Chapter 261: Quacking Watchdog
A separate area was set aside for the prisoners of war ward, with divisions based on gender. Brown Rabbit was staying in Area O. He was lying on the hospital bed, his left hand tied to the bedpost with an electronic handcuff, and the deep wound on his back had just been sutured. After the pain relief stick took effect, the piercing pain finally subsided and became a slight pain.
Therefore, when he answered Bai Ling and Xiwu Si's questions, his speech speed was quite fluent.
Just after saying the two words "Cen Yan", he observed that Commander Bai's expression changed subtly.
Xiwu Si also noticed it and immediately asked, "Why, do you know him?"
If what Brown Rabbit said is true, this "Cen Yan" was raised as a girl when she was a child, then she is most likely the one Bai Ling knows.
Compared to the hardships I experienced in the empire in my previous life, this name far away on Earth is not really that impressive. He had only a few memories of "her", and they were not pleasant.
Bai Ling came back to his senses and said to Xi Wusi, "Cen Yan is from Earth. He used to be in the same kindergarten as me. His father is Cen Genghong, the director of the Earth Civilization Renaissance Program and my mother's direct superior."
Xiwu Si responded, "So the [dark matter energy shield] signed with your mother's name was most likely created by this father and son?"
"There can't be anyone else except them," Bai Ling said calmly, "The Reconstruction Program holds a lot of lost technologies from ancient Earth. They have been passed down from generation to generation and are under strict supervision. Apart from a few insiders, it is impossible for anyone to steal them."
Xiwu Si couldn't help but raise a question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time, "Technology is a major resource. I don't understand why they don't use such a good card in their hand to rebuild the earth? Or exchange land with interstellar countries?"
"Why go to all that trouble to create a cult?"
Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, it also feels like going too far.
Bai Ling looked at him, moved his lips slightly, and said four earth-shattering words: "For colonization."
Colonize the entire galaxy, including controlling all nations in the Interstellar Alliance.
In fact, judging from the situation before Bai Ling’s death in his previous life, the people on Earth had already achieved 80% success. It's just that in his previous life, he was just like the general public, not very sensitive to the subtle changes in the situation between countries, and did not realize the true purpose of the Cyber Cult. He only thought it was a special product for people to seek spiritual sustenance in troubled times.
He also overlooked one thing.
In the history of the ancient West, whether in the Middle Ages or in modern times, the spread of religion is closely related to colonial expansion. From the cut blood vessels in Latin America to the red rivers in Africa, the genocide never started in Germany, but was just another reproduction of the despicable aspects of human civilization.
The invaders 800 years ago were just as smart as the invaders today.
In the past, they made up a name, put on a gorgeous robe called "Christianity", and packaged the plundering of resources as "God's punishment for pagans."
Now, they have put on a more gentle face and become the "Cyber Cult", describing the cleansing of civilization as "resisting the devil on behalf of the people."
"Who is the devil? Us, you, Isoparaiso, and anyone who stands in their way of colonizing the stars."
This is a silent and soft colonization.
The cults do not directly control the military. They often hide behind big politicians and big capitalists and control the government through people in front of the stage - commonly known as the shadow government.
Presidents, prime ministers, and emperors are nothing more than puppets who came to power after exchanging interests with the cult.
If the public has any objections, they will step down and be replaced. The appointment and removal of the leader will not affect the power of the cult in the slightest.
This method of manipulating the government is not new.
At least in Bai Ling's impression, Isuparaiso once wanted to do this, but he didn't know if he was not cruel enough, which allowed the octopus Cade to get out of control and become a wild horse.
——Thoughts flashed through Bai Ling's mind, and he subconsciously felt that the mermaid's behavior was somewhat illogical, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.
The more Xiwu Si listened, the more his brows furrowed. He crossed his arms and thought, "So we are now the biggest threat standing in front of the cult. According to what you said, they will definitely arrange a grand massacre for us."
"And the place of massacre—"
The incandescent light flickered a few times, and Xiwusi raised his head. In a flash, he met Bai Linghui's cold eyes and saw the same answer:
"New Columbus."
