There is no doubt that among the many disasters that befall all living beings, "burying alive" can be described as the most terrifying one.

The surrounding "darkness" is corporeal. They are like malicious plastic bags, blocking your breath.

Directly above you are weights that are hard to lift – weights that cut off your interaction with the air.

There is no room to move.

There is nothing that can sustain life.

The "imagination" and "creativity" that human beings are proud of will become the torture tools that torture themselves. In the darkness, "creativity" will predictively construct the situation of "death". Humans can imagine someone walking through an area just a few meters away from them, never knowing that there is a tortured soul here......

Yuki almost woke up in this situation.

It's just that he can still hear voices.

It was crying.

He felt his chest go limp, but his stomach hurt terribly - it was the result of being beaten.

At the last moment of the collapse of the corridor, Xiang Shan protected the two children under him, and then propped his arms on the ground, forming a triangular structure with the inner wall of the corridor and the lizard on the ground, propping up a space.

Yuki fainted because he was padded to the ground, and his head was knocked against the bouncing stones on the ground.

But the little girl who used him as a buffer layer was not a big deal.

The girl seemed to be crying profusely. The intense fear made her almost faint. Even so, she was kicking the object in front of her.

Hearing the "thump" metallic sound, Yuki realized that it was his master's outer armor.

Yuki hurriedly held down the girl—he wasn't worried about his master. Master is covered in external armor and can't cut through idle industrial machinery, so where is there anything to worry about?

This little girl has been in this state of stress all the time, and it is easy to hurt herself.

Yuki felt that this girl's heart was beating so fast.

This speed is not something that the natural heart can withstand.

[When I woke up, I nodded, and with the contemplation thoughts I taught, visualized a darkness and suppressed the activity of my brain] Xiang Shan's message appeared directly in Yuki's mind; [Oxygen is limited here, and this little girl has the most living parts on her body, and oxygen is supplied to her first]

Under the premise that the energy source is not used up, Xiangshan hardly needs oxygen. Most of Yuki's internal organs, hands and feet are prosthetic, and the need for oxygen is relatively low. But the little girl's internal organs were natural, and the consumption of oxygen was the largest of the three.

Xiang Shan also sensed that Yuki was awake. He whispered, "Hold on a little longer." Now the satellite patrol above is very strong, so don't leave easily, at least hold on for an hour......"

It's just that you can't last too long.

After a while, the government will definitely come over and collect the garbage that has been knocked down.

Most of the materials that can be easily recovered in space have already been recycled. But the rest of the material is also a resource – at least easier to get than to get it from ore, or enrich it from the soil.

Moreover, the government will definitely come to see if the target bombed by space-based kinetic weapons is dead.

The only good news is that, according to the impression that Xiang Shan received from the welfare officer, the asylolers have been in a state of "lack of human resources" - the Dyson principle prohibits individuals from allegiance to anything impersonal, and the asylum seekers do not legally have the right to give direct orders to the public, so they may not necessarily arrive at the first time.

But be sure to leave before dawn.

Xiang Shan thought so.

The little girl began to be restless again. Xiang Shan was really annoyed - he didn't like children at all.

But he still sighed, tried to lower his head, and rubbed his head against the girl's face: "Don't be afraid...... Don't be afraid ......"

The girl was slightly confused. The Greenwoods treated her like a toy, and the imprisoned naturals would not have thought to teach her to speak. Even if she burned the "language pack" into the chip and inserted it into her brain, she didn't know how to use this knowledge and how to build brain circuits.

But there is only one sentence......

"Don't be afraid."

In the darkness, this sentence was repeated by many people in her ear.

"Don't be afraid."

The little girl spoke, crying, and said, "Don't be afraid...... Other...... Fear...... Don't be afraid ......"

She uttered the first words of her life.

Not "Mom" or "Dad" – she never used those two words.

"Don't be afraid."

"Well, don't be afraid." Xiang Shan didn't know this and nodded.

After some more time, the little girl finally calmed down.

Xiang Shan gradually increased the power of the Yuki prosthesis.

"Alright, apprentice. Listen up. Xiang Shan whispered: "The next thing may be related to the lives of the three of us." Now, you dig up the earth from behind me and fill it under yourself. Move fast......"

Yuki nodded with difficulty, then stretched out his hand and walked through the mountain ribs, using his hands to dig out the soil under the mountain ribs.

Due to the movement caused by the landing of those space-based kinetic weapons, the surrounding soil is mostly soft. The occasional stone is not a big problem. Yuki's hands and feet were also replaced with a minion-level martial artist prosthetic body before entering Dazhai, so he didn't have to worry about getting hurt when he dug up.

Xiang Shan only had one hand left at this moment. Only half of his arm was left on one side, and the other hand was overheated and damaged due to the previous high-speed combo. If he had to dig the earth himself, he wouldn't be able to support this small space.

Yuki followed Muyama's instructions and dug up dirt from under Muyama's ribs, waist, and neck—the ground he could reach.

The soil is flowing like water. Unable to see in the dark, Yuki is unable to estimate the total amount of soil.

Several times, he thought he was going to be buried alive.

