Chapter 1032 Weightlessness

  Chapter 1032 Weightlessness

  The front of the coin says rich, and the other side is naturally poor.

  There is only one ideal city after all.

  And in the hundreds of millions of square kilometers of land, most of it is still barren.

  The street fighting in the Free State is still going on, and the civil war in the Borneo Province has ended.

  Under the mediation of the Alliance, the Borneo Army finally gave up going north and withdrew from the depths of Yangzhou and Niaozhou to the mountainous area behind the plain on the south bank of the Tasang River.

  Of course.

  The main reason is that it really can’t fight anymore.

  From Tianshui to the south, a famine unprecedented in a century broke out on the most fertile land in Borneo Province, and a large number of production facilities were artificially destroyed. Even if the supply on the front line can be maintained, the tightened belt has been locked on the ribs.

  Another thing is that the Eastern Empire doesn’t want to fight anymore, and a wave of monetary reforms has been made in its military aid to Borneo.

  In other words, if you want guns and cannons, just take the money to buy them at New Xifan Port.

  In fact, this is almost an “explicit indication” from His Majesty.

  After seeing the Alliance’s space elevator and low-Earth orbit defense platform, Saren had completely given up the idea of ​​competing for land hegemony and turned his mind to the outside of the solar system.

  This was also the suggestion made by General McLen after he came back from the space elevator.

  He had a large number of “frigate” cores in his hands. These things can be installed on airships, and naturally they can also be installed on starships.

  Even if a hyperspace engine and plasma engine are installed, and the structural strength and airtightness of the spacecraft are strengthened, it can be used directly as a serious starship.

  The Alliance has always been very interested in these good things in his hands, and he happened to be interested in the stars outside the solar system, and even regarded it as a good opportunity to overtake on the curve.

  In fact, there was no need for everyone to fight to the death on this small piece of land.

  It’s also good to explore the future together.

  In this way, a new faction with “farsightedness” as its core, the reborn East Empire, is rising, and a race about space has officially begun.

  And because the East Empire and the Alliance reached a consensus, the northward movement of the Polo Kingdom had to come to an abrupt end.

  Both sides declared their victory and then retreated to their original borders.

  The Mammoth Kingdom occupied the northeast corner of the Borneo Province and ruled the country along the plains on both sides of the Tasang River.

  Borneo retained its original borders, including Tiger State and Leopard State, which had joined Borneo through the union during the war with the Southern Legion, and the Lowell State area except for the Golden Gallon Port.

  Both sides counted their casualties. Borneo claimed that 30,000 soldiers were killed and 1 million soldiers of the Mammoth Kingdom were killed. The Mammoth Kingdom claimed that 50,000 soldiers were killed and 1.5 million soldiers of Borneo were killed.

  But this is obviously bragging.

  Both sides probably counted the civilians and even cattle who died in the war, and put the blame on each other.

  The Dawn City “Survivor Daily” combined the data of both sides and concluded through on-site investigation that the number of casualties on the Borneo side should be around 270,000, with nearly 400,000 wounded, and nearly 30% of the casualties were due to malaria and infectious diseases.

  The Mammoth Country lost 120,000 people and 170,000 wounded. Thanks to good medical conditions, the non-combat casualties were low, but it was still a heavy blow to its disadvantaged population.

  Since Shawa recalled a large number of overseas workers to return to the country to participate in the war, the aftermath of this war even impacted the labor market in the southern seas.

  In addition, the Survivor Daily of Dawn City also investigated the civilian casualties that both sides had downplayed, and surprisingly found that the proportion of civilian casualties in this war was much higher than the previous war with the Southern Legion, reaching a staggering 2.5 million!

  In this war, both sides came up with many ingenious strategies, breaking through the bottom line of human beings again and again.

  Gopal imitated the late “God of War” Alayyan and developed the “herd tactics” based on the latter, that is, to drive the refugees to the towns in the Sheep State and Bird State, and then use artillery and machine guns to force them to attack the trenches of the Mammoth Country.

  It must be said that he was indeed worthy of being Alayan’s right-hand man, and indeed inherited the reputation of “God of War”.

  Even the “Iron General” Grove lost to his unscrupulous means because of a trace of righteousness that he could not bring himself to do it.

  Since Grove could not bring himself to do it, Gopal organized the Velantes and central servants recruited from the Southern Corps into a “sheepdog” company to drive the flock of sheep, and let the Velantes drive away the Bharat refugees.

  This trick really worked wonders.