Anyone who has the executive power to form a large cult and colonize the world must have an extraordinary desire for control. This type of people usually have obsessive-compulsive disorder and pay attention to rituals. The star name "New Columbus", which symbolizes the beginning of the ancient Earth's colonial era, will definitely be favored by this person.
There must be greater dangers waiting for them beneath the protective shield of New Columbus.
Xiwusi suddenly grabbed Bai Ling's arm and lowered his voice urgently, "Bai Ling, why don't you give up liberating that planet and destroy it directly!"
Do they really need a planet full of alien cultists and traps?
Bai Ling fell silent, obviously struggling and thinking.
Not to mention that there are still a few comrades at the Revolutionary Army stations on the planet. He also had a feeling that given the personalities of the Cen father and son, they would definitely find ways to lure them there.
At this time, the messenger came in and saluted, "Commander Bai!"
Bai Ling raised his eyes, and had a bad feeling in his heart, "Did the technical department find something?"
"Yes. The technical department has just found a missing mecha that is suspected to be General Kidd by checking 400,000 satellite photos. The photo was taken near the atmosphere of New Columbus. General Kidd may have been -"
Captured into the planet.
As hostages to further threaten the revolutionary army.
It is even possible that Cen Yan was deliberately driving the mecha so that he could be photographed by the satellite. The Revolutionary Army is stationed in outer space, and Kidd's mecha has a built-in friend-or-foe identification system that will not trigger an alarm. It must be that when the incident happened, before everyone could understand the situation and react, Cen Yan took advantage of the chaos and hijacked the mecha and rushed in from the backlit side of the planet.
He clenched his fingers into fists and slammed them hard on the bedpost. Seibuji choked out a cry from his chest, "Fuck!"
That shady guy seemed to have calculated their every thought. Whenever they want to fight to the death, the other party will suddenly jump out and disgust them.
It's so disgusting that his father opened the door to disgust, it's so disgusting.
Now the mouse has returned to its nest. They could neither launch planet-destroying weapons nor obtain the password to enter the energy shield. They were stuck halfway, and it became a real pain in their heart.
Bai Ling felt a slight ripple in his heart when he heard his indignation. He thought that if he asked to rescue Kidd alone, Cen Yan and the others might let him in.
Seeing that he looked unnatural, Xiwusi frowned and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Bai Ling shook his head, "Nothing."
He didn't say it out loud, but kept this idea in his heart as a trump card. See if there is any other way first.
"that……"
A weak voice sounded.
The two eagles lost their state and turned their heads towards the head of the bed in an instant. They saw the brown rabbit lying down to rest, and they turned their heads away with their buttocks sticking out in embarrassment, and raised their hands cautiously like elementary school students, asking to speak:
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation, but I might know where the password to enter the energy shield is."
"Where?" The two eagles stood up.
"The Imperial Army's flagship."
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In the conventional fleet configuration of an interstellar power, a main ship of an army can be said to be surrounded by stars - with a circle of command ships, frigates, and battleships surrounding it, and the main ship platform is protected in the middle, serving as a warehouse for mecha take-off and landing and the main command center.
It can be said that no matter how fierce the battle is, the main ship will always be the last one to be destroyed. It is conceivable how difficult it is to break through the circle of fire and reach out to touch it.
So far, the only group in the Revolutionary Army capable of coordinating operations to "touch the main ship" is the Seagull Legion.
Bai Ling went to comfort the wounded soldiers.
He brought the brown rabbit with him to prove to the remnants of the Seagull 2nd Division that Kidd had not betrayed them, but was framed.
Half of the Seagull group found it hard to accept, while the other half were very excited:
[That bastard, I knew the boss wouldn't betray us! ]
[I will kill him to avenge my brother! ]
Bai Ling asked them to follow the frigate and transfer from space to the ground base on Silver Diamond Star to recuperate. Half of the people got on board dejectedly, but the other half refused to pack their luggage and shouted that they wanted to take revenge.
