Chapter 61 Teammates
Chapter 61 Teammates
Fifty minutes after the mine attack;
Fort 76 confidential meeting.
Zhou Zhengde pushed open the door of the conference room. The other seven people attending the meeting looked over at the same time. He nodded slightly and hurried to the end of the seat at the conference table.
In the middle of the long table was the Archon of Fort 76, a middle-aged man with gray hair, a burly figure and a kind face.
She's the one that Kong Nu described as being soft and sticky.
On the left and right of the consul are two women. The slim and intellectual lady on the left who looks like Zhou Zhengde’s sister is Zhou Zhengde’s mother, Minister of the Interior Zhou Meiying.
The new biology minister was not here, but instead there were two middle-aged men in military uniforms.
"Captain Zhou is here," the Archon said solemnly, "Let's have a meeting. It's just two small matters."
Zhou Meiying spoke first:
"The fortress was suddenly attacked by blade beasts. After investigation, it was found that this small group of blade beasts was roaming underground. There are no traces of general-level or deputy general-level blade beasts. The front-line command has determined that it was an accidental incident and is strengthening the terrain survey around the fortress.
“Thanks to the half-human mecha Major Ling Tong recuperating in the fortress, the blade beast attack was quickly quelled.
"Sixty-two of our mine workers died, and two soldiers were injured while marching in the tunnel. We are already following the procedures to comfort the families of the deceased."
The uncle Archon said seriously:
“We first express our condolences to the deceased.
"Then, this attack has been properly resolved. Since there were more than a hundred Saber Beasts involved, should we publicize it inside the fortress? Everyone, please make a brief statement."
The participants spoke one by one:
"I think not using it for the time being will cause unnecessary panic."
"We are located behind the Zhonggu Basin war zone. Being attacked by blade beasts is a low-probability event. There is no need to publicize it."
"There are no signs of large-scale mobilization of blade beasts, right?"
"No, this group of blade beasts has been active underground. They must have sensed the human gathering point."
“No need to advertise.”
The Archon nodded. "We have reached a consensus and will not conduct any propaganda. The second thing is that the Thirteenth Institute requests to enter the Outward Expansion Zone C for investigation. Do you agree?"
"Refuse!" Zhou Zhengde raised his hand immediately.
The delegates looked at each other and nodded in agreement, while Interior Minister Chow Bee Yin chose to abstain.
"The meeting is over," the uncle governor gestured, "Zhou Zhengde stays, and the ministers go back to their offices to work."
Several people got up and left.
Before leaving, Zhou Meiying patted Zhou Zhengde on the shoulder and asked softly, "Would you like to have dinner together later, baby?"
"It's not that you cook and eat."
"Then eat it yourself!"
Zhou Meiying slapped Zhou Zhengde on the head, turned around and left quickly.
Zhou Zhengde looked at the Archon uncle and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"There is a rather tricky question." The Consul took off his glasses and raised his hand to rub his forehead. "Let Colonel Dongfang speak."
"it is good!"
Dongfang Zhenghong, the current supreme commander of the 76th Fortress Joint Defense Force, is in charge of the defense of the 76th Fortress. He is years old this year, a man with a square face and a righteous look... the former commander-in-chief's guard.
Half of his left arm was broken, and he now uses an ordinary prosthesis, which does not affect his command work.
Dongfang Zhenghong smiled at Zhou Zhengde and pushed the disc-shaped stereo projector in front of him over, and several photos appeared on it.
The photo shows the remains of two Saber Beasts.
The kind that has been opened.
Zhou Zhengde frowned tightly.
"Very interesting, isn't it?"
Dongfang Zhenghong said in a deep voice:
"A mysterious psychic hunted eight low-level basic blade beasts. The causes of their death varied, but without exception, their exoskeletons were uncovered, and there were obvious signs of attempts to burn them, but apparently, the hunter was unable to do so 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 with this? This hunter helped us."
"The crystal cores of these blade beasts are missing."
Dongfang Zhenghong said:
"I have suppressed this matter, and when reporting to the front line, I deliberately omitted these eight blade beasts and had them burned to ashes in a high-temperature and high-pressure furnace."
Zhou Zhengde nodded slowly, stroking his chin and analyzing carefully: "Uncle, do you mean that the hunter took the crystal core?"
"Yes," Dongfang Zhenghong asked, "I asked you to come here to ask this question. What do hunters need crystal cores for? Can they create psychics? This question is very important. The Thirteenth Institute has become a cancer in our human camp. If there is a way to replace them, it would be great."
"The hunter used it to make a weapon to fight against the blade beasts."
Zhou Zhengde explained:
"I will negotiate with this hunter and see if I can get him to share some alien technology...especially related to weapons."
Dongfang Zhenghong leaned back: "Is this really alien technology?"
"It is very likely that the civilization that accompanies the Saber Beasts is helping us."
Zhou Zhengde spoke nonsense in a serious tone:
“Of course none of this has been confirmed.
“Uncle, what I mean is, try to maintain a good relationship with him before he takes the initiative to speak.
"He's helping us hunt the Saberbeasts, he's fighting the corrupt Thirteenth Institute, he's punishing the Downtown Mafia for their evil deeds, he's doing more than we've done in the past few years.
“If we were to launch any high-profile investigation around him, we wouldn’t be able to hide it from the Thirteenth Institute.
"Why don't I dare take him to see my grandfather now? It's simple. I don't trust the environment over there. The Thirteenth Institute is omnipresent, especially around my grandfather.
"We all know the reason, they are afraid of my grandfather.
