Chapter Seventy-One: The Disillusionment of Utopia
"Who knows, who will say it, there are too many people who know. γLatest chapter reading. No, maybe not so much. The people who knew about it, I probably remember, there were 4 people. They all took part in the battle and were right next to me. β
A voice muttered.
"It shouldn't be like this, it's messy, it's all messy."
It's the voice in someone's head, flustered, anxious, irritable. The air war is going on, but there is a person who is suffering from his own heart. He is the deputy of the mercenary leader, the leader of the second detachment who escaped from the former United States, and calls for Rocky. When he was on Baker Island, he was the one who persuaded the mercenary leader and Maverick to stop after the mercenary leader and Maverick made a move. Before escaping from the American continent, he followed the mercenary leader to lead the team, and he saw a lot of ruffians from three religions and nine ranks. When encountering disobedient people, Rocky was able to quell the incident every time, and he was very good at this. Rocky followed the mercenary leader into the world because he believed he was a man with big goals. The goal is simple, that is, to drive the Central Continent out of the former United States and establish its own territory. When he clashed with the calf, he advised the mercenary leader not to be angry with the child, and the big goal was the most important. The main force of the Baker Island escort is their group, and these mercenaries want to use Baker Island as the core territory and gradually establish their own kingdom.
"But what's going on now?" The mercenary leader is dead, is he really dead, it's unbelievable.
Rocky hasn't accepted it until now. The ideals and ambitions of the past, all the prospects for the future, suddenly burst like a soap bubble. Although the mercenary leader is not as dazzling as Mengjie or Bill, he is the leader of this group of mercenaries. Every team will have this kind of leader, they have no high rank, just like ordinary soldiers, but the recruits listen to him. They can easily take the real commander into the air.
The same goes for the Baker Island convoy. Kara may be strong, but her mind has long been not on Baker Island, but on Meng's attack, and everyone can see it; Falcon 2 was a member of the Pan American Entente, ate official dinners, joined halfway, and did not understand the life of a safari mercenary at all. The group of mercenaries still identified their long-term leader. Fight together, take revenge together, settle accounts with the Central Continent together, and in the future, you will have your own territory and your own retirement life.
What a future it was: after the demise of the army, everyone had his own gun; Now the country is dead, and everyone can be king. When the mercenary's dream "Utopia" is established, he will have a home, and who will care about the chaos in the world, who will care about the end of the world, and who will care about the sea of blood.
The head of the mercenaries died, without warning, and seemed insignificant. But these dozens of people have lost their purpose in life, and their hearts can no longer be together. The desire to own one's own territory, this little faith was completely shattered.
"Why, and who's to blame for it."
Rocky's focus is on the interior. He is the conciliator of the mercenary team, and when something goes wrong, he will focus on the crowd.
"His death...... It's all because of me. No, I shouldn't think so. β
No matter how much you escape from your heart, this is the case.
Just two days ago, Rocky had told the mercenary leader that the best time had come. He knew that Carla was packing her bags and preparing to leave, and Falcon Two would most likely go along. Therefore, the battle to encircle and suppress the Hundred Day Ghost is the best opportunity to show, and he tells the mercenary leader that this battle must be fought! As long as this battle can be used to show its strength, the mercenary leader will be able to take over the Baker Island convoy smoothly after Kara leaves. With the multiplication, abundant sources of funds, and land under his name, he will not be able to establish his own "mercenary ideal country" when the time comes.
This is the reason why the leader of the mercenaries fights and provokes the Hundred Day Ghosts.
"He's dead, really dead. What others will think. Rocky's hands trembled, and he couldn't even hold the steering stick. The F-16 has a damn right-hand steering stick design, and its left hand can't even help stabilize the right hand. He couldn't take it anymore and let go of the joystick. The flight controller computer automatically resumes level flight for the fighter.
"God, Christ, what the hell just happened." His body and mind were tormented by self-blame. The fighter began to deviate from its original course. He clenched his fists, barely regained his emotions, and grabbed the joystick again. It's a shame to make such an unprofessional flight mistake, someone must have noticed, but why no one said a word, and no one laughed at themselves, why can't anyone find any of them now.
Rocky seemed to sense that someone was talking about him behind his back, because he had been encouraging the mercenary leaders to take risks and steal the limelight. At that time, there were four other mercenaries who were discussing today's plan together, but if they said it to the public, everyone would think that they must be responsible for the death of the leader.