  Those guys who had killed red-eyed in the last war heard that they could reduce their sentences for meritorious service, and when they killed the Bharats, they were like crazy, and the machine guns were firing randomly. There

  was no problem of not being able to do it now.

  Even more than that, after the war was over, Gopal could push the responsibility to the Velantes and stay out of it.

  It can be said to be a win-win situation.

  But what Gopal did not expect was that the person standing opposite him was also a butcher.

  As the former captain of the assault troopers and the adopted son of Lacy, Shawa’s reputation as the “butcher” had already been demonstrated in the Mammoth City Rebellion, and he would not be soft-handed in the civil war.

  Just as Gopal urged the “Iron General” Grove to attack forward, Shawa directly sent Gurion, the former commander-in-chief of the Southern Legion’s Pharaoh Province Theater, to the front line. As soon as

  this move came out, the front-line soldiers of both sides were stunned, including Grove who was commanding the operation.

  Although he had made Gurion suffer some hardships in the “North Wind Operation” before, that was after all when Gurion was stabbing at full strength to face the attack of the main forces of the Alliance and Pharaoh. Although Gurion was itching with hatred, he had no chance to deal with him.

  Now the two sides were facing each other, and they were fighting face to face with bayonets, and no one was pulling the front teeth and hind legs.

  Although Grove had an absolute advantage in manpower and relatively strong firepower, the other party was also professional in repairing tortoise shells, and was trained by the bombers of the Alliance.

  And the most important thing is that this guy will not show mercy when killing the Brahmans.

  Gopal’s flock of sheep hit a wall, and they were shot down halfway before they could attack the Mammoth Kingdom’s position.

  Grove was the same, and the situation he faced was even more troublesome. The old members of the Southern Legion who were originally arranged by him on the front line began to flee in large numbers.

  And the officers led the escape.

  What he couldn’t stand the most was Gipson, the captain of ten thousand men he captured in the south!

  He had written to the people of the Eastern Empire before, hoping that they would give this guy a promotion… Although the people of the Eastern Empire refused.

  Unexpectedly, this bastard actually ran away!

  Gipson was basically the highest-ranking Willant officer under his command.

  In order to prevent similar things from happening, he could only withdraw the Weilant troops from the front line to the rear, serve as instructors for training new recruits, and send his own people to the front line again.

  Including the 110,000th direct line of the deputy commander Yokale.

  After betraying the Northern Field Army, this unit had a period of good times and was listed in Tiandu’s “Survivor Daily” with bright wreaths.

  But now all the other people in Beiye are dead, and even the cattle of the logistics baggage team have been killed. This group of proud sons of heaven seem to have become the tail of the old era again and have to go to the front line to prove their loyalty.

  The only one who escaped was Yokale himself.

  But now he has become a commander without a single soldier.

  Even if they are all family members, there are always people whose blood is thicker than others and look more like family members…

  …

  On the edge of the Tasang River.

  A concrete dam stands in the middle of the turbulent river.

  In the last battle, the Polo Kingdom tried to blow it up and let the flood engulf the Mammoth City again.

  Fortunately, with the desperate resistance of the local troops, they finally managed to defend the dam.

  Now the war is finally over.

  The engineers who returned home from the southern seas are investigating the dam, thinking about how to improve the original dam and install a generator set on it.

  That may not only benefit the farmers on both sides of the river basin, but also benefit more people.

  Although many people will not see that day…

  Looking at the towering dam, Shawa, wearing a neat military uniform, said nothing, squinting his eyes as if thinking about something.

  Or maybe he was missing someone.

  A group of Mammoth Country officers stood behind him, all holding their breath and concentrating, and no one dared to disturb them.

  Except for a certain Willant who couldn’t read the air.

  ”… I don’t know how many capable people and heroes have been buried in these rolling waves.”

  ”It’s hard to say.”

  Looking at Gurion, who was sad at the sight of the things, Shawa grinned, with a bit of self-mockery in his voice.

  ”It’s hard to say, maybe in a few years, the living and the dead will become bears.”

  He had seen through it a long time ago.

  In this land, heroes are either destroyed physically and buried alive as if they never existed, or slandered as villains or clowns. The real clowns and villains can always rise to the top and become gods on earth.

  He got the villain card.

  Gurion glanced at him and saw those dead eyes. For some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

  His Adam’s apple moved and he looked towards the dam again.

  ”I think this is probably the biggest difference between us.”

  Shava glanced at him.

  ”Oh?”

  Gurion was silent for a moment and continued.