The temperaments of the Seagull Group are simply two extremes. Either they are extremely docile and obedient, or they are noisy and irritating.
Bai Ling held his forehead with his hand, his brain was blown away by the noise. I don't know how Kidd manages them normally. It would be useless without Kidd to keep the situation under control.
It was with great difficulty that we persuaded these border folks to leave.
Bai Ling was counting the troops here, preparing to dispatch manpower to seize the Imperial Army's flagship. This group of people seemed to have smelled the aroma of French fries from afar, and they came running over one by one, ten by ten, and a hundred by ten, turning into seagulls flapping their wings and flying back and forth over people's heads:
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Take us to-! Let us go!"
For a moment, feathers flew everywhere in the hangar. It was not until Seibuji lost his patience and fired a blank shot into the air that this group of "sky gray mice" fell to the ground reluctantly, and their large webbed feet with blood oozing out of them walked back and forth on the green anti-static floor.
Finally, Bai Ling looked around and made a cold decision: "Those with intact limbs and only minor injuries can stay. The other gulls will board the ship and leave immediately, otherwise you and your entire group will have no good fries to eat for the next month!"
As their pulse points were pinched, the Maimen followers had no choice but to behave themselves and walked away with their buttocks stomping and stomping.
A thousand people were left behind.
These thousand men will be integrated with the Eagle Regiment as a special force for this operation.
After receiving the notice, the Eagle Group pretended to complain, "Ah? The training is not enough, and we have to fight with them in real combat. They scream and yell on the public channel every day, and my eardrums are about to burst. No more noise, eh?"
The seagulls nodded obediently, their carrot-colored beaks becoming mere shadows.
After coming on stage——
[Wow wow wow wow, my friend, let me tell you, there is a fish and chips restaurant on Silver Diamond Star that is really delicious! ]
[That’s fine. Wow. I’ll bring you guys over to try it later. Use your card!] Hey hey hey hey hey——]
The Eagle Group diving in the channel: "..."
It seems that these seagulls can't fight without chatting.
...But after listening to it for a long time, I feel that it is not unacceptable.
Sometimes, there is a lack of sound in the lifeless public channel. Finding joy in suffering is also joy. Be happy for every day you live, and be happy for every second you live longer.
And they know that the seagulls don't make such loud noises on purpose - people think that seagulls are bad birds that only steal things and make noise, but they don't know that in the eyes of seagulls, strong winds and rough waves make life on the sea fraught with dangers. The only way they could resist the unity of nature was to evolve as loud a voice as possible, against the sea breeze, over the waves, and loudly tell their companions - "There is food here! Come and eat!"
Whenever you hear the cry of seagulls, you know the sea is nearby.
Thinking of this way, these chattering sounds also become cute.
"—Brothers, we tricked them with that trick, the rolling stone!"
"Ahhhh all right, I'm stepping on the gas, do whatever you want!"
"Let me become a meteor and smash through the roof of your house. Oh dear—"
This time they were missing a leading general, so they had to command themselves. It was difficult for the enemy's main ship to approach, so they came up with an idea. One of their planes found a large meteorite and pushed it to fly, pretending to be a small meteorite meteor shower falling from a star belt, leaving red, green, blue and colorful tails at the tail of the plane.
I don’t know if it will work, but it never hurts to try. What if?
——This was the reason a certain young Seagull who offered advice used to convince Commander Bai.
At the same time, in the POW area on the medical floor, Brown Rabbit, who was lying on the bed waiting for the nurse to apply medicine, also heard some words about the surprise attack.
The nurses kept their mouths shut and didn't say anything about the specific strategy. They just chatted about how another soldier had bravely offered a suggestion and Commander Bai had commended him.
The brown rabbit lay on the pillow, thinking unconsciously that if this happened in the Imperial Fleet where the leader had the final say, the soldier would definitely be punished.
He couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Excuse me... why did you reward him? Isn't this considered talking back to your boss?"