The goal of the future has been shattered, even if he wins the Hundred Days Ghost, life will go on, and he can only survive. I can't do the mercenary business anymore, but what can I do? Hell, Rocky can't forgive himself, he's good at persuading people and resolving internal conflicts, but he's never used to making excuses for himself.
"I, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say. Rocky said over the radio in a trembling voice, "I don't understand why this is happening to our leader. β
"I'm sorry too." Someone answered.
Rocky could tell that the person who spoke was another person who had been there that night to discuss the plan, the call sign Lacombe. Lacombe continued, "It wasn't supposed to happen, but it happened. Remember, this is not the first time, failure, and death, many people will die in failure, we talked about it before, and analyzed the reasons and summarized the experience, but later found out that it was all fart, why look forward and backward, why be afraid, this is a mercenary. β
"Yes, this is the mercenary, Rocky." Someone else answered, "Remember, all we have experienced are big wars, vigorously alive and vigorously dead." β
"Unfortunately, the leader should have been happy with us. Now we can only help him share the blessings of the future. It's a pity, it's a pity, but this is a mercenary. Right. β
Rocky heard all the people present at the time of the plan, Lacombe, Squeak, and Pancake Pan, their call signs were so ordinary that the others couldn't remember or bother to remember. But the mercenaries are very familiar with each other, and the call signs in the team are like a few treasures. The guys answered over the radio, their tones full of discomfort and regret, but no one was to blame for the tragedy. Rocky felt very lucky to have a comrade like Lacombe, and others, and he certainly didn't want to admit that he was a little moved at this time, but he really wanted to hug Lacomb and everyone now.
"Yes, that's a mercenary." Rocky let out the suffocating breath in his chest, "We've got to kill the Hundred Days!" Then they enjoyed the happiness together, and shared the share of the chief. He is very grateful to this group of comrades, although everyone has shortcomings and even annoying. They are considered selfish, insatiable, bullying and fearful of the hard, and all negative labels can be put on mercenaries at will, but it does not affect them to be living people, nor does it affect them to live for themselves.
"yes, let's clean it up!"
The group of nomadic mercenaries was following Bill's instructions as they gathered closer and closer to their intended point.
"It's time to pay attention, the Hundred Days Ghost will appear at any time." The communication channels between the mercenaries began to be active, and everyone's excessive tension and fear were relieved a lot. They were all flying in their respective paths, and no one could see the other, but the radio field was extremely noisy.
"We should set up a bet here on who will shoot down the Centennial Ghost first."
"How do you shoot it down together, maybe the 100-day ghost will die in our fight."
"Someone has to fire the first shot."
"It's closer, and your eyes are wide open."
"How's the radar, hasn't it been restored yet?"
"No, I can't scan anything."
"Mine can't either, there's too much interference nearby. The Exorcism Tower is always a disadvantage. β
"Maybe the Centennial Ghost did it."
"We can still communicate, but we can't use radar, what the hell is this interference."
"It doesn't matter, it's so close that you can throw a stone to knock it down."
"None of you have seen a hundred days ghost, what does it look like? There are all kinds of planes in the airspace, and I don't think there is any need to count on the identification system of friend or foe. β
"It's useless to see it. The head wolf says the thing will be deformed. β
"By the way, I heard someone say just now that the Hundred Day Ghost has turned into a red knife."
"What a knife."
"I don't know. Maverick said. β
"You believe him?"
There was a brief silence, and no one answered. Everyone knows about the conflict between the mercenary leader and the calf, but the calf has said everything so far.
After a while, Rocky continued, "What he said was what he saw, ** not far from ten." I guess the whooping ghost should be red. β
"We don't have a red one in the team."
"Ha, painted red, that's not looking for a fight. No one in this team painted. β
"There are no red planes in the second team." Someone laughed out loud.
They all know that it's ridiculous to paint red, and mercenaries don't paint such dazzling colors. Veterans who have been killed for a long time understand a truth, only by surviving from the battlefield can they be trump cards; If you want to survive, don't be too high-profile. The bullet does not have long eyes, and the front of the muzzle is not filled with garlic. So most of the mercenaries who were too brightly painted died on the battlefield.
"As long as there are red fighters, they will be hit hard!"