When the soil is cleared to a certain extent, Xiang Xiang uses his waist, abdomen and legs to exert his strength, and strives to arch towards the mountain, separating and tamping the soil above, and raising it two feet higher. And Yuki was almost really buried. He struggled out of the floating dirt and repeated the process.

The three of them, like a bubble in the dirt, slowly floated up.

Finally, after a few hours, I struggled to climb the mountain, but instead of feeling the weight of the mountain, I felt empty.

Yuki breathed in a breath of air with a very high oxygen content.

The three of them finally came to the ground.

Yuki looked around, and the whole person was stupid.

The surrounding terrain has changed completely. With the Dazhai of the Z organization as the core, within a radius of several hundred meters, all the hills and boulders have disappeared.

Only one pothole remains.

A large pit formed by the superposition of many annular potholes.

At the bottom of the pit, a cloud of water is pouring out of the ground. This is the underground river.

If the evaporation is not too large, it may form a small lake.

Everything in the Z organization is gone.

Xiang Shan is looking at the sky. There are still countless satellites moving on it.

It's not entirely certain that it's safe anymore.

However, at least there is no sign of a single space-based kinetic weapon being smashed.

Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole person fell to the ground.

In the high-intensity exercise just now, his prosthetic leg was completely scrapped. The powertrain of the torso section also overheated, and many problems arose.

However, he survived.

"Whew...... Ha ha...... I finally remembered why martial arts were not suitable for abusing the weak. Xiang Shan sighed: "There are too many ways for the strong to attack the weak. There are many more cost-effective than martial arts. ”

Slaughtering people who have no power to resist, "many guns" are more useful than most martial arts.

No matter how much resources are accumulated, no matter how much resources are accumulated, they can't withstand space-based kinetic energy weapons - and the bombing of this kinetic energy weapon is equivalent to cleaning up the residue of satellite orbits above, just "taking out garbage".

"Master?" Yuki immediately took on a posture of "listening to Master's Church".

"Let's drag the teacher to the donkey. Before daylight. Xiang Shan sighed: "Also, check the pocket under your neckline." I should have just shoved a hard drive into it. If you lose it, I'll expel you from the school. ”

"Huh?" Yuki was shocked: "You didn't say this before!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, check if it's still there, and then, pull."

Luckily, the hard drive is still there. So, Yuki put the little girl who was about to fall asleep on Xiangshan's chest, then kneaded his clothes into strips of cloth, tied one of Xiangshan's hands, and dragged him towards the mountain.

Xiang Shan looked at the starry sky and said, "The 'weapon' of the human race has always been in a state of 'overflowing lethality'. 'Killing', a knife is enough. All thermal weapons are 'lethal overflow'. Even if it is prosthetic, most prosthetics cannot withstand conventional thermal weapons, let alone the current situation - you say, to what extent can you practice martial arts to ensure that you can survive the supersaturation bombing of the space-based base? And it's the cheapest weapon of the kind. If they're putting nuclear weapons with their own power, tsk. ”

Yuki nodded while pulling hard: "Yes, martial arts...... Very indeed! It's useless! ”

"yes. A supersonic warrior prosthetic body can cost an entire supersonic drone formation. Xiang Shan said: "So, the side with the advantage of resources will definitely not choose martial arts as a conventional means, right?" ”

"Yes!"

"In fact, the side that has historically had a disadvantage in resources will hope for 'elite warriors'. History has proven this countless times. Xiang Shan thought, "Well, I want to think about it...... On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, about 2,000 years ago, right? At that time, it was probably in the 'wasteland era' of ancient society, when technology, organization, and culture were all disintegrating and regressing. At that time, the vast empire was divided into three kingdoms. Among them is a kingdom called 'Shu Han'. If you flip through the historical stories, you will realize that they ...... It's the kind of painting style that is not quite the same as the whole era, and the kind that follows classical morality very much - at least the bottom line is a cut higher than the others. ”

"If you're familiar with the story, you'll find that they say they often win battles, but if they win, they doom – that's the consequence of elite tactics. Because an elite soldier and a brave general, it takes a long time to grow, and it takes a long time to train and replenish when one dies. But its enemies can be ten trained ordinary soldiers, in exchange for the life of this one. For elite tactics, 'a small victory is a defeat'. ”

The tactics of elite soldiers must always be victorious and victorious until the final victory. If it's just a small win and doesn't play a very high exchange ratio, then a win is almost the same as a loss. And a big defeat is enough to decide the final fate of these elite soldiers.

In fact, the ruler of the Shu Han Kingdom, Wuhou, who was ranked among the "Ten Philosophers of Wumiao", also pointed out this problem in his famous article - that is, "these are the elites of the Quartet who have been entangled in the past few decades, not the property of one state; If it is a few years, it will lose two-thirds, so why should it be an enemy? This minister's unsolved five also", "not as good as today's figure, want to use a state of land, and the thief lasts, this minister's unsolved six also." ”

National strength, or the amount of "resources", is by no means something that can be reversed by the "elite".

For thousands of years, mankind's military thinking has always been biased towards "those who control many resources". That is the "sword of the Son of Heaven" of the strong.

