Chapter 61 Teammates
Fifty minutes after the mine was attacked;
76 Fortress confidential meeting.
Zhou Zhengde pushed open the door of the conference room, and the other seven people attending the meeting looked over at the same time. He nodded slightly and rushed to the end of the conference table.
In the middle of the long table is the Archon of Fortress 76, a gray-haired, burly, kind-faced uncle.
The one who was called Nuo Nuo Chi by Kong Nu.
There are two women on the consul's left and right hands. The slender and intellectual lady on the left who looks like Zhou Zhengde's sister is Zhou Zhengde's mother, Minister of Internal Affairs Zhou Meiying.
There is no new biology minister here, instead there are two middle-aged men in military uniforms.
"Captain Zhou is here," the consul said solemnly, "Let's have a meeting, just two small things."
Zhou Meiying was the first to speak:
"The fortress was suddenly attacked by a blade beast. After investigation, it was found that this small group of blade beasts was a small group of blade beasts wandering underground. There are currently no traces of general or sub-general level blade beasts. The frontline command has determined it to be an accidental incident. Strengthen the terrain survey around the fort.
"Thanks to the half-human mecha Major Rydo who was recuperating in the fortress, the blade beast attack was quickly quelled.
"Sixty-two of our mine workers died, and two soldiers were injured while traveling in the tunnel. We are already following procedures to comfort the families of the deceased."
The uncle Archon said solemnly: "We first express our condolences to the deceased.
"Then, this attack has been properly resolved, because the number of blade beasts involved exceeds a hundred. Do we want to publicize it inside the fortress? Please speak briefly."
Several people attending the meeting spoke one after another:
"I think it will cause unnecessary panic if we don't use it temporarily."
"We are located at the rear of the Medieval Basin war zone. Being attacked by a bladed beast is a small probability event. There is no need to publicize it."
"There are no traces of large-scale mobilization of blade beasts, right?"
"No, this bladed beast has been moving underground. It must have sensed the gathering point of humans."
"No need to publicize it."
The consul nodded: "We have reached a consensus that there will be no propaganda. The second thing is that the Thirteenth Institute requested to enter the Expanded Area C for investigation. Do you agree?"
"Refuse!" Zhou Zhengde immediately raised his hand.
The participating representatives looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Minister of Internal Affairs Zhou Meiying chose to abstain.
"The meeting is over," the executive uncle gestured, "Zhou Zhengde will stay, and the ministers will go back to work in their offices."
Several people got up and left.
Before Zhou Meiying left, she patted Zhou Zhengde on the shoulder and asked softly: "Would you like to have dinner with us later, baby?"
"You don't just cook and eat."
"Then you can eat it yourself!"
Zhou Meiying patted Zhou Zhengde's head hard, turned around and left quickly.
Zhou Zhengde looked at the consul uncle and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"There is a more difficult question." The consul took off his glasses and raised his hand to rub his forehead. "Let Colonel Dongfang speak."
"good!"
Dongfang Masahiro, the current supreme commander of the 76th Fortress United Defense Force, is responsible for the defense of the 76th Fortress. He is forty-six years old. He is a square-faced and upright... former commander-in-chief guard.
Half of his left arm was broken, and he now uses an ordinary prosthetic leg, which does not affect his command work.
Dongfang Zhenghong smiled at Zhou Zhengde and pushed the disc-shaped stereo projector in front of him, and several photos appeared on it.
The photo shows the remains of two bladed beasts.
The kind that has been opened.
Zhou Zhengde frowned tightly.
"Funny, right?"
Dongfang Zhenghong said in a deep voice:
"There was a mysterious psyker who hunted eight low-level basic blade beasts. The causes of their deaths were all strange, but without exception, their outer bones were lifted off, and there were obvious signs of trying to burn them. But obviously, this The hunter was unable to burn it in the end.
"Then, Zhengde, you tried to destroy these photos on the military internal network half an hour ago."
Zhou Zhengde whispered: "Is there any problem? This hunter helped us."
"The crystal cores of these blade beasts are missing."
Dongfang Masahiro said: "I have suppressed this matter, and in the process of reporting to the front line, I deliberately left out these eight bladed beasts and had them burned completely in a high-temperature and high-pressure furnace. ”
Zhou Zhengde nodded slowly, touched his chin and analyzed carefully: "Uncle, do you mean that the hunter took away the crystal core?"
"Yes," Dongfang Masahiro asked, "I invited you here to ask this question. Why does the hunter need the crystal core? Can he make psykers? This question is very important. The Thirteenth Institute has become a cancer in our human camp. If It would be great to have a way to replace them.”
"The hunter used it as a weapon, a weapon against bladed beasts."
Zhou Zhengde explained:
"I will negotiate with this hunter to see if we can let him share some alien technology...especially related to weapons."
Dongfang Zhenghong leaned back: "Is this really alien technology?"
"It is very likely that the civilization associated with the Blade Beast is helping us."
Zhou Zhengde said nonsense seriously:
“Of course none of this has been confirmed.
"Uncle, what I mean is, before he takes the initiative to speak, try to maintain a good relationship with him.
"He is helping us hunt down blade beasts, he is fighting against the corrupt Thirteenth House, he is punishing the evil deeds of the gangs in the lower city, he is doing more than we have done in the past few years.
"If we were to launch any investigation surrounding him with great fanfare, we would actually be able to hide it from the Thirteenth Institute.
"Why don't I dare to take him to see my grandpa now? It's simple. I can't trust the environment there. The Thirteenth Institute is already pervasive, especially around my grandpa.
"We all know why, they were afraid of my grandpa.
"At this stage, we can only keep a low profile regarding this hunter, and be prepared for Qin Qin's spying and investigation. In fact, Qin Qin just caused trouble, and Lingtong has killed one of her subordinates, Lu Dongjie."