"Hmm, I don't think there is such a crime here. If you have any opinions, you can go to the permanent secretary and they will be adopted if they are reasonable." The nurse thought for a while and said, "If I have to say anything, I think we treat people as human beings here."
She smiled, holding the debridement scissors in her hand like an angel of judgment, "Otherwise I wouldn't use such good medicine for your little captive who has been repeatedly infected."
With one cut of the scissors, the brown rabbit started to cry in pain.
"Don't cry, only the living are eligible to be infected!"
The survival principle that everything is aimed at staying alive may sound like a fallacy, but it cannot conceal the vitality. The brown rabbit couldn't help but burst out laughing, and snot bubbles came out of his nose. At that moment, a thought came to his mind -
If General Jiao were here, he would definitely like the atmosphere here more.
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At the same time, there was a slight commotion in the command room of the Imperial flagship.
"Admiral Jiao! The ship's radar scans a meteorite formation ahead, approaching us at a speed of 70 kilometers per second. Should we set up a modular anti-meteorite shield?"
"Meteorite formation?" The horned eagle confirmed cautiously, "Did the onboard system's environmental warning say there was a chance of meteorite falling today?"
"No, Admiral, this data is missing."
"The speed is 70 kilometers per second, and the image does fit the shape of a meteorite," the horn eagle pondered for a moment, "but to be on the safe side, it's better to send scouts to check it out."
The adjutant said awkwardly: "But sir, the reconnaissance team has been reporting to you, requesting to increase the dosage of the brain-computer interface, but you have never approved it. Do you want to approve it now?"
When this was mentioned, the horn eagle became furious. "Who taught them this? Can our soldiers not go to the battlefield without taking medicine?"
"This..." The adjutant was having a hard time explaining. "You know these soldiers are new recruits and lack training. They have installed the connecting agent and with the help of external forces, they have the courage and confidence to get on the plane and kill the enemy. If they are suddenly deactivated, they will definitely panic, as if they were deprived of a layer of combat power, and they will feel a little guilty."
"And if the war is delayed because of this, it will be difficult for you to bear this responsibility."
The horn eagle felt angry in his chest, but he couldn't vent it, so he was caught in a dilemma.
It wasn't that she wanted to delay the battle, but she discovered that Consultant Cen had deceived all of them - the so-called connecting agent with very low side effects would make people dizzy if used for a long time, and in severe cases, they would lose consciousness.
When she woke up and found herself talking to her subordinates, she felt something was wrong. After privately checking the surveillance footage, it was found that she had walked onto the ship on her own when she was unconscious.
She was secretly shocked and quickly sought out a familiar medical officer for a checkup, but nothing was found. But the medical officer told her in a secretive manner that there is no perfect medicine in the world. If there is a medicine that can make soldiers excited, confident, and twice as strong in a short period of time, it will definitely damage the soldiers' brain nerves, and if it happens twice more, they will be paralyzed.
In her opinion, soldiers can sacrifice themselves for their country. But they must never be used as tools, become medicine, or even suffer lifelong disability unnecessarily.
It's simply like not treating people as human beings.
They were treated as experimental animals.
Seeing that she remained silent, the adjutant suggested, "Why don't we ask Marshal Golden Eagle for instructions? Let the Marshal make the decision."
"Okay." The horn eagle breathed a sigh of relief, as if it had found a chance to catch its breath.
However, when she called, before the golden eagle could even say hello, an account was forcibly added to the channel, and an old voice appeared:
"Admiral Jiao, I was just about to have someone contact you. The project was going well. Why did you suddenly order it to be interrupted?"
The golden eagle paused for a moment, then quickly introduced, "Horned eagle, this is His Excellency the Duke of Swordfish, go and say hello to him."
The horn eagle frowned. She had always known that the funding for the military was controlled by the nobles, but she had never expected that the situation had reached the point where even combat operations were dictated by the old man.
Although she was dissatisfied, in order to save the soldier's life, she still gritted her teeth and said respectfully: "I wish you all the best, Your Excellency the Duke."
