Chapter 668: Build a few more settlements, don’t be polite
Chapter 668 You build a few more settlements, don’t be polite
[Dear administrator, when you see this email, our Niuma cargo airship has arrived above the Baiyue Strait and established our first base here on the north bank of the outlet to the southern sea. ]
[To be honest, the situation here is more complicated than we imagined. The traces of civilization have disappeared under the scouring of the sea. The nearest survivor settlement is on an island more than 100 nautical miles away from us, which means that we can’t get experience and help from local survivors. Everything can only rely on ourselves. ] [More than that
, the suitable climate allows the mutant creatures here to evolve at an incredible speed, and the rainforest is full of alien species we have never seen before. On the first day we came here, we encountered lizards larger than crocodiles, crocodiles comparable to dinosaurs, pythons that can swallow a two-headed cow, bats the size of babies, scorpions and rats half as tall as a man… and even man-eating plants! ]
[Of course, what makes us feel most incredible is that we found wild ‘Naguo’ in the local area. If nothing unexpected happens, it may be the most primitive strain! What is puzzling is that our enemies did not transplant the modified Nago to this area and turn it into a breeding ground for Nago bacteria. We can’t help but wonder if there is some hidden secret. In any case, we sampled the strain and it will be sent to Dawn City on the nearest return flight. 】
【Back to the point, a series of troubles caused a lot of casualties to our exploration team that went deep into the jungle to find water sources, but fortunately we only lost 22 lives, and we figured out the area within a radius of ten kilometers near the landing point and cleared a relatively safe open space on the shore. 】
【Next, we plan to enclose the camp with a wall, remove the rainforest near us, and replace our tents with houses that look like real houses. To do this, we need a lot of building materials, more transport airships and the help of the jungle corps. It would be great if you are willing to provide some help for the future port of the alliance. Our strength is too weak. It will take a very long time to complete this work by our own strength. 】
【In addition, following your teachings, we have made peaceful contact with the nearby survivor settlements, avoiding direct military conflict as much as possible. Thanks to the help of the crew of the Rourou, the governor of the Ring Island expressed his willingness to trade with us, and if we can solve the fresh water problem, they agreed to help us produce some of the tools we need. 】
【I think this is a good breakthrough. If we can prove that our method is better than the Torch’s method, maybe we can unite some islands to join our camp, thereby weakening the influence of the Torch Church in the southern waters, and even completely win over the local survivors to our chariots and form a siege on the Torch Church from the south! 】
【We will eventually fight the Torch Church, and I can feel that the final decisive battle is not far away. I believe you must think so and have been preparing for that day. I am extremely sure that the outcome of that decisive battle will be related to our future and the future of our civilization! 】
【For this reason, we once again implore you to give us more help. In addition to resource and manpower support, we also need professional biologists to help us solve the troubles we encounter on this land. Please believe us, this investment will not disappoint you! 】
【——Your most loyal subordinate, there is a long way to go】
Not bad.
I have made progress.
Looking at the email on the holographic screen – or the big cake, Chu Guang couldn’t help but smile.
He has always been the one who made promises to the players as a dog planner.
Now his little players have finally learned his best skills and started to make promises to him, the manager of the alliance.
This email was written by Brother Fang after he went offline, and was sent to him through the task system of the Wasteland OL official website.
But I have to say that this cake is still very tempting.
If his little players can really unite the survivors in the southern sea area and remove the influence of the Torch Church from the southern sea area, the alliance can form a siege on the Torch Church from the north and south, blocking all the retreat routes of this cockroach.
At least, it can prevent them from escaping to the south and slipping to other places in the wasteland to continue to make trouble…
After reading this email twice, Chu Guang tapped the table with his index finger and spoke after thinking for a long time.
”Xiao Qi.”
”Here I am, Master.” Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the pen holder, raised his right hand high and looked at him expectantly.
Seeing that energetic look, Chu Guang couldn’t help but smile, stretched out his index finger and gently rubbed the top of its head and said.
”Help me edit a reply letter, I’ll read it to you.”
After saying that, Chu Guang leaned back on the sofa, staring at the ceiling of the browsing room, and spoke after thinking for a moment.
