Chapter 126 has been marked for release, but there is no talk of marriage yet...
The job of a revolutionary army leader is not only about working 996 hours, but at least you have to work without a day off all year round.
Many times, when something happens, we have to respond immediately. Not to mention the second day of the differentiation period, even if the patient is seriously injured and has to breathe oxygen in the ICU, we still have to get up and answer the call.
Bai Ling spoke into the headset while quickly putting on his clothes.
The person on the other end of the line was the regiment commander, who said that the Moro mayor wanted to see Commander Bai. Bai Ling and his group have only been here for two days. Judging from the time, the other party should have come to them.
The reason for looking for him was very direct: I wanted water.
Bai Ling had previously led his men to emptied the Peacock Water Tower, making an extremely arrogant scene. Peacock was so angry that he was seeing stars. The next day, he posted wanted posters all over the streets and alleys, and also reported to the Interstellar Alliance, requesting the interstellar peacekeeping force to "sanction" this "robber".
In this way, everyone on the entire wild star knew that Commander Bai had water and resources!
Wouldn't that be something that people would flock to?
The mayor came here this time to buy water from Bai Ling. As for the price, you have to go there in person to find out.
Bai Ling was about to go out with a piece of bread in his mouth.
He kicked his shoes into place in two swift steps, and when he stood up he glanced over. He had no idea when Yu Chen had woken up, and now he was leaning lazily against the bedroom door, looking at him from afar across the wide hallway.
The mermaid said in a long voice: "Commander Bai is really busy."
Bai Ling laughed when he heard it, why is it so resentful?
He put the gun into his holster and raised his chin towards the mermaid, his brows bright. "Wait at home. I will come back to visit you in the evening."
If the glandular patch on the back of his neck hadn't been exposed when he turned around, no one would have known that he was a newly differentiated omega.
Yu Chen chuckled softly, and suddenly his eyes paused and fell on the gland patch. It is a milky-colored piece, a bit like a plaster, with medicine on the inner layer to speed up the healing of the tooth marks.
It can also prevent some snooping and harassment.
Some alphas have low quality and when they see the mark on the back of an omega's neck, they will have malicious thoughts, smile, or take advantage of the omega with words, or look for opportunities to make physical advances. It’s as if the marked omega is a “broken car window”. Because of the broken window effect, everyone wants to go up and touch it.
Especially those Os who have not disclosed their spouses or have lost their spouses, who have no alpha to accompany and protect them outside, are easily treated as "soft persimmons" and squeezed.
To prevent prying eyes, omegas will wear invisible skin-colored gland stickers to hide the teeth marks underneath.
But sometimes, you wear it for a lifetime.
It’s also a kind of bondage.
"Bai Ling."
Yu Chen called his name out of the blue, Bai Ling's spine shuddered, and he turned around instantly: "What's wrong?"
Yu Chen's expression remained normal, and he slowly told him, "After you go out, if you encounter anyone or anything that makes you uncomfortable, come back and report to me."
Bai Ling didn't take it seriously: "Don't worry, I won't run into any danger--"
Yu Chen said succinctly: "Answer me."
“…I know.”
He was oppressed by the alpha's breath, and his nasal tone was a little resentful. He glanced at the alpha's face and said obediently:
"I'm going out now. See you later."
You'll only be good for these two seconds.
Yu Chen stood in front of the French window, watching the hover motorcycle start up below. The car body is heavy, but the accelerator makes a buzzing sound. In the blink of an eye, it draws a big curve drift line on the scorching Gobi Desert and speeds towards the other end of the clear blue horizon.
Behind him, dense data floated above the spread-out desk. A message box popped up in the lower right corner, and the AI's voiceprint signal beat like an electrocardiogram:
"Master, you have a bill of 3.78 billion that needs to be confirmed."
The man didn't even turn his head, as calm as a mountain shore, "Confirm payment."
AI: "Verification passed."
Almost at the same second, this astronomical sum of money was transferred from the personal account of the Gorgon boss to the Gorgon Design Bureau's public financial account.
The sweeping robot passed by in the background, humming: "The mechanical bird doesn't build a nest, it's not happy, buy buy buy~"
Yu Chen turned around and glanced at it lightly. The little robot with a strong desire to survive immediately turned off the speaker and slipped away.
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One advantage of driving in the desert is that there is no traffic jam.
Bai Ling drove smoothly all the way to the town, where Sava was already waiting.
