff members from departments responsible for different tasks. When they learned that a technical consul was coming, the city hall immediately held an emergency working meeting and quickly reached an agreement. In order to reach a consensus, they should tell the Archon the true situation of the city as much as possible, so that if the other party is willing to help, it will be easier for them to figure out where to start.

Several staff members led a group of people across the covered bridge and arrived at the rail station inside the city. Compared with the normal Agor city that uses extravagant flying vehicles and high-speed vacuum tube trains for intra-city transportation, the rail cars here The simplest railcar structure is used, and the design does not have too many up and down slopes. It should save the life of the rail vehicle motor as much as possible and save energy to the maximum extent.

Looking at these railcars, it is estimated that they will not be able to get everyone on board at once. The entire team including the power armor, Alpha is afraid that these classic cars and tracks will be crushed.

101. Gladia’s choice

Because Grant City means the city of immigrants in the Agor language, the Agor people who fled here did not shy away from their situation, but this optimism cannot change this city. I don’t know whether it is the only survivor or not. The city that has been abandoned by Agor's mainstream civilization is in trouble.

The visit was lackluster. The staff of the city hall took the group to visit almost every important corner of the city, and explained the current situation of the city to Governor Gladia in detail.

The situation here is basically consistent with everyone’s analysis and speculation along the way. The reactors used for power came from immigrant ships that were dismantled one after another, as well as a small amount of assistance provided by the Agor authorities. One of the immigrant ships is in a museum. There are more than 200 years of antiques inside, and the reactor still used is from who knows how long ago. The old reactor caused a small amount of radioactive leakage in a small area inside the city, but the emergency situation has been taken care of as well as possible. Processing, the leaking reactor has been shut down, and they are unable to deal with that reactor, but they have taken all the fuel rods back into the deceleration tank and isolated them. After completing the standard shutdown operation, there is nothing they can do about the originally low-abundance nuclear fuel. Caused more trouble.They then cordoned off the more polluting structures so they wouldn't have a harmful impact on the city, at least for decades.

In addition, there are difficulties everywhere. Because of the existence of sea heirs, the Agor people don't even dare to raise fish schools in the outside ocean. If they get some breeding cages like before, who knows who will take them back. The sea monster is still contaminated by marine heirlooms, but it looks like a normal catch.No one dares to take this risk, and they currently lack the means to detect it.

The aging urban structure requires constant repairs by workers to ensure watertightness, the sanitation problems caused by overcrowded and narrow houses, the aging air purification pipes and oxygen generation equipment, and the starch production lines that are gradually running out of catalytic consumables.

The staff made optimistic estimates. If they did not receive external support, they could still survive for about ten years under the pressure of gradually scarce supplies... People died faster than the city withered and decayed.

As for the infiltration of Deep Sea Cultists, this is a topic that none of the staff want to talk about, because the older generation of Grant people are still clearly aware of the threat of sea heirs, but those young people who were born after the founding of the city, they Having not experienced that war, they lacked a clear concept of their own situation and the cruel facts of interspecies competition between the two races.Although the education and social management departments have been guaranteed to the maximum extent and are operating normally, the new generation is indeed the group of people who are most easily shaken.

Gladia also asked a lot of questions, such as the contact with other Agor cities, the information collected before the navigation was cut off, etc. The staff quickly found out from the archives All the information they have.

After the victory a few years ago, the Agors got a brief respite, but it didn't take long for the Haihe group to resume their activities. The information that could reach this border refugee city could only rely on the route. carried on ships, so it can only be used as a basic reference.