”I am very pleased to see your growth. You have learned how to take the initiative to strengthen our strength and how to spread the light of order to more distant places… and this happened earlier than I thought. You have given me hope to realize my ideals in my lifetime.”
”I will give you all the necessary support. The Jungle Corps will be transferred to Baiyue Province by airship immediately. At the same time, a research team composed of biological experts will go to the settlement to station when the situation is appropriate.”
”You need to ensure a stable supply of electricity, fresh water, food and basic living materials in the area, and achieve a balance between income and expenditure. Not only that, you also need to help local survivors establish order and guide them to spontaneously participate in our cause, rather than waiting for you to feed or support them with their mouths open.”
”This is not an easy task, but I believe that with so much ready-made experience to refer to, you will be able to complete this arduous and glorious task.”
”Finally, give this future pearl of the sea a name. It will follow us into the new era. Please take some time to think about it carefully!”
At the same time Chu Guang finished reading, Xiao Qi also finished editing the email and automatically polished it for him.
”Do you want to send it now?”
Looking at Xiao Qi who was asking him, Chu Guang thought for
a while and said, “Just send it now. In addition, help me edit a task later and send it to the Jungle Corps and the Burning Corps, asking them to deploy to the Baiyue Strait area.”
”We need to build a military base with airport facilities in the local area to support the construction of the local survivor settlement and ensure the safety of the settlement when necessary. After the military base is built, we will transfer a few reliable officers from the General Staff to serve as NPCs to issue tasks. It is more appropriate for us to issue tasks for the actions with the Corps as the main body.”
Xiao Qi nodded seriously after fully noting Chu Guang’s instructions.
”Received!”
…
Southern Sea, North Island, Presidential Palace.
A man in his thirties stood by the wall with a nautical chart of the southern seas, staring intently at the thirteen islands and the different colored marks on the chart.
He was tall, wearing an old standard Aerospace Force uniform, his eyebrows twisted into a gray line, and his two gray eyes were shining.
His name is Mungo. He is the first president of the South Islands Federation and also the supreme commander of the Federation Navy.
Standing behind him at this moment is Charas, the director of the Presidential Office and chief of staff of the Federation Navy, who is also his most trusted aide.
The South Islands Federation was established only two months ago. The organizational structure is still very sloppy. The formation of the cabinet has just been completed, and the parliament is still in preparation. Although they originally planned to establish an independent naval command system, the war with Shelter No. 70 cannot wait.
Therefore, the Federation Navy is currently directly commanded by the Presidential Palace, and most people in the Presidential Palace also hold naval positions.
Looking at the expressionless president, Charas reported with a serious look.
”…The submarines of Shelter No. 70 are still attacking our ships. Yesterday, another freighter was sunk two hundred miles east of the North Island, and all fifteen crew members on board were killed. After receiving the distress signal, we immediately dispatched warships to search the nearby waters, but unfortunately, the attackers had already escaped when we arrived.”
Mungo did not speak, but stared at the red circle in the upper right corner of the chart and the small number fifteen next to the red circle.
The freighter was different from other freighters. It did not carry too much cargo on board, only some daily necessities and tools for building camps.
In addition to the eight seamen on board, there were five experts in geological exploration and biology, and two soldiers responsible for their safety.
Their original plan was to go to the northwest border of Haiya Province, strand the freighter on the shore, and find a suitable area in the unoccupied coastal mountainous area to establish an expedition station.
The reason for doing this is to search for fresh water and minerals on land and prepare for the establishment of land settlements for the South Islands Federation. On the other hand, they wanted to investigate the actual situation in the Haiya Province to see what the “heaven” there is like and whether it is really as beautiful as the Torch Church said.
After all, some things cannot be understood at a glance. Only in long-term contact can their true appearance be revealed.
Mungo did not completely believe in the Torch Church and the “heaven” he described, even though he had seen the land where people and nature live in harmony on the shore before.
Rather than letting the Torch Church unilaterally export their experience in managing mutant slime molds and alien species to them, he hoped to send some experts to the Haiya Province for field investigation.
Even if it is on the periphery of the heaven.
