Chapter VI: The So-Called Justice

In the autumn of 333 A.D., fierce fighting continued from early morning to noon, but in the end, Cogwheel City fell, and perhaps in the near future, the Spore Insect Polluted Beast would turn it into a new colony where it would breed and survive. The spore insect contamination beast ravaged the revolutionary army, causing the revolutionary army to suffer a fatal blow, and the whole army was forced to retreat to the second line of defense to Cogwheel City, which was also the last bastion of the revolutionary army.

If even this life-saving line is breached, the 30,000 civilians who have taken refuge behind Cogwheel City will be slaughtered and even devoured. And for ordinary civilians who have no weapons or mechs, the hope of surviving after encountering the polluted beast is basically hopeless.

The news of the breach of the first line of defense in Gear City was delivered to the bomb shelter at around 11 a.m., and the bad news was brought by a mech warrior who was seriously wounded and forced to withdraw from the front line. The news of the breach of the defensive line began to spread rapidly like a virus, and the 30,000 civilians hiding in the bomb shelters began to riot, and the already oppressive atmosphere broke out in an instant. Some civilians even began to panic and take the lead in causing trouble.

All members of Squad 2, who are responsible for policing and protecting civilians, have been subjected to varying degrees of verbal abuse, protests, and even attacks on some food.

Physical altercations and collisions ensued, and the mechs stood in a line trying to maintain order to avoid a riot.

At this time, there was a middle-aged woman among the civilians who was extremely panicked, her painful expression looked very hopeless, she squatted down with her head and even hit her head hard, the whole person's mental state was not very good, and she looked like she would go crazy at any time. There was also a little girl beside her, and the little girl was her daughter who was also very cute, with two pigtails. The daughter looked at her mother suspiciously and asked strangely.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"Mom?"

The well-behaved and sensible daughter took her mother's hand, but the middle-aged woman couldn't control her behavior because she was emotional, so she shook off her daughter's little hand, and slapped the little girl hard, glared at her eyes and scolded in disgust.

"If it weren't for your little burden dragging me, my mother might have escaped from this hellish place a few days ago."

The middle-aged woman suddenly grabbed the little girl and beat her, kicked her, and slapped her.

They couldn't help but insult their children, and the women even beat their children.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The little girl cried aggrievedly, she didn't understand what she had done wrong, and why her mother was so angry and hit her. Could it be that she did something bad there?

I had to sob.

"Still crying, see if I don't kill you today."

Some civilians around the middle-aged woman would certainly stand up and dissuade the woman's behavior on a normal day, accuse her of not doing it, and even abuse her behavior. But now the situation has made them no longer in that mood, unaware that their lives will die at that moment in the future, and the oppressive, fearful emotions have caused many civilians to do some strange things.

Some people even look crazy, muttering something in their mouths, and some even maim for themselves, kneeling and praying!

The commotion was getting bigger and bigger, and the deputy captain felt bad when he saw this, so he ran out in a panic and came behind the second squad leader.

On the back of the captain's mecha is the word "Justice", which he personally engraved when he enlisted in the army.

He has always carried out his own philosophy, the world is cruel, it was before, the reality is, and it will not change in the future, what is justice?

"Captain, if they continue to make trouble like this, I'm afraid they will use force to suppress it."

Outside the bomb shelter, the deputy captain reported the current situation, most of the civilians had begun to panic, and some even began to complain about the revolutionary army, and even had a verbal confrontation and friction with the soldiers of the revolutionary army. If this continues, I am afraid that there will be riots, which may cause serious casualties.

The captain frowned, looking at the scene of the raging battle on the front line, he said in a low voice for a while.

"Let's go, let's go in, as warriors, we must fulfill our responsibilities."

"Yes, Captain."

At this time, a strong civilian man was engaged in verbal friction with the soldiers of the revolutionary army, pushing each other, and shouting at the same time to let us out, you have no right to interfere in my life, and you have no right to imprison my freedom in life.