  ”In Triumph City, heroes are heroes, and they are two different concepts from saints. We can accept the imperfect side of heroes and even commemorate their mistakes and glory together. The former does not shame the latter, but makes the latter more three-dimensional… just like a marble statue, the bulge is set off by the shadow.”

  Shava smiled and teased.

  ”Even if it’s a marshal?”

  Gurion nodded slowly.

  ”Yes, he did a lot of bad things, such as the massacre in Yavent City… We used to regard it as honor for a long time, burying his shameful story, and then everyone paid a heavy price.”

  Shawa grinned.

  ”You want to say that you are the price?”

  ”I am just one of them, the one who does not deserve sympathy.” Gu Liong sighed, turned to Shawa, paused and continued, “My war is over, what are you going to do with me?”

  Shawa said expressionlessly.

  ”I keep my word, you are free, you can take your pension to wherever you want to go.”

  Gu Liong said.

  ”What if I want to stay here?”

  Shawa looked at him in surprise, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

  ”Are you sure?”

  Although this guy is a loner, his ability is there.

  Whether he returns to the Batoy Alliance or the Willant Alliance, there will definitely be someone who needs him.

  ”I want to… atone for my sins,” Gu Liong looked at him seriously, “Although it is a bit shameless to say this, I want to try to help you and do my best.”

  Shawa laughed.

  ”This is probably the most shameless thing I have heard this year.”

  After a pause, he turned around as if he was tired, threw down a sentence and left.

  ”It’s up to you, this is your freedom.”

  …

  Shortly after that, Gu Liong resigned from the position of commander of the Mammoth Army, and as a Weilant, he set a precedent for the Boro Province to end his military power well.

  Although whether he really had military power is debatable, after all, the first ruthless man in the Mammoth Kingdom, “Big Moon King” Shawa, stood behind him, but he did start a new beginning.

  After retirement, he did not sit idle, but used his pension to establish the Mammoth Army Academy to train political and military talents who are truly loyal to the country, not to the king. It

  is obviously not enough to run such a university with just his pension.

  After all, he is not Mr. Rat, he has outstanding personal charm and talent, and he has caught the early train of history.

  However, when he was in financial difficulties, he suddenly received a huge donation, and this university was established in an incredible way.

  Some people said that the donation was actually the wealth he looted from the Borneo Province, others said that the money was donated by other Weilants who felt guilty towards the Borneo people, and some even said that the gangs in Jingalon Port had too much money to spend, or that the “Big Moon King” Shava had too much money to make himself uncomfortable.

  But no matter what, the flame that had been extinguished seemed to be burning again.

  This time, they might be able to ignite their own light.

  No need to rely on the power of the alliance or anyone else…

  …

  On the other side, Tiandu City.

  Outside the city, there were starving people everywhere, and even the red soil had been dug up clean, but the big theater in the city was bustling with people and joy.

  To celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition, a circus performance was being performed in the big theater.

  It is said that this circus came from Silver Moon Bay and had performed at the Alliance’s Victory Day celebration. Now that they have been invited to Tiandu, it can be regarded as the Alliance celebrating Tiandu’s birthday.

  Zaid sat in the viewing booth, holding a Rick Five in his mouth, squinting his eyes and sucking on it, looking so happy.

  Sava recently had some disease and was allergic to nicotine, at least he claimed that he was.

  It was fine when they were far apart, but sitting shoulder to shoulder like this, even though he had a flexible body, he couldn’t open his eyes and coughed continuously.

  Seeing his sickly appearance, Zaid suddenly became more excited. Under the flattery of the stars, he even smoked a variety of tricks and blew smoke rings.

  Seeing Sava’s listless expression, he smiled and said jokingly.

  ”Sava, what do you think of that clown?”

  The clown on the stage was fighting with a tiger. Of course, it was not a real fight, but a somersault.

  Sava was stunned, not sure what his godfather meant, but he still said with a flattering smile.

  ”I think… this clown is really ugly.”

  This was also a repetitive sentence with the most nonsense, and it was also the safest answer he could think of.

  However, he didn’t expect that his godfather would still get the hang of his words.

  Zayd frowned, took off Rick Five, and started talking.

  ”How can you say that? This clown, I don’t think it’s ugly. How can it be considered ugly to paint yourself to bring joy to others? Not only is it not ugly, it’s also a great kindness! The ultimate kindness!”

  Sava was dumbfounded at the time.

  This is also possible? !

  The people around him clapped excitedly, clapping their hands until they were red.

  ”Parents, be wise!”

  ”That’s the truth!”