With his sunglasses hooked down by his fingertips, Sava looked at the white-haired young man who was parking his car in a pretentious manner and said teasingly: "Oh, our hard-hearted little cabbage has finally bloomed."
Bai Ling smoothed her hair that was messed up by the wind and glared at him expressionlessly: "Shut your chicken mouth."
Sava leaned over, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is it? Does it feel great to be the O?"
“It makes no difference.”
"How can there be no difference? Didn't your old...old Majesty pin you against the wall before leaving the house and lock you in to be marked?"
"No, he's quite generous." Bai Ling touched the back of his neck, which was slippery. The weather was hot, and the glandular sticker made his neck feel stuffy. "It's already been marked, what else do you want?"
Sava's pupils trembled. "Mark... Completely mark?! Great! I didn't expect that you, a stinky bird with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would play such a big game in private!"
"What's wrong?" Bai Ling lacked omega awareness and had no idea what was wrong.
"...Don't you know that being completely marked with Alpha on the day of differentiation is no different from rushing to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a marriage certificate on your 18th birthday?"
Bai Ling thought about it and it seemed that it was indeed a bit fast.
But this is the nature of falcons. What matters is speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. Not only him, didn't Admiral Schlolan, who is also from the Falcon Family, also fall in love with the Earthling at first sight?
So there's nothing wrong with that.
"I didn't expect my brother would enter the marriage grave so early." Sava pretended to be regretful.
Bai Ling kicked him mercilessly, "What marriage grave? There's nothing to it."
Sava was shocked: "They've already been marked, but you're not talking about marriage?"
"I don't have the time for that," Bai Ling walked forward, turning the car keys in his hand, "It's good to maintain the status quo."
Sava touched his chin and suddenly realized: "I understand, you just enjoy the feeling of having sex with your guardian. It's so exciting."
"...Little Dark Night Hen, are you itchy?" Bai Ling said viciously.
The two birds were chasing each other, causing chaos on the roadside of the town. A jellyfish cloud stretched out its tentacles leisurely and slid over the eaves. A head popped out from the window bars below. The regiment commander looked at the jellyfish, then lowered his head and shouted below:
"Hey, you two, come up quickly!"
I am disappointed in you.
The team leader covered his forehead with his hands, which was bulging with blue veins. Why did it feel like he was the only one in the revolutionary team who had a serious attitude, and the others were just here on vacation?
They met at the "Water Pavilion". When Sava first heard the name, he thought it was a place for SPA and hot springs, so he sent a message to the group leader asking whether he should bring swimming trunks.
Huo Yuan: ...Don’t be too outrageous!
After arriving, Sava saw the faded sign at the entrance and realized that this was a feature of desert tourism.
Others have cafes and teahouses, but it is a water museum that provides all water-related goods and services. There is a small aquarium, water bar and cafe on the top floor, and a swimming pool and jet bath on the lower floor.
Sava: "This is still a bathhouse."
When I walked in, I found that the design inside was quite exquisite. The exotic wavy roof and the flat, symmetrical central courtyard lead to a long corridor where coconut trees in the courtyard can be seen through stone-carved windows. When the wind blows, the leaves rub against each other. When you look up, you can see the rolling sand dunes in the distance from the low wall. Orange sand, clear blue sky, what a beautiful desert scene.
The swimming pool would be even more beautiful if you could ignore the grass.
The dining table was set up on the terrace with the swimming pool right below, and they sat down one by one.
The mayor is a middle-aged alpha woman with a kind face, but the scar at the corner of her mouth suggests that she once had a wild time.
The mayor smiled and said, "What a shame. If you had come three months earlier, you could have soaked in the hot tub. Drinking cactus lemonade and enjoying the desert sunset is one of the most beautiful sights in this town."
Sava looked at the sand-covered swimming pool, then at the dusty fountain. Although it was called a water pool, from top to bottom, the only thing with some water was the cup in front of them.
The mayor's purpose in inviting them here is self-evident.
—Let me show you our predicament.
The dishes were served quickly, one plate per person, the local specialty of willow grilled meat served with small potatoes. But the potatoes were small, poor, and underdeveloped, and their quality was far inferior to the stored potatoes they had on the ship.
The mayor admitted: "These are the best potatoes of the season."
They are the Moro people, a nation named after potatoes. They have a natural love for and are good at growing potatoes. Their potato production used to be able to be exported to traveling merchants and sold all over the galaxy.
But now, they can hardly even eat deformed potatoes.
Bai Ling knew very well why this was so.