Just when the two hairs were entangled and they were making a fuss, and the members of the revolutionary army were even preparing to use force to suppress the man, the door of the bomb shelter was slowly opened, and a red fourth-generation mecha came into everyone's sight. It was accompanied by the sudden sound of machine gun fire from the vice-captain, and empty shells of bullets fell to the ground.

"Silence!"

In the face of the threat of the mecha, everyone fell silent at this time, including the civilians who were in a commotion.

The captain stared at all the civilians, turned on the microphone of the fourth-generation aircraft, and said calmly after glancing around.

"Please believe in the faith of our revolutionary army, we will not abandon any of you, this is the death order given by the queen of our army, I think for you civilians who have no ability to resist to step out of this door, there is only one death. Moreover, our revolutionary army does not belong to those holy domain troops who use the slogan of justice but act as a turtle with a shrunken head and consider themselves upright. ”

The captain snorted coldly and continued.

"Strictly speaking, our revolutionary army should be regarded as a group of bandits, a group of bandits with a huge organization and militarization!"

"Don't think that the Queen's orders will allow us to restrain ourselves, we are a real bunch of robbers."

"Anger me, I don't promise how long you will live."

With a fierce face, the captain's speech instantly calmed down the mob, and the troublemakers gritted their teeth and took a few steps back.

There are two large and well-trained armies in this world, the first is the Sanctuary Army, which has advanced mecha technology and focuses on cultivating high-level talents. The announcement to the outside world has always been under the slogan of justice, but in fact, it is a most hypocritical army, lighting torches but not throwing torches in every big battle, occasionally attacking a small group of spore pollution groups, and withdrawing after the battle. This is already the biggest limit of their performance to the people outside, and sometimes they even refuse support and rescue for various reasons.

But the Sacred Army's reputation and sense of justice are the strongest, and they have been fooling ordinary people. The second army is the Revolutionary Army, but most of the members of this Revolutionary Army are composed of soldiers who have been tainted or exiled, and there will even be some ruffians and hooligans who participate, so it does not feel as in the name of the Sanctuary Army to the outside world.

Over time, the rumors of being a bandit army, coupled with the interference of the group of politicians in the Sanctuary, the revolutionary army was completely branded as a rebel.

"I'm not obligated to protect you, huh! Originally, these were the things that the people in the Sanctuary should do. ”

"I don't think they're going to come this time."

Mob, you look at me, I look at you, all hammer heads sigh.

"Now it's full of spore insect polluted beasts out there, and you might be eaten before you can take a few steps, and you won't even be left with your scraps."

The captain's speech silenced all the mob, who were thinking, measuring their actions.

"On the front line, our mecha warriors sacrifice their lives to resist spores and insects, every life is precious, and they also have the right to live, but they did not choose to escape, please weigh your own position."

The captain's eyes were changing, and he glared at the ones who were leading the trouble, eager to cut them with a thousand knives and use bullets to make a sieve. Considering the duties of a soldier, he held back his anger and did not explode.

"I respect your choice and your so-called human rights!"

"You have to stay here or run for your life. I'm not going to stop you, but as long as any of you step out of here, I'm not going to guarantee your life. ”

The captain's eyes were serious, he wasn't lying.

The civilians, who had calmed down, began to stir again, and some of the guys who had been broken by death rushed out in a hurry. Still others have chosen to stay here.

Led by them, a group of civilians ran out of the bomb shelter.

Without the captain's order, all the mecha warriors did not make any moves. It wasn't until the group of civilians ran out of the protective nets of the bomb shelter and into the alley that they heard a burst of miserable screams resounding through the sky. In less than a few minutes, almost all the civilians who escaped were eaten by spore insect contaminated beasts.

This tragic situation caused the 30,000 mobs to stop rioting and crouch quietly in place one by one.

"As I said, when you step out of the shelter fence, I won't be able to guarantee your safety. This is their choice, and I have no right to interfere! ”

Suddenly, the 30,000 civilians who were in turmoil fell silent, and after weighing their position, none of them chose to flee.