In this way, the South Islands Federation can take the initiative to introduce technology and avoid being completely led by the other party.
However, it seems that someone is stopping them from doing this.
This is already the third cargo ship that has been sunk.
Although from various clues, the three attacks were all the work of Shelter No. 70, Mungo still couldn’t help but have a little doubt in his heart.
He is very familiar with the residents of Shelter No. 70.
The biggest characteristic of those people, like other blue coats, is self-confidence – or arrogance.
This arrogance comes from the era in their memories, as well as the knowledge, experience and methods they inherited from that era. Although this makes them seem a little out of tune with the wasteland era, they have no doubt that they are the most correct.
In other words, they are more dismissive of the Torch Church’s plan than they are afraid of it. Even
if they can’t come up with a better solution, they are 100% confident that the Torch Church’s method will definitely not work.
Therefore, Shelter No. 70 does not oppose the survivors in the southern sea area to contact the people of the Torch Church. In the past 20 years, the survivor settlements in the southern sea area have never closed the port to the people in the north.
It has nothing to do with simple right or wrong. A guy who is extremely confident will not care about the nonsense of people who go against him.
Because in his opinion, it is just the nonsense of a madman before his death.
If the attack on the cargo ship of the Southern Islands Federation is a reasonable means during the war, the reason for attacking the research ship seems a bit far-fetched.
They should be eager for the survivors in the southern seas to see the true face of those guys as soon as possible, so why would they prevent the South Islands Federation’s research ship from going to the Seaside Province to learn more about the situation?
Three consecutive sinkings, and this happened when these cargo ships obviously deviated from the trade route.
If it is an accident, it is too far-fetched.
”…It seems that they intend to fight this war to the end.”
Seeing President Mungo, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, Charas, who was standing not far behind him, quickly echoed.
”Indeed, the scope of their attacks is getting larger and larger, and it has reached the point of being indiscriminate. We must be prepared to fight them for a long time.”
Retracting his gaze from the map, Mungo turned to look at his staff and asked.
”Do you have any good suggestions?”
Charas cleared his throat and said carefully.
”It’s probably hard to win this war with our strength alone… Their submarines are elusive. If we let them continue to consume like this, we may have no ships to use except warships in two months. They can stay in the shelter forever, and there is no huge population burden. The longer this war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us.”
At this point, Charas changed the subject and continued.
”It just so happens that there has been news from the Torch Church recently that they are willing to take over the underwater settlement near Shelter No. 70 and set up a safe zone in the nearby waters… We might as well entrust Coral City to them for management. In this way, the safety of nearby ocean current power stations, submarine power transmission cables, seawater desalination devices and other facilities will also be guaranteed.”
”If we can guarantee the supply of electricity and fresh water, the islands of the Federation will have more confidence in the war between us and Shelter No. 70.”
Coral City is the fourteenth settlement of the Southern Islands Federation and the only underwater settlement directly governed by Shelter No. 70.
The local permanent population is about 30,000, located next to the entrance and exit of Shelter No. 70, only five kilometers away from the ruins of the Celestial Space Station.
The settlement is inhabited by residents of Shelter No. 70 and some experts trained by the residents of the shelter, who are mainly responsible for the development of marine resources and the research of the mother nest of the Celestial Space Station.
Before the establishment of the Southern Islands Federation, most of the offshore facilities in the southern waters were operated by experts from Coral City.
After the outbreak of the war, Shelter No. 70 completely broke with the survivors outside the shelter, including the survivors of Coral City.
In order to punish the so-called traitors in their mouths, the blue coats of Shelter No. 70 savagely blew up the nearby ocean current power station and cut off the power supply and oxygen supply system of Coral City, almost burying the 30,000 survivors in the sea.
Fortunately, the Southern Islands Federation provided timely support, restarted the entrance and exit facilities of Coral City, and transferred the survivors of Coral City to several islands in the north of the Federation, such as Beidao, Bawei Island, and Anle Island, before the oxygen ran out.
Coral City is the settlement closest to the mother nest, and has a large number of ready-made scientific research facilities and research materials available.
Mongo was not surprised at all that the Torch Church wanted to take over the abandoned Coral City Settlement. It was even completely expected.