"I know this."
Dongfang Zhenghong raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, leaning on the chair and thinking continuously.
The uncle of the consul smiled and asked: "Zhengde, how is your reform plan for the lower city going?"
"Thirty percent," Zhou Zhengde said hurriedly, "I will produce several drafts for you to review as soon as possible."
"come on."
The uncle consul stretched himself and stood up:
“I still have a lot of work to deal with, you can decide for yourself where this matter goes.
"However, I, the local parent officer, have to say something. "This is an era that lacks hope. If, I mean if, our 76 Fortress can really give birth to new hope, even if it is only one percent or one thousandth of the overall war situation. 1. An increase of one ten thousandth is also extremely precious.
"Be decisive, my beloved soldiers, you are the main force protecting mankind."
Dongfang Zhenghong and Zhou Zhengde smiled and nodded.
After the consul left, Zhou Zhengde took out the text switch, typed a line and sent it.
[01: You really killed eight! 】
[02: Yes. 】
[01: None of the C-level psychics have this kind of strength! 】
[02: Yes. 】
[01: Lingtong must not be obsessed with you! so cool! By the way, are you sure you want the crystal core to be used as a weapon? Lingtong sent me a message before. 】
Half a minute passed.
[02: Can you get more crystal cores over there? 】
[01: No, according to the frontline laws and regulations, all crystal cores must be handed over to the frontline command center and then transferred to the Psychic City, otherwise the psykers will explode. This is also the core of the Thirteenth Institute and the military. Benefit. If this happens again in the future, tell me in advance and I will arrange for my people to destroy those blade beasts without crystal cores when cleaning the battlefield. 】
[02: Okay. 】
[01: Okay, I will continue to work on the follow-up events. Qin Qin may come to trouble you. Her men were killed. I will remind Ling Tong. What are you doing? Are you injured? 】
[02: Not injured, in coma. 】
【01: Huh? 】
[02: I am Lingtong, I was taking care of him, and the text switch suddenly rang. The power-on password cannot stop me. 】
Zhou Zhengde's forehead was covered with black lines and he was frozen in his seat.
Why doesn’t this thing have a recall function?
Zhou Zhengde raised his hand to his forehead, put away the text switch, looked up at Dongfang Zhenghong, and said seriously: "He killed him. The crystal core is used as a weapon. I will get in touch with his new weapon later."
Dongfang Masahiro nodded, looked at the remains of the bladed beasts, and muttered:
"Is he really an E-class psyker?"
"The energy reaction is like this," the adjutant next to him said softly.
"Incredible."
…
Area C surface camp, Lingtong's supply station, and Wang Zheng's room.
Wang Daochang lay on his bed and fell asleep soundly, with a little cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
He is having a nightmare.
If Lingtong was a practitioner, he would probably be able to tell that Wang Jixuan was suffering from the impact of the remaining power of those souls. This was the price of the evil skills he had used before, and it would take some time to digest.
Too bad she wasn't.
Daochang Wang will naturally be able to survive, and at the same time, he can also have a small training match for his soul.
Lingtong couldn't help but think of the previous scenes. Her robotic arm slowly raised and touched her chest.
Well, it should be soft, and it still has a normal human tissue structure.
That's good.
There was a knock on the door, and Lingtong turned around and went out, talking quietly to Sister Wan.
"Has it been dealt with?"
"It has been taken care of," Sister Wan said softly. "All information sources have been blocked. Those miners who saw Xiao Wang's move have been detained. I used the excuse of protecting their mental health to wash away their past three Months of memories.”
"That's good. We can't let the Thirteenth Institute focus on him. I will resume taking him to the front line as soon as possible. It will be relatively safe there."
"Lingtong, Sister Wan watched you grow up. Sister Wan wants to ask you...are you nice to him because it is a mission, or do you really want to try to get along with him?"
"Task."
"No, no, you can't lie to me."
"I don't want to have this conversation."
"Hey, don't," Sister Wan laughed, "I want to say that in this era, there is actually no need to pay attention to those extra things. If you like it, you should express it, because none of us can guarantee that we will be able to see tomorrow 100% The most important thing is to cherish every moment.”
Lingtong whispered a few times: "Sister Wan, have you been stimulated by something?"
"This young man is willing to risk his own life to support you."
Sister Wan praised:
“I saw a person’s sincere emotions in his eyes. In this era, this is something that shines brighter than laser cannons.”
"Yeah?"
Lingtong whispered: "I thought he was looking for a chance to fight the Blade Beast in order to practice and improve himself alone... Okay, continue to monitor the reaction of the Thirteenth Institute, and make a report to have the detection satellite lock on our area. area.”
"Yes, sir!"
Lingtong turned around and walked back to the room.
She sat down by the bed, picked up the romance novel on the side, and read it quietly.
Wang Jixuan was changed into loose pajamas by Uncle Tai. His body was clean, but there was a little sweat on his forehead.
"Junior sister, don't..."
Um?
Lingtong looked up at him and found that he seemed to be talking in his sleep.
A while passed.
In Wang Jixuan's inner voice that Lingtong couldn't hear, Taoist Wang was shouting continuously.
"Pindao is really not a demon cultivator...Pindao explained it very clearly..."
"You immortal soldiers in the immortal world have to be reasonable! We have to be reasonable!"
"I want to see the ancestor of the sect!"
He sat up suddenly and opened his eyes. His ears were buzzing and there was a white light in front of him.
Lingtong asked softly: "Are you okay?"
Wang Jixuan glared.
Did she know what he just said?
What should I do? Silence me? Uh, it seems unnecessary and it can't be beaten... It seemed that I was about to wake up just now and I didn't just say it...
"Lingtong, did you hear something just now?"
(End of chapter)