  ”As the saying goes… Feeding tigers with dust as a face, just to keep their smiles in the mortal world!”

  ”Great!!!”

  ”Great justice!!!”

  The waves of cheers were higher and higher. The clown on the stage thought he was applauding himself and performed even harder, but he didn’t know that the people below were on the stage.

  The editor-in-chief of the “Survivor Daily” had already thought of tomorrow’s headline article, which was called “The Clown Is Not Ugly”. The uneducated and rough man Pickley just thought it was wonderful and clapped his hands happily, just like the monkey that had just been amused by the clown, and couldn’t stop laughing.

  Only the education committee member Kabaha was not interested. He crossed his arms in front of his chest, out of tune with the people around him, with a cold look on his face, and even sneered to himself.

  ”I laughed at Abusek for fawning on cats and being arrogant to people, but now I see that I laughed too early.”

  That’s it.

  He was wrong .

  Savar, who had been humiliated, looked smug, but he was also relieved in his heart. It was better to be criticized than to lose his life. At most, he would have to write a profound self-examination when he returned.

  At this time, someone suddenly asked.

  ”Why didn’t Gopal come?”

  Someone answered immediately.

  ”He was sick, so he didn’t come.”

  ”Sick? I think he is mentally slack, tired of our family business. He doesn’t want to watch the circus of the new era, but closes the door to watch the beast chess of the Lowell era, haha.”

  Zaid flicked the ash of Rick Five’s cigarette.

  The last “haha” was just a casual understatement, but it scared the family members around him.

  They were also murderers, but they were no match for this one.

  Everyone was calculating the weight of this sentence in their hearts, but the instigator was the only one who talked and laughed about something else, as if he had just mentioned it.

  It was not just a mention.

  As soon as the circus ended.

  Well-dressed people rushed to the stage and praised the clown actor as a hero. Then they rushed to the tiger with bared teeth and claws with sticks and knives.

  The believers of Silver Moon Bay had never seen such a crazy look. They were immediately frightened and begged them to let their friends go. They tried to wake up everyone and tell them that it was just a performance, but no one stopped.

  The tiger, which had never eaten people, was beaten to death by a group of upright apes and skinned.

  People sang victory and cheered for the wisdom of the Mahatma.

  Later, of course, the theater paid a huge sum of money to the circus, and the compensation was silver coins, and politely sent them out of Tiandu. After all, they were not Brahma people, but wastelanders in the wasteland.

  But this story is not over.

  The gathered people did not disperse, but clamored to go to Gopal’s house to find Gopal to ask about the situation.

  A man who looked very strong led the way and shouted at the angry people.

  ”Gopal said he was sick, Mahatma said he was not, let’s go and see if he was really sick or just pretending!”

  ”Okay!”

  ”If he was really sick, what’s there to be afraid of!”

  ”That’s right! We’re going to see a doctor!”

  A huge crowd of people rushed to Gopal’s house, and the momentum was getting bigger and bigger, with at least tens of thousands of people.

  Sava, who was kicked in the buttocks, was terrified and sat alone at the door of the theater, not daring to speak.

  He had long thought that his godfather might take action against Gopal first, but he didn’t expect everything to happen so quickly and so suddenly.

  Grove was coming back from the front line, didn’t the adults consider Grove’s thoughts?

  Wait –

  suddenly he saw General Pickley, who was red-faced and excited and cheering.

  That guy was an old minister of Abusek, and he should be feared and would never be promoted.

  But from another perspective, he might not be the safest for Zayed…

  because he could be killed at any time, no matter how high his position was.

  Thinking about the fact that he sat near Zaid, just one chair away, Sava suddenly understood everything and his face turned pale.

  ”Iron General” Grove is in danger!

  Cold sweat covered his body.

  He had planned to use Grove as his last trump card when Gopal fell, but he didn’t expect that this guy would leave the stage so early, so early that he didn’t have time to play a role.

  He had just started his layout, but the chess pieces on the board were disrupted!

  It was not until then that he realized the horror of the Mahatma, but it was too late…

  …

  Thick dark clouds covered the sky above the Bharatiya Province, and the rain with lightning and thunder seemed to never end.

  The soldier who sat under the dead tree and threw the cigarette box away would never have thought that someone would pick up the cigarette box again, and pick it up again and again, and change a new trick that no one had seen before.

  This cigarette, probably can’t be quit.

  The province of Borneo is in turmoil, and Jinjialun Port is also rarely immune.

  The troops stationed outside the city can keep the Tiger Army and the Black Panther Army calm, but they can’t suppress the restless emotions and broken nerves of the people in the settlement.