They had been eyeing that place for a while, and this was not a recent thing.
A long time ago, they proposed to enter the Coral City Settlement and cooperate with Shelter No. 70 to study the mother nest of the Celestial Space Station, but they were rejected at that time.
However, those people asked so directly that Mongo could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile.
”Is there such a good thing?”
Charas said respectfully.
”They may not have good intentions, but I think we can consider it. After all, as you know, the settlement is currently in an abandoned state without maintenance. If there is a leak or other accidents over time, it may not be habitable in the future.”
”If the Torch is willing to take over the settlement, our defense pressure at sea will be greatly reduced. If the submarines of Shelter No. 70 attack the facilities that the Torch Church has promised to protect, it is undoubtedly equivalent to declaring war on the church… Whether they have the courage to do so or not, it will be a hundred benefits for us without any harm.”
Mungo said expressionlessly.
”We will solve the conflict between us and Shelter No. 70 ourselves, and we will not bother them with the Coral City matter.”
Seeing that the President had no intention of giving in, Charas, who wanted to say something, could only give up persuading him helplessly and nodded.
”In accordance with your arrangement, I am just providing you with a feasible option… Of course, I still suggest that you consider my suggestion again.”
”Let’s talk about it later, I will consider it.”
Retracting his gaze from the aide, Mungo looked back at the sea chart hanging on the wall and continued.
”Is there anything else to report?”
Charas nodded quickly.
”Yes.”
Mungo: “Speak.”
Charas said immediately.
”The Alliance’s airship arrived at the eastern outlet of the Baiyue Strait, southwest of us, and established a base there.”
Alliance…
Mungo’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He had heard of those guys.
It seemed that they were a rising force in the southern part of the Valley Province, more than 2,000 kilometers away from here. Only a few merchants from Silver Moon Bay had been there, and there were all kinds of rumors about that place, making it difficult to tell the truth from the false.
”What do they want to do?”
Charas hesitated for a moment and said.
”It’s not clear for the time being. The governor of the Ring Island reported to us that those people seemed to be planning to build a settlement in the Baiyue Strait… There are about 300 people there at present, but this was yesterday’s number. It’s not clear how many are left today.”
Hearing this interesting statement, Mungo couldn’t help laughing out loud for a moment, and put his right fist against his lips and coughed dryly.
Charas also smiled and continued.
”They have no hostile behavior for now, but I feel that their motives for coming here are not pure… This morning, they asked the Governor’s Office of the Ring Island to send us a telegram.”
Mungo stretched out his hand.
”Let me see it.”
Charas nodded, quickly took out the telegram from the folder under his elbow, and presented it respectfully.
Mungo reached out to take the paper and glanced at it roughly.
The content of the telegram was very short, so short that it could be summarized in two sentences. One was to extend a warm and friendly greeting to the neighbors, and the other was to declare the alliance’s ownership of the area.
Mungo didn’t care much about these two sentences, and even found them interesting.
More than a month ago, he proposed to the Torch Church that they establish a “cooperative pilot” on the east coast of Baiyue Province. After all, the climate conditions there are actually similar to those in the southern seas.
However, the latter rejected their proposal on the grounds that the situation in Baiyue Province was complicated, and insisted on conducting research on islands or underwater settlements in the southern seas.
Apparently, not only Shelter No. 70, but even the Torch Church can’t do anything about that piece of land for the time being. Mungo didn’t think those guys over 2,000 kilometers away could have any better ideas.
Especially when he saw the signature on the last line of the telegram, he couldn’t help laughing out loud for the second time.
”… French Fries Port.”
What a name.
Are these guys serious?
Charas also smiled in cooperation and said teasingly.
”It sounds like a joke.”
”Whether it’s a joke or not, it’s more appropriate for us to give a formal reply.”
Mungo, who was holding the telegram, thought for two seconds, threw it back into Charas’s hand, cleared his throat and continued.
”Send them a telegram back, saying… I wish you all a good time in the woods. If you don’t mind, I hope you can build a few more settlements in Baiyue Province. Don’t hesitate.”
”When you go back, remember to say hello to your administrators on my behalf.”
(End of this chapter)