He had visited this town in his previous life. Five years later, the town was more desolate and poorer than it is now. Almost all the young people who are able to move have left, leaving only a group of old, weak and sick people, guarding their hometown alone.
He sat on a shabby chair in the shop and chatted with the old people, only then did he realize that the town had once been prosperous. They have a big well for survival. They pump water from the well every day to water the plants, cook and make tea. In their free time, they go outside the town to pick up space junk dumped there, sort it out, and then take it to the metropolis to sell it in exchange for some fresh supplies. Their life is quite leisurely.
But three months ago, the owner of the Metropolitan, the bald peacock, suddenly decided to charge them for water.
I dug the well myself and used it for over a hundred years. Why do I suddenly have to pay others for it?
Bald Peacock walked around arrogantly: "The well water you pumped is from an underground river. I've studied it and found that the water also flows from under the metropolis. That's why you've been stealing my water all these years! I'm lucky I didn't ask you to pay the fine."
The people in the town were so angry that they were shivering all over.
This is simply too much, is there any justice in the world?
The Oasis in the metropolis was originally snatched from them by the Peacock Family.
They were living well and had passed a referendum to become an independent country. However, the mercenaries of the Peacock family killed all of these indigenous people, leaving the dead in the desert and driving the living here.
They still remember the original words of the Peacock Ancestor:
"Drive them to the radiation zone and let them stare at the forest and die of thirst."
Over the years, people in the town have also actively tried to save themselves. They used garbage to make various tools, build houses, pave roads, and try to find underground water sources.
Without an industrial base, they wanted to take advantage of the beautiful scenery of the desert and develop tourism in the hope that some company would take a fancy to this place and provide them with some investment.
However, they refused to pay the water bill, so Bald Peacock sent troops to blow up the well on which they depended for their survival.
The town has been without water for three months.
They can only survive by buying expensive bottled water from the metropolis.
As for fetching water from the cursed forest, many people have gone there, but except for the old guide, none of them have returned.
The mayor doesn't know yet that they have solved the strange fish.
She said sincerely: "I hope you can sell us the stolen water, preferably at a fair price. I have watched Huo Yuan grow up. He said that you are honest people, and I am willing to believe him."
The white tablecloth at the corner of the table fluttered. Bai Ling supported his chin with his hand, turned his gray eyes and asked, "How much are you offering?"
"One liter, 200 star coins."
It’s cheaper than the 250 star coins per liter sold at the Metropolitan. But Bai Ling and his gang are in a no-cost business of stealing water, so offering this price shows they are very sincere.
The mayor and his team spent half a day privately deliberating before making the decision. She knew that Commander Bai had just started his career. Although his warship was large, there was only one at most, and he was short of money.
They were certain that Bai Ling would never refuse this business.
"The price is too low." Bai Ling held his cup, pushed his chair away, leaned against the terrace, and said thoughtfully:
"I refuse."
"What!" The mayor stood up suddenly, his face less kind and more ferocious.
"Is this not enough? Don't be greedy."
Bai Ling gently shook the cup of cactus lemon juice and watched the yellow-green juice hanging on the wall of the cup, becoming somewhat sticky.
He had sharp observation skills and could clearly see through the wall of the cup that the mayor's hand was pressing the terminal under the table. Almost instantly, there was a hurried sound of people going up the stairs not far away. The guards rushed over and surrounded them with guns.
Huo Yuan's face turned cold: "Mayor, you told me before that even if the deal fails, we can still be righteous. Who are you doing this for now?"
The mayor lit a cigarette and put it in her mouth. When she opened her mouth, the scar on her face became more ferocious. There was some sincerity in the previous performance, but most of it was just a pretense to ensure smooth negotiations.
It goes without saying that people in towns like theirs are all tough and sturdy, otherwise they would not be able to survive in this cannibalistic place on Wild Star.
The mayor stopped pretending and stepped on the velvet chair with his big leather boots, leaving a huge footprint.
She slammed the table with the back of her hand, snorted and laughed, with a puff of smoke coming out of her nostrils: "You have to sell it today, whether you want to or not. If it weren't for the water, I would have blown up your spaceship long ago. Why are you still keeping it?"
Sava raised his feathers in surprise: "Is it so cruel?"
The mayor sneered: "Of course, we have set traps in all the open spaces outside the town, including where you parked."
A man of insight is a wise man. Sava advised in a principled manner: "She is serious. Hurry up and agree, you stinky bird!"
