Chapter 626: Battle of the Brood
Early spring is the season when floods are most likely to occur in the empire.
The sources of Tianjiang River and Dalongjiang River, the main river of the empire, are both snow-capped mountains. Once winter ends, the melted snow water will cause the various water systems to surge.
This year is particularly strong.
In the past, there was support from the empire, but now the Supreme Council only cares about its own territory, and no one in the regions cares about this matter at all.
When the flood came, they realized it was too late. The Dalong River had broken more than a hundred dikes along the way, and the affected area was as high as one million square kilometers.
The same thing happened with Tianjiang River. The entire upstream and downstream were destroyed, except for Changshan County, which remained standing.
The fine steel and rock embankment that Lin Wen painstakingly built could not be shaken by any mortal flood.
However, outside Changshan County, the number of civilians affected by the disaster was countless. The local leaders had no intention of helping the victims. Instead, they took the opportunity to plunder the victims' property to make up for their own losses.
In their eyes, the upcoming war is the most important thing that surpasses everything else. It would be extremely foolish to damage their strength in order to rescue a few worthless people, and then suffer setbacks or even failure in the future battle for hegemony.
However, there is a very stupid person in this world.
Lin Wen.
As soon as the disaster broke out, he ordered Changshan County to open its gates and make every effort to rescue the affected civilians. Zhao Minggong personally took charge, and Yang Shaohu, Huang Mingxiao, Lei Tiantong, Lao Xie and other disaster relief veterans fully assisted.
With Changshan County's current capabilities, once the system is activated, it can accept as many refugees as come, and a large number of disaster relief vehicles will even cross the border to accept people.
Because there were some secret agreements with Changshan County, the Great Elder had bigger ambitions, so he acquiesced to Changshan County's actions and did not stop it.
The Golden Lion King did not need useless people who would hold him back, and for the sake of their reputation, Luo Yuan and Wu Yao did not choose a large-scale massacre, but simply drove the victims to Changshan County.
Ren Zhengqing detained all the young and middle-aged people and drove the elderly, the weak, women, children and the sick to Changshan County.
Qin Gang also did something similar, keeping all the refugees who could be sold at a good price and driving the useless waste to Changshan County.
Someone is collecting the trash anyway, so why not?
Only Lin Yabo did not do so.
In the recent local wars, Lin Yabo found that his troops were far from enough to overwhelm the world. The enemy also gradually mastered the methods of dealing with the Zerg during the battle. They used heavy firepower bombardment, large-scale strafing with heavy machine guns, and laid a large number of mines based on the Zerg's close combat characteristics.
After several battles, although the Zerg won the final victory, they also suffered heavy losses. The number of people needed to overwhelm the enemy was much greater than calculated in advance.
Due to the lack of funds and materials, Lin Yabo is unable to produce so many Zergmen. He now urgently needs a large number of cannon fodder to remove the mines and attract the enemy's heavy firepower to protect the relatively precious Zergmen.
And in his technical reserves, there happened to be a corresponding technology, the inferior gray zombie technology that he had given to the Papal State.
One of its major advantages is that it is very cheap, has a very low technical threshold, and has no requirements for raw materials. The Papal State used this technology to produce a large number of cannon fodder to deal with the Imperial Army. In the end, if the manufacturing plant had not been inexplicably bombed, Li Longxing might not have won, and things would not have come to this point today.
All this is Li Longxing's fault.
"So, if you want to blame someone, blame him."
Lin Yabo stood on the dry shore, smiling as he watched a large number of disheveled and untouchable people being taken away by his vassal army.
As long as the raw materials are free, the cost of these cannon fodder zombies is infinitely close to zero.
It is a very cost-effective thing to use something of zero cost to consume expensive artillery shells and mines.
Lin Yabo was originally laughing happily, but when he thought that Changshan County was doing the same thing as him and snatching his raw materials, he felt annoyed.
"Elder Luo."
He said coldly.
"Hurry up and arrange to broadcast this to all newspapers and radio stations. Accuse Changshan County of disregarding conscience and losing humanity by using disaster victims for large-scale human biochemical experiments and mass-producing inhumane biochemical weapons."
Luo Nuo smiled and said, "Don't worry. Changshan County is so morally corrupt and only cares about fame and reputation. I will definitely expose his true face."
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Changshan County.
Lin Wenzhen was extremely busy. In a very short period of time, countless refugees poured into Changshan County. This reminded him of the invasion of the Papal States two years ago. At that time, he also accepted 8 million refugees from all parties in one go, which led to the final rise of Changshan County today.
I didn't expect that the same thing would happen again.
The traditional arts of Changshan County must not be lost.
Lin Wen's decision was welcomed by everyone, from Zhao Minggong, Yang Shaohu, Qin Luoshuang, Xia Xiaoxiang to the former refugees, all of whom agreed with it.
No one objected.
Changshan County, with its people united as one, has unleashed unprecedented strength. Changshan County is no longer the poor and destitute Changshan County of the past.
And Lin Wen is no longer the Lin Wen of the past.
