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After walking to the end of the street and clearing out the enemies, Gray suddenly recalled what Qin Mo had said.
"When I complete the masterpiece that I am proud of and let you see it, you will feel how fragile and ineffective these weapons and equipment are now."
Now that I think about it, it's true. If the power armor from before was definitely not so powerful, the energy plating would be overloaded, and then it would be shot into pieces by the rebels' energy weapons.
"The next block." Gray looked forward firmly and stepped over the burned enemy corpses. "You still have ten minutes to live, ants."
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The joining of Gray and others turned the tug-of-war into a battle of annihilation.
Every neighborhood in the city was cleared of rebels. They no longer had to fight in street battles. They only had to stay in the building and wait to be blown up with the building.
For the militiamen, there are many benefits to following soldiers wearing powerful power armor in combat. Those buildings occupied by the enemy no longer need to carry explosive packs to blow up. They only need to shout and warn the men wearing power armor amidst the sound of gunfire, and then The building will be completely blown to pieces.
There are also disadvantages.
That is, the warriors wearing power armor are not Cato people at all. They don't care that this city is the homeland of the Cato people. They will not hesitate to blow up a building that has existed for thousands of years. The reason may just be that they are too lazy to enter the building. Go there to clear out the enemies.
Gray, who was always fighting alone, fought all the way to the edge of the city, and then met Grote, who also fought to the edge of the city, and others.
Militiamen within the city also met at the edge of the city.
The rebels who were driven out of the city fled in panic, throwing away their weapons and carapace as they fled.
But these lucky few could not run far before they were overtaken by the rolling sea of fire behind them and burned to ashes.
"Are there any living enemies elsewhere?" Qin Mo slowly fell from the air, the double-headed eagle scepter in his hand covered with blood.
Behind him, two thousand soldiers and militiamen were running wildly together. People from the entire city who participated in the battle were here.
"Thank you for coming to the rescue." The officer took a step forward and knelt down on one knee in front of the double-headed eagle scepter. "Praise the Emperor! Praise the Emperor's envoys!"
The soldiers also knelt before the double-headed eagle scepter.
Other civilians, gang members and bounty hunters also knelt down, but instead of facing the double-headed eagle on the scepter, they faced Qin Mo.
Everyone who has been holding on in the city until now understands that if reinforcements had not suddenly arrived, everyone would have continued to fight in the streets. Even if they paid huge sacrifices, they might not be able to save the city.
Qin Mo glanced at everyone present and thought that the composition of this group of militiamen was quite complicated.
Civilians, gangs, bounty hunters...
"With all due respect." A bounty hunter suddenly raised his head, "It would have been better if you hadn't turned half the city into ruins... But of course, we still thank you."
"You have to understand that this is a war." Qin Mo turned around and walked towards the center of the city, "When the war is over, I will build a new city here that will make the Shangchao people jealous, called New Cato. This is your reward for fighting the rebels.”
Chapter 20 Rational
On the way back to the city center, militiamen and soldiers surrounded Qin Mo, and when he marched to a church, the people who had taken refuge inside came out.
Most of them were wounded, with only two exceptions.
A middle-aged man wearing the rank of legion commander on his shoulders, and a female police officer wearing the uniform of the Hive City Legal Department.
"Commander of the Lao En Corps of the Logistics Force, and Riley, the intelligence officer of the Legal Department of the Hive City." The officer who had fought alongside Qin Mo came forward to introduce.
Qin Mo was not surprised that there was a legion commander here. After all, Raoun was from the Planetary Defense Force.
But how could Lena, an intelligence agent from the Ministry of Justice, be here? Is it possible that the legal department of Tai Lung Hive City is so dedicated that they can even take care of the bottom hive?
"Are you the marshal's guards?" Rao En looked at Qin Mo's power armor with raised eyebrows, "How come I haven't seen this type of power armor before?"
"We are not the marshal's guards." Qin Mo shook his head.
"You came too late, soldier." Raun frowned and complained, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we have been fighting in the streets here for nearly a week, why did you come?"
"Your Majesty, if you hadn't suddenly jumped out, I would have thought that the highest-ranking officer here was the regiment commander!" Gray said sarcastically.
While everyone was fighting the rebels just now, Lawn and Riley were hiding in the church with the wounded.
They weren't discussing the battle plan or anything else, because they hadn't received any orders from just now to now, and everyone was doing their own thing.
Lawn frowned, but seeing that the faces of the people present were not good, he did not dare to scold him. He just changed the topic: "Are there any higher-level officers still alive?"
"No, sir." Qin Mo shook his head calmly.
After hearing this answer, Gray looked at Qin Mo, very surprised.
From the moment he met Lao En, Qin Mo behaved very naturally, as if he was ready to give up his command.
He even called Lawn "sir" in his answer. This is really...
"Although you came a little late, I still want to praise you. You did a good job, soldier." Lao En patted Qin Mo's arm with satisfaction and praised him.
After seeing Qin Mo's submissive look, Lao En became bolder: "From now on, you must obey my orders, do you understand?"
"Yes." Qin Mo nodded.