And cyber martial arts is the "sword of the common people". It will always be the sword of the common people, because at the beginning of its design, it was more biased towards the side with "fewer resources".

It would be foolish for a person who has a lot of resources to use this method to kill the enemy.

Yuki was a little deflated. He stopped, resting his hands and feet that had just been running at high intensity, and asked, "Isn't there no hope for us knights?" ”

"Not really, we actually have another advantage - consumption. Is the consumption of resources on both sides also asymmetrical? ”

"Huh?"

"The garbage that was smashed down just now was originally satellites. Sending a satellite from the surface of the moon to Earth's orbit is also expensive. And that's just space-based kinetic weapons. Xiang Shan gestured to himself with his head, as well as the little girl on his body: "And you see, all the expenses they spent just now didn't have the effect they should, didn't they?" ”

A huge army must mean a huge amount of attrition.

Saturated weapons, on the other hand, mean even greater consumption.

You know, even in modern armies that place a lot of emphasis on "sharpshooters", the vast majority of bullets are used for "fire suppression". It is not uncommon for thousands of bullets to kill or wound an enemy.

That's right, this is still a "lethal overflow". In fact, most of the firepower expended in the war did not reach the enemy.

And the culmination of the development of this line should be the beginning of the 21st century.

At that time, the "brave men" of Central and West Asia spent a few dollars to set up a tent as a false target, and their modern enemies often had to use hundreds of thousands of dollars of missiles to hit them.

And these "brave men", who seem to live in the Middle Ages, are only paid a few dollars a week, which is far less than the hourly wage of their enemies.

Such a terrifying exchange ratio naturally made the superpowers at that time feel unbearable - not that they couldn't afford the money, but that they couldn't afford it at all.

"'Can't row' - this is the means of chivalry to win." Xiang Shan looked at the starry sky and said with a smile: "Manifesting in the industrial zone makes them unable to make up their minds to destroy the knights and the precious production equipment. Hide yourself, let their every action go to naught, and let all their resources be thrown into the void. Also, take advantage of the absolute individual advantage and accumulate an advantage little by little. ”

Yuki gritted his teeth.

He seemed to realize something.

The only thing that is not considered in this scenario is ......

The value of life.

If life is priceless, then it is a loss to exchange a life for a resource exchange ratio.

Xiang Shan nodded: "Yes, this thing is designed for people who are desperate and have only one life left - of course, our chivalry and morality also contain many other things." For example, if you don't follow the concept of 'open knowledge', you can easily be eliminated and so on. That's what it's all about. ”

"Desperate people are willing to gamble with their lives and share everything with like-minded people to join the fight."

Saying this, Xiang Shan withdrew his gaze from among the stars and looked at Yuki: "Little ghost, the martial arts I designed are this kind of thing. You understand now, your mother is right that you shouldn't be a knight. ”

Yuki's lips squirmed.

"How's it going, regret it? It's too late to quit. ”

Yuki didn't say a word, turned around and continued to drag towards the mountain, walking forward.

"What's wrong? Can't fight? ”

Yuki said sullenly, "I know...... Master, you have good intentions. But! I! Still! No! Avenge! ”

He worked as hard as he was venting.

"I want it! To this world! Avenge! ”

Xiang Shan smiled.

Not bad.

He continued to look at the starry sky.

"Of course, you don't have to be too disappointed. Chivalry' and 'martial arts', relative to 'resources', even if they have a thousand weaknesses, they also have general strengths. We designed it in such a way that it would be difficult to destroy. No matter how many times you fail, there will always be a little bit of seed left behind......"

"A long, long time ago, I thought that if people in the world could do their jobs and do their jobs well, the world would naturally be a better place. It's like me, I, with my friends, solved the problem of human food, solved the problem of human education. We thought, "We're scholars, so let's do our job and solve the technical problems that plague humanity," and then there will be other people...... People from all walks of life come together to make this world a better place. ”

"Naïve...... It's so naïve to get home......"

Xiang Shan said.

After calming down, he repeatedly examined himself in his memory and came to this conclusion.

It seems that after that memory, I have experienced a long time and a completely different experience.

Yuki stopped suddenly.

"Master, don't you remember the past?"

Xiang Shan scolded with a smile: "I suddenly remembered it as a teacher, can't I?" ”

"Wait, Master, are you a noble lord? Aren't you a chivalrous man? Yuki was shocked.

"Cut, what a fuss." Xiang Shan shook his head: "In ancient times, many ancestors of Ren Xia were born as noble lords. A person cannot decide where he comes from, but he can decide which path he wants to take in the future. There's a lot more you have to learn, little ghost. ”

Yuki breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes lit up: "Master, since you have recovered your memory, you must know a lot of things, right?" Ancient things are also known? What about your past? ”

"That's a long, long story." Xiang Shan glanced at his disciple obliquely: "I didn't let you stop." Keep pulling! ”

Yuki pulled and said, "Master! Tell me about it! You! The past! Thing! ”

It was several hours before they reached the donkey's side.

When the east was slightly white, the "donkey" was activated, and then it went all the way forward.

The artificial stars in the sky also dissolved in the morning color.

[Volume 1: Alone in a Foreign Land as a Stranger, End]