Now, he possesses nine magical powers of good karma, two magical powers of evil karma, up to 800% of the soul, countless fortunes, innumerable good karmas, and more powerful spells. Even if the Taoist Ancestor appears in front of him now, he will be pressed under his feet and rubbed.
Therefore, even though the number of refugees far exceeded that of the past, Changshan County was able to handle it with ease. Even though there were countless elderly, weak, women, children and sick patients, Lin Wen did not let anyone die in front of him.
The tragedy of watching a little girl die before his eyes with all his might will never happen again.
Just at this time, the monthly settlement also arrived.
Live and work in peace and contentment +95123
Prosperity +71223
Fairness and people's hearts +48882
Freedom +50181
Happiness +76482
Zimin-100
Science and Technology Civilization +108756
Total: 450,547
Soul +19.88%
[Good Karma: 4082347] [Bad Karma: 0] [Spirit: 820.09%]
【Tao Ruo You Qing】764169/10000
Survivor Star: 811/10000
Death Star: 2844771/3840000
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The good fortune that came at the critical moment gave Lin Wen a shot in the arm, and he immediately drew out ten shots of "Turbid World" level luck.
This is the level he concluded that can restore the most souls.
Thirty thousand per time, very cost-effective.
A "Red Dust" level luck that comes once in a hundred thousand is a very strong luck. Things like "Mayfly Dream" that reduces the consumption of [Qiankun Refining] all come from this level.
The “Sea of Bitterness” level luck costs 300,000 per shot, which is very expensive, but it is the level that can produce super luck such as “Good Luck Comes”.
But if it is not necessary, it is best not to draw such high-level luck.
The "This Shore" level luck costs one million per shot, which is too expensive. Lin Wen can't afford it at all, so Li Longxing should just lie down for now.
"Regular draw" has a chance of one in ten thousand, and there is a probability of drawing luck of various levels, but the highest probability is the worst "sinking" level of luck.
Even dogs won't touch this thing.
Facts have proved that Lin Wen's choice was correct. This time, the ten "Turbid World"-level fortunes were quite good, and they were all powerful fortunes that could restore the soul, similar to the "Voice of the Phoenix".
Whenever Lin Wen's spirit was full, the Java Engineering Team would be active. Before that, Lin Wen specially made the Java Engineering Team's one hundred silicone dolls and one hundred giants the nationality of Changshan County.
From then on, the Java Engineering Team became one of our own.
Compared with the refugees in previous times, the refugees this time are much luckier.
They no longer have to live in refugee camps or shacks, but can move directly into spacious and bright dormitories, with twenty people in one room, providing hot water, food, and a medical clinic. As long as they are in good health, they can even find a job in Changshan County immediately.
There is no shortage of jobs here, and many refugees even feel that this is just a drift, a journey, a relocation, and a new life.
They simply left their old life behind and came to a new area to start a new life.
The large number of patients among the refugees did not bring pressure to Changshan County. Changshan County has strong medical resources, and Lin Wen’s "Emperor's Nectar" brand healing potion is even stronger. One tube can cure all diseases.
[Fei Liu Qiong Jiang] is really a good thing, but it is too expensive. You can’t use it without luck.
Lin Wen used it twice and was almost dry.
In the end, the original juice could only be diluted more and more, and the effect became worse and worse, but at least it was no problem to cure some minor illnesses in the world. It was still effective for viruses, bacteria, inflammation, infection and other diseases. Most of the refugees who were sick happened to be caused by these reasons, so no matter how thin the medicine was, it would be fine after just one drink.
Let modern medicine deal with the rest of the illnesses.
Just as Lin Wen was happily accepting the refugees, a newspaper article criticizing Changshan County caught his attention.
On the front page of the newspaper, a huge black headline read: "Breaking News! Natural Disaster or Man-Made Disaster? Why is Changshan County suddenly showing such kindness to help the needy? What's behind this?"
The subtitle below: [French heroic reporter leads you to uncover the truth]
After reading all the way through, Lin Wen's heart suddenly sank into an ice cellar.
Of course, Lin Wen was not discouraged by the enemy's slander. If these nonsense stayed in his mind for half a second longer, he would lose.
Instead, he discovered that this was a newspaper affiliated with the Lin Yabo Group.
Lin Wen had dealt with them many times and knew that whether it was Yu Zhongxian or Lin Yabo, they all had one characteristic: they particularly liked to frame others for what they had done.
So, in this newspaper right now, they are framing Changshan County like this. Does that mean they are doing the same thing?
Considering that Lin Yabo was the only one who did not drive away the refugees, Lin Wen immediately confirmed that this was true.
To be on the safe side, he also used magic to confirm that there was no deviation at all. They just put what they were doing on the head of Changshan County in a different way and tone.
There is no doubt that this has crossed the moral bottom line and is an inhumane evil.
Lin Wen suddenly understood.
No wonder I have been receiving some scattered bad karma recently. It turns out that you are the one doing this.