"Take me to a safe place now. The lady from the legal department next to me and I need shelter." Lawn glanced at Riley beside him.
Laili smiled and nodded to Qin Mo.
"Okay." Qin Mo agreed again, then looked at Gray and motioned for him to call the unmanned transport plane over.
Gray had a lot to say. He even wanted to rush over and slap Qin Mo and ask him if he knew what he was doing. You were giving away the army you had finally assembled!
But Gray finally endured it. He chose to obey and immediately called for the unmanned transport plane.
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night.
47th regiment station.
"Sir!"
"Hello."
Klein motioned to the soldiers on both sides of the corridor not to salute, and then walked straight into the room where Qin Mo was.
Qin Mo, who was drawing a picture, heard the sound of the door opening and turned to look at Klein.
Klein raised his hand to signal Qin Mo not to speak, then walked up to him and asked urgently: "Do you know what the people you brought back are doing?"
"What are you doing?" Qin Mo knew that Klein was talking about Lao En.
"He is yelling at my soldiers, ordering us to clear out the largest room and find him the best bed, or customize one for him." Klein looked at Qin Mo with a smile, "You What were they thinking when they brought it back?"
"Is this guy so stupid? Asking your soldiers for customized beds?" Qin Mo was amused.
"He is a noble who went to the nest. None of these nobles are stupid. They can use conspiracy to kill you unknowingly. In their eyes, asking for a bed is natural." Klein was extremely serious.
Klein would never question Qin Mo before, but this time it was different. He really couldn't bear it.
Looking at Qin Mo's smiling face, Klein warned: "Do you know what will happen next? Your command will be taken away, your identity as a soldier will be revealed, and then you will run around and painstakingly put it together. The line of defense becomes someone else's, and you are still a soldier, even lower than me."
"Why?" Qin Mo asked.
Klein was stunned by the question and didn't know how to answer.
"Why did the defense line I integrated become his?" Qin Mo continued to ask, "He can release flames and lightning to kill a large group of enemies, can he create powerful weapons and equipment, or does he have a strategy that is beyond the reach of ordinary people? Can we hang up the rebel commander and beat him?"
This series of questions made Klein think deeply.
After all, this is a war period. Qin Mo has accumulated prestige by integrating the defense line. Now people in all positions on the entire defense line have either seen him fighting or heard about it.
And now almost all the soldiers have a judgment in their hearts, that is, they have been betrayed by the higher-ups, and the attack plan is a conspiracy.
In this case, it would be useless for Lao En to plot again, unless he could provide more powerful military support than Qin Mo, or he could bring everyone out of the nest.
After coming to the conclusion, Klein scratched the back of his head, frowned and asked: "But...but if you are not afraid that he will snatch your command and you can't kill him, then why don't you leave him in that city? You must take him with you. come over?"
"I have a backup plan. I remembered it when I saw Lao En." Qin Mo said as he glanced at the door of the room and saw that the door was closed by Klein when he came in, so he continued to talk with confidence.
"I have a backup plan."
"The plan is to start digging the collapsed passage from now on and try to open up a road to the next nest as much as possible."
"Then we use Raun, and all the people like Raun we can find, to make deals with the top management to get a chance to be allowed to return to the next nest."
After hearing the whole plan, Klein's pupils suddenly dilated, and Qin Mo became strange in his eyes.
"You want to escape? I can't believe you think like this." Klein said.
"I don't want to escape, this is a backup plan. I must rationally consider any good or bad results." Qin Mo said seriously, "I will seek the possibility of defeating the rebels at all costs, but if we really If I can’t do it, I have to find another way instead of just sitting there and waiting to die.”
"You're very rational." Klein understood Qin Mo's thoughts, and nodded in agreement, "Should I arrest Lawen or something?"
"You can take him with you and trick him into telling you where his family is. This will be useful when the passage is dug and we have to evacuate," Qin Mo said.
"Okay." Klein left immediately.
Qin Mo turned around and started thinking.
Everything he and Klein said was nonsense.
If the attack plan was a conspiracy, then Lawn, who was involved in the conspiracy, would not be allowed to evacuate when he wanted to evacuate the bottom nest in the future because of his noble status.
Qin Mo wanted to get rid of Lao En, but he couldn't execute a legion commander in front of others.
"I have to think of a way..." Qin Mo muttered to himself.
Chapter 21 Follow me
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at the same time.
Gray patrolled the first floor in power armor, making sure he was ready to fight when the rebel attack began.
After walking to the largest room on the first floor, Gray was suddenly called. When he turned around and looked at the person who called him, he found that it was Lawn.
Lawn stood at the door and looked at Gray with a smile on his face: "Do you have time to talk?"
Gray frowned and felt extremely disgusted, but he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly nodded: "Okay."
So Lawn welcomed Gray into his room, closed the door, then walked to the table and poured Gray a glass of wine himself.
"What is this?" Gray asked warily, staring at the wine glass.
"Wine." Raun smiled, picked up the wine glass, and handed it to Gray with both hands.
"I've seen black wine and orange wine, but I've never seen transparent wine. I don't know much about reading, so don't lie to me." Gray took the cup doubtfully.