"At this stage, we can only keep a low profile on this hunter matter and guard against Qin Qin's spying and investigation. In fact, Qin Qin just did something, and Ling Tong has killed one of her men, Lu Dongjie."
"I know this."
Dongfang Zhenghong raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, leaning back in his chair and thinking.
The uncle Archon asked with a smile: "Zhengde, how is your plan for the reform of the lower city going?"
"Thirty percent," Zhou Zhengde said hurriedly, "I'll produce a few drafts for you to review as soon as possible."
"come on."
The Archon stretched himself and stood up:
“I still have a lot of work to do, so you guys decide how this goes.
"However, as the local official, I would like to say something. "This is an era lacking hope. If, I mean if, new hope can really be born in our Fortress 76, even if it only increases the overall war situation by one percent, one thousandth, or one ten-thousandth, it will be extremely precious.
"Be decisive, my beloved soldiers, you are the main force protecting humanity."
Dongfang Zhenghong and Zhou Zhengde nodded with a smile.
After the consul left, Zhou Zhengde took out the text switch and typed a line of words and sent it out.
【01: You really killed eight of them! 】
【02: Yes.】
[01: Even C-level psychics don’t have this kind of strength! ]
【02: Yes.】
[01: Lingtong must be fascinated by you! So cool! By the way, are you sure you want the crystal core to make weapons? Lingtong sent me a message before.]
Half a minute passed.
[02: Can you get more crystal cores? ]
[01: No, according to the laws and regulations of the front line, all crystal cores must be handed over to the front-line command center and then transferred to the Psychic City. Otherwise, the psychics will explode. This is also the core interest of the Thirteenth Institute and the military. If this happens again in the future, let me know in advance, and I will arrange for my people to destroy the blade beasts without crystal cores when cleaning the battlefield.]
【02: OK.】
[01: Okay, I'll continue to deal with the follow-up. Qin Qin may come to trouble you. Her men have been killed. I will remind Ling Tong. What are you doing? Are you injured? ]
【02: Not injured, but in coma. 】
【01: Huh?】
[02: I am Lingtong. I was taking care of him when the text switch suddenly rang. The power-on password couldn't stop me.]
Zhou Zhengde's forehead was filled with black lines and he froze in his seat.
Why doesn't this thing have an undo function?
Zhou Zhengde raised his hand to support his forehead, put away the text switch, looked up at Dongfang Zhenghong, and said seriously: "He killed him. The crystal core was used to make weapons. I will get to know his new weapons later."
Dongfang Zhenghong nodded, looked at the remains of the blade beasts, and muttered:
"Is he really an E-class psyker?"
"This is how energy reacts," the adjutant next to him whispered.
"Incredible."
……
The surface camp in Area C, Lingtong’s supply station, and Wang Zheng’s room.
Taoist Wang was lying on his bed, snoring loudly, with a little bit of cold sweat constantly oozing out of his forehead.
He is having a nightmare.
If Ling Tong was a cultivator, he would probably be able to see that Wang Jixuan was suffering from the impact of the remaining power of those souls. This was the price of using his previous evil magic skills, and it would take some time to digest.
Too bad she isn't.
Taoist Wang can certainly make it through, and by the way, he can also give his soul a small training match.
Lingtong couldn't help but think of the previous scenes. Her mechanical arm slowly raised up and touched her chest.
Well, it should be soft, and this is still the normal human tissue structure.
That's good.
There was a knock on the door. Lingtong turned around and went out to talk in a low voice with Sister Wan.
"Has it been dealt with?"
"It's been handled," Sister Wan said gently, "All information sources have been blocked, and the miners who saw Xiao Wang's actions have been detained. I erased their memories of the past three months on the pretext of protecting their mental health."
"That's good. We can't let the Thirteenth Institute target him. I will recover as soon as possible and take him to the front line. It will be relatively safe there."
"Lingtong, you grew up under Sister Wan's watch. Sister Wan wants to ask you...are you nice to him because it's a mission, or do you really want to try to get along with him?"
"Task."
"No, no, no, you can't fool me."
"I don't want to discuss this topic."
"Oh, don't," Sister Wan laughed, "I mean, in this era, there is no need to care about those extra things. If you like something, you should express it, because we can't guarantee that we can see the sun tomorrow, so cherishing every moment is the most important thing."
Ling Tong moaned softly: "Sister Wan, are you stimulated by something?"
"This young man is willing to sacrifice his own life to support you."
Sister Wan exclaimed:
"I saw a person's true emotion in his eyes, which is something that shines brighter than laser cannons in this day and age."
"is it?"
Ling Tong whispered:
"I thought he was looking for an opportunity to fight the blade beast in order to train and improve himself alone...Okay, continue to monitor the reaction of the Thirteenth Institute, and report to the detection satellite to lock on our area."
"Yes, sir!"
Lingtong turned around and walked back to the room.
She sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up a romance novel beside her and read quietly.
Uncle Tai changed Wang Jixuan into a loose set of pajamas. His body was clean, but there was some sweat on his forehead.
"Junior sister, please don't..."
Ok?
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, which Lingtong could not hear, Taoist Wang was constantly calling out.
"I am really not a demon cultivator... I have explained it very clearly..."
"You immortal soldiers from the immortal world can't be unreasonable! We have to be reasonable!"
"I want to see the sect's founder!"
He sat up suddenly and opened his eyes. There was a constant buzzing in his ears and a white light in front of him.
Ling Tong asked quietly: "Are you okay?"
Wang Jixuan glared.
Did she know what he just said?
What should I do? Silence him? Uh, it seems unnecessary and I can’t beat him… I seemed to be waking up just now, not just saying it…
"Lingtong, did you hear anything just now?"
(End of this chapter)