This is also what has been bothering Lin Wen recently. Since Changshan County became powerful, many things have been connected with him in some way. He always receives some inexplicable good and bad karma. After Changshan County became bigger, there will always be some bad karma popping up from time to time, making Lin Wen unable to guard against it.
The logic for this matter should be as follows:
Because Lin Wen accepted a large number of refugees, Lin Yabo's choices became smaller. Some refugees who should not have been captured and some civilians who were not affected by the disaster were also captured and turned into biochemical monsters.
However, due to the weak causal relationship, there are only scattered single digits.
Ever since Changshan County had the ability to influence the world, bad karma similar to this has never stopped and happened frequently, but they were mostly just one or two things, so Lin Wen never paid much attention to them.
I didn't expect to overlook such a big pit.
If Lin Yabo finds that he doesn't have enough troops and turns everyone into monsters, won't my bad karma explode?
Lin Wen felt angry and cold all over at the same time.
No matter how you look at it, if this absurd inference comes true, it would be the biggest nightmare.
As expected, this guy is the biggest poisonous insect in the empire. It was my biggest mistake not to kill him earlier.
Lin Wen immediately returned to the county government office and summoned all important members of Changshan County.
After briefly explaining the situation, the venue immediately exploded.
No one could have imagined that a person could do such a thing. It had already surpassed the limits of their imagination. Yang Shaohu's face was twisted with anger: "Lin Yabo and Yu Zhongxian are birds of a feather. Yu Zhongxian is dead, but his spirit is still alive. We must completely destroy it, otherwise the world will never be at peace."
Zhao Minggong briefly stated his position: "I support all actions taken by County Magistrate Lin."
Qin Luoshuang closed her eyes and acted quite radically, which was unusual for her: "Send out the troops."
Xia Xiaoxiang's eyes were red as she spoke, "Lin Wen, we must eliminate him. This kind of person is not fit to exist in this world. He will only bring disaster and misfortune, will only make everyone's smiles disappear, and will only disintegrate all happiness into ash."
Li Linyue spoke on behalf of all the Imperial Faction members, saying, "Lin Yabo is our biggest enemy. We should not tolerate him, both emotionally and rationally, and for both public and private reasons."
Lin Wen smiled.
He was very satisfied with the core members of Changshan County today.
With them around, he can rest assured that Changshan County will not go astray in the future.
"So."
Lin Wen issued an order that seemed impossible to all forces.
"All troops mobilized, defeat Elder Sen."
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After a month of production, Changshan County has added another 50,000 sets of exoskeleton power armor, and the number of soldiers in the mecha corps has reached 250,000.
The stockpile of arms and ammunition is also sufficient.
The arms industry is very hot now. As long as you have money, you can buy all kinds of arms except for large-scale weapons, and there are unlimited bullets and artillery shells.
Lin Wen made a lot of money last time, and Changshan County obtained a large amount of funds and materials, which were all exchanged for ammunition through Qin Luoshuang's channels.
It is no exaggeration to say that Changshan County now has well-trained soldiers and sufficient food supplies, and it can fully support a large-scale war.
Changshan County is also different from other forces. It is very efficient. After determining the intention of war, it immediately mobilized everyone from top to bottom.
Zhao Minggong is responsible for all logistics, Yang Shaohu and many key members are responsible for internal affairs, Xia Xiaoxiang is responsible for management personnel, Li Linyue is responsible for organizational management, and the headquarters is responsible for tactics and strategy.
Changshan County's resources were immediately tilted towards the war, and all the soldiers were mobilized. The Mecha Corps was the main force of Changshan County, and the regular troops were logistics and auxiliary forces. They did not participate in frontal combat and were responsible for all matters outside of combat.
Cao Yuan and others from the Changxie Department began a full-scale propaganda campaign. With the assistance of Lin Wen, they gave a profound and thorough report, fully exposing Lin Yabo's evil deeds. Fang Yaobo tried Lin Yabo in absentia for crimes against humanity in Changshan County and sentenced him to death in court.
It’s a pity that Lin Wen couldn’t catch Lin Yabo and kill him immediately.
He tried it, but [A World Away] couldn't be used on people who were full of hatred and murderous intent, and he had no assassination spells, only powerful and head-on skills.
This is also Lin Wen's biggest regret at the moment. It is so inconvenient without cultivation. He can only rely on the spells provided by the system. Otherwise, if he cursed and took away Lin Yabo's soul, he would have been reduced to ashes long ago.
The best we can do now is drive a Gundam over there and fight hard.
Lin Yabo is surrounded by many fully-formed insectoids and colonial warriors, so it would be easy for him to engage in a protracted battle and then be overwhelmed by the follow-up troops.
The most important thing is that Lin Yabo is not alone. He is the leader of a group, equivalent to the king of a swarm of insects.
After killing the queen insect, there will be a replacement, just like after killing the queen ant, a second queen ant will appear immediately.
His power must be stripped away layer by layer before the entire swarm is destroyed.
A strong wind blew in his face. Lin Wen stood on the top of the mountain, looking towards the southeast.
The Battle of the Brood is about to begin.
(End of this chapter)
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