Chapter 448 Hope and Fear
If people have been living in hell, it will be difficult to imagine a better life.
Sometimes people are not defeated by suffering, but by other people's good lives. Seeing others living a good life is more uncomfortable than killing yourself, especially if that person was just born well. .
Abdi looked towards the port. He saw his compatriots with different expressions moving the rubble. Strong young men lined up in a long line at the door of the recruitment office, confused, nervous and excited.
What is confusing is why the war suddenly started. What is nervous is that life is like dust in the wind, not worth mentioning.
The excitement is also very simple: the troops occupying Galkayu will distribute food and clothing to the service members, and also promise that they will have houses to live in in the future. They can see how many compatriots are wearing new clothes and eating canned meat after completing the registration. Happy.
At the registration office, a flag was flying high -
It was slightly different from the original Somali blue background with white stars, adding three stripes, one gold and two red and white with smaller intervals. stripe.
Gold represents the African Union, red and white represents Atlas
A very flattering approach.
He once imagined the scene of flags flying in a certain port, but in the end he chose this approach.
Lille looked at the port and said: "It's a good thing to like learning, but you don't do it to work for others, right?"
"No."
< br>If you go back to the source, of course no one lives to work for others.
“Very good, what I need is not an obedient dog. What I need is that the situation in Somalia can be quickly stabilized, and the port of Galkayo becomes an important bridgehead facing the Suez Canal.”
In this process, poor Somalia can obtain support from the Atlas Group and the African Union and get what Abdi wants most.
The word "stability" appeared directly in the sentence, which suddenly brought Abdi back to his senses.
What allowed him to cooperate with the Atlas Group without any pressure was not that he abandoned his dignity and became an obedient dog in order to survive.
But at this juncture, Lille and his interests have common interests.
Lille extended his hand: “In this future strategic vision, African Bank will issue a large number of interest-free and low-interest aid loans to your side, and the money will be used to purchase from the Atlas Group High tech, buys food from Wakanda, clothing and other necessities from other African companies.
Buy your tomorrow and dignity, you are still young, don’t always think that you have to throw away something in order to get something. ”
Abdi looked at Lille, his eyes full of shame and embarrassment——
Indeed, this elder brother didn’t ask them to sell their souls, he just put aside this fantasy himself On.
Although the robot in front of me looks stupid, after a few conversations, the sensors and bulging instruments become full of intelligence.
It's not that Lierhe. Is he the same size?
"Uh" Abdi scratched his head, "then"
Lir shook his hand again, Abdi quickly held it and turned his head: "Happy cooperation?"
"Cooperation "Happy, you can't be so stupid outside."
"Hehe." Abdi asked another question, "Mr. Li, this may be a strange question, but isn't it better for soldiers who obey their orders?" "
Liel glanced at him: "I don't like people who think they have to give up something to get something. Young people are greedy and are not happy to let you stand and make money?"
"I'm happy to, then I'm going to work?"
Abdi pointed to the shore before he could recover.
"Go ahead and remember to have your prosthesis implanted for weekly inspections."
Liel waved his hand, and Abdi turned around and walked towards the shore. When he turned around, he was still giggling inexplicably. , the whole person seemed to be indulged in a huge surprise.
If it weren’t for the auxiliary movement system of the exoskeleton, he might have fallen into the water.
The little octopus appeared in Lille's vision, with another big question mark on his head:
[Little octopus: Brother, why is this? 】
【Lille: What is this? 】
[Little Octopus: As the super boss who is about to rule the world, isn’t it the only way for us to recruit some obedient younger brothers and dead soldiers? 】
As he said that, the little octopus put on sunglasses, a cape, and a cane on his tentacles, resembling some kind of octopus-shaped gangster.
Several smaller octopuses appeared in front of them, bowing their heads, with white bandages on their heads, and each tentacle holding a samurai sword. But this katana is a bit small, more like a dagger.
[Lille: What nonsense, where did you learn it? 】
[Little Octopus: TV Series (*￣︶￣)]
Lil's face darkened and he dispersed the little octopuses. The little octopus's eyes suddenly became watery.
[Liel: Emotionally, what I just said is true. Rationally, in addition to interests, we must also do ideological work on allies and make a clear distinction between the behavior patterns of enemies. 】
A large series of news appeared in front of Lille:
"The war in the Middle East subsided, steel soldiers killed the terrorist leader"
"Oil supply was interrupted, and international oil prices soared to 10 years High"
"The oil futures market is panicking, investors are worried about continued supply disruptions"
"The African Union faces a trade blockade"
"Terrorist groups take advantage of the chaos in Somalia to threaten global energy supplies"
After a series of news last week, a big thing happened: the oil guys in the Middle East Agree to compromise and reduce oil production.
With this compromise, Roxon kidnapped almost 90% of the world’s oil origins.
This is already the point where the economy will collapse at the snap of a finger.
Of course, there are still several stumbling blocks on their way to do whatever they want: One is Europe. The EU itself does not produce crude oil, but it has strong economic strength. During this period, it has also had a lot of trade cooperation with Atlas, both covertly and covertly.
The other is Africa -
Africa also has oil deposits, but the level of exploitation and exploration is too low.
Of course, the biggest obstacle is Atlas, because Atlas is the only one who can suddenly win the election in Berry Country and change the situation.
However, production cuts have caused prices to soar. In addition to calling for peace, there are also a large number of voices in the country that believe that the situation in Somalia should be directly intervened to ease the supply crisis
But no matter what, the deterioration of life has indeed made many people panic.
[Lille: Roxon is used to frightening the world by making people lose, and tying people up by making people gain more. In some cases, it may have miraculous effects. 】
【Lille: If I am like him, let all allies become dogs because they are afraid of losing or have lost their goals. One day there is an accident and our cause accidentally encounters some setbacks. They have too many Many reasons to choose a stronger master. 】
[Lille: So we choose to give our allies hope, not fear. 】
[Little Octopus: What if Roxon is like us? 】
[Lille: Then there is no need to fight. 】
The little octopus scratched its head and rotated, and it was difficult for the AI brain to understand the difference.
Because whether it is using loss to threaten, or using gain to give people hope, in its eyes it is giving people expectations.
At a certain point, the symmetry between "gain" and "loss" is expected, especially in behavioral control, which makes it somewhat difficult to understand the difference between the two.
Liel looked at the little octopus and touched its head.
[Liel: Maybe it’s because you are not an AI in this area. There are some things that you don’t need to be too clear about. 】
呲——
Lil's head suddenly heard a complex noise, and the little octopus disappeared into the air instantly.
[Little Octopus: Big brother, this is a communication request from New York. 】
Liel glanced at the Atlas soldiers who were getting familiar with the electromagnetic gun.
[Lille: Frank, prepare to board the ship, level 1 combat preparation. 】
[Lille: Abdi, declare a state of emergency at the port and get your people ready. 】
(End of this chapter)