Then he explained, "If the project you are talking about is a brain-computer interface, then I'm sorry I can't do it. Because I found that this type of chip medicine is likely to cause irreversible damage to the soldiers' bodies."
"Injury?" The Duke seemed to have heard a big joke. "You soldiers are born to serve the country with all your heart and soul until your death. You didn't sacrifice when you should have, and now you are giving me an excuse to say you did harm?"
"If you are afraid of getting hurt, don't join the army!" The Duke shouted loudly, and then asked lazily, "Do you think I am right, horn eagle?"
The horned eagle gritted his teeth and squeezed out a word, "Yes. But——"
"There are no buts for me." There were two thumps, which sounded like the sound of a cane hitting the ground. The Duke taught her arrogantly, "Soldiers are consumables. When one batch is worn out, we can just recruit another batch. The capital star is full of people on the streets. The number of people killed in the war is not as many as those killed in the earthquake. If you are afraid that they will be worn out, I will order the guards to go to the streets to arrest people tomorrow and send them to you."
The horned eagle was furious and shouted back with all his courage: "You can't do this! You are not qualified to hurt those civilians!"
"First it was the police, then the workers, then the students of the military academy, and now it has progressed to the point where they have to arrest civilians with no military training on the streets - is this war inevitable? Do we have to let everyone die before we are satisfied?"
The golden eagle choked and immediately shouted sternly: "Horned Eagle! What nonsense are you talking about? Take back your words and apologize to the Duke."
"Say you are wrong!" The golden eagle wanted to save her.
"I'm not wrong!" These four sonorous words were the harpy eagle's final answer as an eagle.
"Good, good, good," the Duke clapped his hands and said three good words, as if he was sincerely impressed by her courage. However, the next second, this sinister old man announced with a smile:
"Horned Eagle, since you don't like war, I will grant your wish. I will strip you of your admiral medal and demote you to a private."
He wanted to let her know that the price of disobeying was to fall from the clouds in the blink of an eye, sink into the quagmire and become a servant.
"As for the overall command, let the frigate bird take it," the Duke called out, "I like young people with good vision."
Upon receiving the notice, Fulit was ecstatic. He smiled widely with a face distorted by drugs, saluted with full energy, and shouted, "Thank you for the supreme honor you have bestowed upon me, Your Excellency the Duke. I will take care of the hornbill for you."
"Well, go ahead."
So, to show his loyalty, Fulit, a young man who had been promoted rapidly, immediately ordered the horn eagle to be subjected to the highest form of insult in the fleet.
He forced the horn eagle to wear a filthy combat uniform, drive the most rubbish old mecha, and tied it to the outside of the main ship with an interception cable.
This is a form of punishment developed by the Imperial Military in the last decade, "watchdog".
Everyone who passed by the porthole could see the horn statue tied up like a dog, struggling to drive its old mecha in space, trying hard to maintain relative stillness with the main ship.
Because if she didn't do this, she might be thrown into deep space due to the inertia of the main ship's voyage and die instantly.
[warn! warn! The system prompts that the engine is overheating and may explode in 3 minutes! ]
In the cockpit, the dark glass reflected the sad face of the horned eagle. At that moment, she was no longer thinking about serving the country, but about her family far away in the capital planet.
Feel sorry……
This time, I'm going to break my promise again...
[warn! warn--! ]
She closed her eyes and thought that three minutes had come. However, fate is cruel, this time the warning is not overheating, but -
[Warning, meteorites are coming ahead. The system has switched energy to shield. Please watch the meteor shower from a close distance! ]
The harpy eagle opened its eyes in surprise and saw the meteorites approaching at a speed of 70 kilometers per second. When the main ship opened the defense module, a strange scene happened. Behind all the meteorites, thousands of mechas jumped out like carp turning over.
They tilted and flew past the main ship, like a flock of seagulls flying overhead, slightly tilting their wings and bringing down a heavy rain of gulls.