Bai Ling said calmly, "I said the price is too low because money is the least valuable thing on the Wild Star. I can give you water, and even build a waterway for you, but I want your most precious thing."
After hearing what he said, the mayor could no longer bear it. It was not enough for him to take the money, but he wanted to ask them for more expensive things. Do they want land, or do they want to be driven out of their homes again? If that is the case, then they must stay and fight to the end!
"I want your people."
Not only was the mayor stunned, but the surrounding guards and Sava were also confused. They wanted people? What does this mean? Could it be that he has fallen in love with a girl in this town?
Bai Ling looked into the distance. This town was quite large, with a permanent population of at least 70,000 to 80,000. If he could convince this group of people to launch a new referendum and join the country he was about to establish, then the procedures for establishing a country that he would submit to the Interstellar Alliance would be complete.
The Interstellar Alliance Charter stipulates that the most important component of a country is not its territory, but its people.
To establish a new country, four conditions must be met - unowned land, a complete army, a local permanent population of more than 30,000, and more than 80% of the votes in a referendum. None of these four conditions can be missing.
After killing the strange fish, Bai Ling was able to claim the forest as his own and thus had a piece of land without any ownership rights.
Now, he only lacks the last two conditions.
Moreover, establishing a country with the people of the small town is equivalent to giving them a legal identity. Afterwards, they can attract investment and develop the country in the name of the country, which is much more comfortable than being refugees and picking up garbage here for generations. This is a win-win situation, there is no reason not to agree.
"... Want people? Okay, we agree." The mayor thought hard for a while and agreed.
She thought to herself, I don't know who Commander Bai has his eyes on, but no matter who he is, for the benefit of the town, she will have to tie him up and send him over. This guy is a young talent and he's handsome. It wouldn't be a loss to sleep with him once.
Seeing that she agreed so readily, Bai Ling specifically confirmed: "You know what I want, right?"
The mayor said impatiently, "I know, the people in the town."
Bai Ling nodded affirmatively: "People in town."
Sava felt something was not right. Are you two talking about the same thing?
The mayor asked again, "Since everything has been agreed upon, when will the waterway you mentioned be completed? Is three months enough?"
She calculated it based on the average construction efficiency of Wild Star.
Bai Ling waved his hand casually, "It won't take three months, just three hours."
Everyone's eyes went dark. You should have prepared some draft for your bragging. Three hours? Even a game of Empire Construction couldn’t be this fast!
The mayor nodded and said, "Okay, if you don't finish it by the agreed time, I will blow up your ship."
Sava thought to herself: She is really obsessed with blowing up the ship.
After dinner, the three birds gathered together, and the other two gnashed their teeth and asked Bai Ling: "You made such a mess. Where did you do it in three hours? Have you ever worked on a water conservancy project before? You are just bragging."
Bai Ling said calmly: "I haven't done that."
"Then you are still boasting!"
Bai Ling slapped away Huo Yuan's hand that was grabbing his collar, and said calmly: "But I have dug trenches that can hide mechas. Are they enough?"
In an emergency, he could lead an inexperienced team of recruits to dig three lines a day, each of which would circle the enemy's base camp three times.
Coincidentally, the two people in front of him had both fallen for his tricks.
The two birds looked at each other, then suddenly realized. No wonder this falcon is so confident. In the interstellar era, being able to dig trenches and build fortifications is hard currency. Not only does one need to understand the various soil types, but one must also be familiar with the most primitive functions of mechas besides combat.
When excavator.
How come they both forgot about this!
Originally, the function of civilian mechas was to reclaim land, build bridges and roads, and perform engineering projects. They have so many mercenaries on their ship, each driving a mecha, and they form a long line and dig at full speed. Shouldn't they dig it through in a short time?
Huo Yuan thought this was a perfect idea: "It just so happens that those alphas have too much energy and nowhere to vent it. It's time to let them do some work."
On the other side, the mayor sat in his office and discussed with the deputy mayor and secretaries:
"Commander Bai has taken a fancy to a boy or girl in our town. Go and persuade that person and get him/her clean and send him/her to Commander Bai's bed."
They didn't notice that the computer behind them, which was supposed to be off, suddenly lit up for a moment and the red power light flashed twice. An external signal came silently and then quickly crawled away along the network cable.
Finally, it reported every detail of the secret meeting in the mayor's office to Isoparaiso's desk.
The little robot lowered its head and reported humbly and respectfully: "Master, the mechanical bird seems to have built a nest outside."
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