  Everything seems to have returned to the years before Wu Tuo’s death.

  The blood of the vigorous people gradually turned cold, and they no longer imagined what the future would look like.

  Those things are too empty. It

  ’s still real to make money. Where can’t you go with money? What can’t be done? What can’t be bought?

  The pragmatists of this port finally took the last step and stepped into nothingness.

  However, this may not be a bad ending for them, at least they don’t have to die so many more.

  When they no longer fantasized about the shape of utopia, no longer sponsored those unrealistic causes, but competed to see who had more silver coins in their pockets, the high-rise buildings in Golden Gallon Port doubled, the narrow streets became much wider, and the bicycles speeding on the streets had two more wheels and ran at a faster speed! The

  first rich people got on the car, and the poor people also added hundreds of buses after the subway, just like the changes that the survivors of Dawn City had experienced.

  It’s not just transportation.

  The prostheses from the wasteland also flowed in here one after another, and gradually appeared in the streets and alleys.

  There are also immigrants from the Free State.

  They were tired of the endless street fights and couldn’t stand the monotonous leisure of Dawn City, so they came here across the ocean with their accumulated wealth, trying to find their own piece from the broken spiritual fragments of the locals.

  The flashing neon suddenly spread all over the pigeon-cage-like streets and alleys, making this weathered old city unexpectedly stained with a bit of cyberpunk flavor.

  This is probably what Lowell didn’t expect.

  From the biological research institute under the ice and snow to the cyber city with high-rise buildings everywhere.

  This span is really too big…

  ”Breaking news! Breaking news! According to researchers who do not want to be named, the dragon lizard feces in Baiyue Province have aphrodisiac effects!”

  ”Damn?!” ”

  Is it true?”

  The lively port area was bustling with people, and the newsstand was crowded with neighbors living in the nearby market.

  On the dock, a cargo submarine slowly approached, and a girl with emerald green skin jumped onto the dock with curious eyes and exclaimed.

  ”So many people! Here!”

  Looking at the bustling crowd and the buildings not far away, Han Mingyue’s expression couldn’t help but bring a bit of nostalgia.

  ”The changes here are quite big.”

  ”Yeah.”

  Ye Shi couldn’t help but sigh, his thoughts drifted back to a long time ago, remembering the appearance when he first boarded this dock… At

  this time, the sound of a bell from a distance rushed his thoughts back to the present.

  At the same time, Dora suddenly stretched her neck curiously and looked at the sky in the distance.

  ”What is that?”

  I saw a bunch of hot air balloons floating in the sky, printed in the sunset like dandelions.

  Ye Shi also saw such a scene for the first time, but he didn’t take it seriously. After all, this thing is not rare in the alliance or in reality.

  ”It’s probably a sightseeing balloon. It seems to be by the Yongliu River… Let’s go and see it together later.” Seeing Dora’s expectant look, he said fluently.

  At this time, Han Mingyue suddenly interrupted.

  ”Before that, can I take up some of your time? I want to take Ms. Dora to the Lowell Camp… Although it’s a presumptuous request, I want her to use her psychic power to help me see something.”

  The Alliance has been excavating the ruins and has unearthed many interesting things.

  However, due to the fact that the ruins have been renovated many times by later generations, General Lowell’s personal relics have been almost lost.

  She wants to see if she can find anything with psychic power.

  Ye Shi cast an inquiring look at Dora, who immediately nodded and said seriously.

  ”I can help you.”

  Han Mingyue showed a bright smile on her face.

  ”Great! If we can find General Lowell’s own notes, we can complete the last piece of the puzzle… Thank you!”

  Dora nodded slightly with an embarrassed smile on her face.

  ”You’re welcome. We are friends. This is what I should do.”

  Her learning ability is indeed extraordinary.

  She has been able to put into practice what she just learned a few days ago.

  Just as the group was talking and laughing, several black cars stopped in front of the dock. As

  the car door opened, the mayor of Golden Gallon Port, Yodu, got out of the car and walked in front of the crowd surrounded by several city hall officials and bodyguards.

  It was different from the time in French Fries Port.

  In the territory of the alliance’s partners, this semi-official and semi-civilian visiting group received an extraordinary reception.

  ”Welcome to Golden Gallon Port!”

  Looking at the guests from the alliance and Nanmen II in front of him, Yodu had a bright smile on his face.

  ”On behalf of the residents of Golden Gallon Port and the entire city hall, I welcome you!”

  (End of this chapter)