Bill the Head Wolf listened to the mercenaries' conversation in his headset, and he was satisfied with the morale, but not optimistic. The whooping ghost won't be that simple. The red, knife-edged shape of a knife shows something. Every move of the Hundred Days Ghost is not a bluff, and it must not be taken lightly.
The surrounding storm was still blood-red, but it had faded a lot, reflecting each other with a wonderful luster in the glow, as if swimming in the rare blood water. What does this scarlet storm symbolize, and what are the centurins doing?
"I found out!"
This exclamation was exactly what Rocky shouted.
"Whooping ghosts, red! Rocky engaged! β
The voice of the radio fell, and immediately a loud roar of afterburner resounded in the clouds. Bill, the head wolf, could barely see a few wisps of turbulence in the blood cloud, and there were indeed fighter jets circling and fighting, but he couldn't see anything clearly. Bill begins to wonder about the true meaning of the blood cloud. The mercenary, Rocky, did you really see the Hundred Days ghost? It's simply impossible. There will be no centennias in Rocky's location, only the head wolf; But before he was in place, how could he see the red plane.
This is not right, the head wolf wants to tell the other party to stop attacking, but the battle quickly gets out of control.
The mercenaries began to report frequently, greeting each other, "I saw the Hundred Day Ghost too!" It's red. β
"Let's get on it!"
"Hit!" The radio was filled with Rocky's excited shouting, "I hit!" Go to hell, bastard. β
Bill's face changed suddenly. It is impossible to hit a whopnia, and even if you are not sure that you will be able to shoot a whopnia. But there was a violent explosion like heavy thunder in the sky, and there were flashes of fire in the blood-colored clouds.
"Stop shooting!" Bill yelled.
His voice was rarely so, serious and deep, and even Bob was startled.
The mercenaries were silent. They were not yet in the groove and were able to barely control their emotions and stopped very reluctantly.
"What's the matter, I just bit the Hundred Days Ghost."
"Me too."
Bill felt that this group of mercenaries was simply red-eyed, and he had fallen for the trick of the Hundred Days Ghost. No one knows what happened yet, but the head wolf does. He wanted to plan the plan, but he didn't expect the Hundred Days Ghost to turn him on the army. Could it be that this is the real cannibalism, could it be that the artificial intelligence of the Hundred Day Ghost has rapidly evolved to such an extent. Bill said word by word, "There is only one hundred day ghosts!" Who the hell are you tailing, and who did Rocky shoot down! β
Only then did the mercenaries react, they thought that everyone saw the same red plane, and when they looked back, they realized that it was completely each person fighting each other. The Safari Mercenaries were only now beginning to confirm the red planes they saw.
"Hell, is that you? Rocky. The mercenary with a squeaky call sign asked, "Why did your plane turn red, I almost knocked you out." β
"Red?"
"Your plane is red too." Another said.
"What about Lacombe? Just now he was laughing at the red plane, and his plane must have turned red. β
Some people looked back at their planes, and there was no doubt that everyone's planes glowed pink. "How did the plane turn red?" The captains of the various mercenary detachments began to confirm the count, and without exception, all the planes turned red.
"This is the red that the Hundred Days Ghost wants, the red that kills each other." "There's something wrong with the red tide just now, we've been flying through it for so long, the surface of the skin has been corroded by red seawater, and now the glow is shining through the red clouds, and all the planes are red," Bill said. β
In the sunset, the surface of the aircraft will naturally glow pink, and many fighter jets before the war even painted pink to hide in the sunset. The Hundred Sun Oni uses the Blood Cloud to enhance the effect.
"That'...... We were just fighting ourselves? Someone asked, "Wasn't the Centurion that Rocky defeated just now?" β
"It's not."
"What's that?"
"Until there is no search and rescue confirmation, it cannot be confirmed for the time being." "However, Lacombe's datalink response didn't return, and he went missing." β
"Rocky shot down Lacombe?"
"No way, this can't be." Rocky was stunned, "Lacombe, Lacombe!" Reply. Well, if you guys want to joke and scare me, you succeeded. Get the hell out of here! Lacombe! β
Rocky's hoarse and hysterical shouts filled the entire radio field, but nothing was answered.
Bill, the head wolf, looked up helplessly and looked overhead.
The top of the cloud is still pitch black, and the next color is black.
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