Someone's sword of light slashed across the main ship, and the accompanying particle beam cut through the "dog leash" that tied the horn eagle. The public channel responded with a mocking voice with a strong border accent:
"Hey man, what have you done to deserve this? Join us in beating up the bad guys! Then you can go home to your wife and kids."
I wanted to enter two words in the interface, [No]
But when she heard the last part, she was stunned for a while, and finally deleted it, pursing her lips and changing it to:
[I am the elder sister.] OK, let’s fight together]
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When the battle for the fleet ended, the dawn had already begun on the capital star. The stars rose high above the sea level, casting brilliant light. The seabirds that had previously taken shelter from the strong wind and heavy rain flew out again, circling around the cliffs and howling.
Ramo saw the latest secret war report and breathed a sigh of relief. The Revolutionary Army seized the Empire's flagship and prepared to advance to New Columbus.
It is said that the original commander-in-chief, Admiral Horned Eagle, also defected to the revolutionary army after being dismissed without reason.
Thanks to her defection and assistance, the casualties of the revolutionary army's attack were reduced to the lowest in history. There was only one gull with a broken bone, which was caused by it being so happy after the victory that it accidentally rolled down from the hatch of the mecha and fell.
Although Rameau was not present, he was inexplicably excited and encouraged. He asked the bionic housekeeping to fry a large pot of French fries, and took the pot to the edge of the cliff to throw them out, "Eat, eat! Flying mouse cubs, don't go hungry!"
Then the monarch came. The monarch was in a good mood too, wearing anti-fouling gloves and spreading fries with him.
"No more. I'll go make another pot." Ramo became addicted to it and ran back excitedly.
Therefore, he did not see the man standing on the edge of the cliff, opening his arms to the wind, jumping down from the sky, his figure as agile as a migrating whale, and diving into the deep sea.
The moment the mermaid's body entered the water, it was broken up by the water pressure, turning into thin black lines that rose and fell with the waves. Those nerve fibers were like a large mass of color sucked away by a whirlpool, sinking into the bottom of the water and into a dark and unknown place.
Then it appeared in another place.
It crawled wetly onto the shore, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into a physical form acceptable to humans, and put on the clothes it was holding in its hands.
He had long, strong legs, and water was dripping from his body as he walked. But by the time they reached the cemetery, all the moisture on their bodies had been absorbed dry, and their clothes had become dry, smooth, clean and decent again.
It is 150 meters deep underground. The dark caves are interconnected like a maze. Anyone who comes here without permission will get lost and then drowned by the high tide.
Even if they don't drown, they will be brutally killed by the "living creatures" guarding here, and their skin and flesh will be used as nutrients and sucked dry.
Mermaids can see at night. He stopped and touched the burn marks on the wall. He found a little living nerve cell in the remaining tissue that had escaped here after the explosion. He pinched it with his fingertips, thinking that it should not be wasted, and then he licked it and ate it.
At this moment, a voice appeared behind him: "You came just in time."
The tone was sarcastic and a little sarcastic.
Yu Chen turned around, stood still, and smiled at it: "Long time no see."
The other person looked him up and down and commented bluntly, "You've gotten older."
Faced with such an offense, Yu Chen showed no sign of getting angry. Because the guy in front of him was the only person in the world he couldn't get angry with.
They share ideas. The fragmented and shaking mosaic-like shadow sensed his thoughts and immediately asked:
"Wei Er, who is the other one?"
Yu Chen just smiled and didn't answer.
The unclear mosaic shadow sensed something and asked in an incredible tone: "I can't believe you have an omega and you're hiding it from me..."
"No, the problem is that there is an omega willing to accompany you? How can he stand you?" He said with a slightly disgusted tone.
"Yeah," Yu Chen tilted his head and put his hands in his trouser pockets, "I forced it."
It's a completely boastful tone. It's probably just for showing off.
"Bring it to me and show it to me."
"Let's talk about it later."
"Refusal means you are unwilling to let me judge. He must be an ordinary person."
Yu Chen smiled gently and calmly: "I hope you can be responsible for what you say in the future, Ifas."
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