The occurrence of a series of events caught everyone off guard, and no one thought that Zhao Mingcheng, who had basically been designated as the next commander of the Far Eastern Fortress, would choose to deviate from this fortress that his ancestors had fought all their lives to build.

Even if the Zhao family's arrogance and arrogance on weekdays made many people dissatisfied, everyone was still full of reverence for the only remaining meritorious family in this fortress, otherwise they would not choose to tolerate them again and again.

After all, without the conquest of the pioneers on this land, the Far Eastern fortress would not have flourished today.

But when the Zhao family defected to the xenomorph with the entire Nanqi army, after a short period of sluggishness, all the soldiers and civilians of the fortress were angry.

For traitors, the tradition of the Far Eastern fortress for almost a thousand years has been zero tolerance and not to the death.

Especially after learning that the Southern Qi Army quickly joined forces with the alien legions, intending to trap Gu Qingtian in the Red Blood Floating City, this anger completely reached a climax.

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But even if everyone was extremely excited, Gu Qingtian had to calm down at this time, and he had to quickly lead his subordinates back to the fortress that had fallen into chaos to preside over the overall situation.

Although he did not expect that the traitor in the fortress would be the Zhao family, who controlled the entire Nanqi Legion, but because of the different concepts, Gu Qingtian could be regarded as having a precaution against Zhao Mingcheng.

Taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement had not yet formed, he had quickly returned to the base camp of the Dongting Legion by taking a floating boat through Qinglin City.

Although Gu Qingtian couldn't bear to abandon Red Blood City, he knew very well that the importance of his own person at this time even surpassed the safety of the 100,000 soldiers and civilians there.

After returning to Dongting City, Gu Qingtian suppressed the news that he had escaped safely. The Far Eastern fortress was in turmoil, and it was a time when the hearts of the people were unpredictable, and he had to ensure the absolute loyalty of the army under his control.

He knew very well that Zhao Mingcheng had been particularly prestigious in recent years, and it was difficult to guarantee that there were no generals loyal to him in the Xiling Army and the Beihai Regiment. If there is another rebellion, the soldiers and civilians of the fortress, who were originally full of morale, will immediately fall into panic.

Secretly summoned several senior generals of the Dongting Legion, Gu Qingtian and they discussed for a long time, and finally decided to release the fake news that he had died in Red Blood City! At the same time, he quietly sneaked back into the fortress and secretly coordinated the overall situation.

And let Gu Xiaohai, the deputy commander of the army, lead most of the Eastern Thunder Army to drive the most advanced "Thunder" floating boat to quickly go to meet all the soldiers and civilians left in Red Blood City.

In fact, Gu Qingtian's move was also forced by helplessness, under this kind of crisis, he really shouldn't divide his troops and weaken the forces in his hands, but he really couldn't give up the entire Red Blood City.

Once the Southern Qi Army and the Xenomorph Legion form a combined encirclement, it means that the Red Blood City, which is determined not to surrender, will turn into a hell on earth, and the more than 100,000 people in it will probably become the food in the belly of the mutant beings of the demon seed and the demon seed.

The situation has become clear, and this human settlement, which has been quiet for hundreds of years and gradually prospered, has fallen into complete fragmentation.

For a long time, the fierce contradictions accumulated by pure-blood and mutant humans have completely exploded, and caused the mutants who have been oppressed and enslaved for many years to fall to the camp of the alien side.

In fact, this matter was foreseen more than a hundred years ago, when Entu Shevan, the absolute leader of the Shevin Foundation, strongly advocated the reform of the republican federation, giving mutants a higher social status, reducing the privileges of the transcendent professions, and uniting the human race within all eight fortresses.

But at that time, he was still too young after all, and he was angry with the interests of many parties, not only did he suffer huge obstacles, but even a behemoth like the Xiwen Foundation was gradually eroded and fell apart under the joint design of many forces, and finally Entu Xiwen also died depressed with hatred and regret.

All reform must be accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. Although Entu died, his ideas still influenced a large part of the population, especially those who were aware of the history of past civilizations.

The existence of the eight military fortresses certainly resisted the invasion of mutant life on humans, but at the same time, it also cut off the entire region from communication and exploration with the outside world.

The independent system of separate affairs also greatly hinders their continued development and growth, so when they realize that the xenomorph life is actually going stronger, they also realize that it may be really necessary to establish a unified political system.

People have been trapped in this area of what was once known as the Province of Mountains and Rivers for so long that they have almost forgotten that this world is so big, and perhaps there are other regions where humans have survived the catastrophe.

But disagreement arose, and some people insisted on uniting everyone to form a republic and equal federation.

Some argue that federalism is not conducive to true centralization, and that an empire with a harsh social hierarchy is clearly more appropriate for the current era.

The republican restructuring of the Zhou family based on Entu Xiwen's advocacy was more recognized by everyone at the beginning, and was jointly affirmed by most of the city-states, families, and consortia.

But their so-called republic is only a republic of transcendent humans, and it does not include the residents and slaves in the floating city, and even excludes mutants, in essence, it just unites the major consortia in the Central Plains that were originally loose.

In this way, the surface is fair, but in fact it is still a republican system full of social contradictions, which gives the Luo family, who advocates the establishment of an iron-blooded empire, a chance.

The Luo family is a relatively special family, they relied on all kinds of human experiments to make their fortune, and they have single-handedly perfected and created a near-perfect transcendent mutation system, so that most of the members of their family are powerful transcendent mutants.

The human modification factories and magical gene suppression drugs scattered all over the major floating cities have made them a lot of money.

In fact, strictly speaking, the core members of this hundred-year-old family can no longer be regarded as pure-blooded humans.

Even their own state is closer to xenomorph life, but they have mastered the perfect genetic tuning technology, and their own mutation is more stable and controllable.

Although they ostensibly agreed to establish a republican federation, the Luo family secretly continued to unite allies, and gradually infiltrated core members into major fortresses and floating cities, thus building a huge network of relationships advocating higher social treatment for mutants and even xenomorphs.

With dozens of floating cities, two major fortresses, and the support of countless aliens from outside the fortress, after sufficient preparation, the Luo family master Luo Sen successfully created the Holy Light Empire.

And when he was crowned queen, he even openly issued a declaration of war, opposing the oppression of mutants by the Republican Federation, and took the initiative to officially declare war on them.

Almost at the same time as the Nanqi Army defected to the Far Eastern Fortress, several other military fortresses that were originally in a corner of the country also broke out in a similar situation to the Far Eastern Fortress in due course, and they all fell into civil strife that they were too busy to take care of.

Except for the northern region, which has been largely unaffected due to its geographical location, the steel defense line originally composed of major fortresses has been porous, and the steel barrier that has separated humans from xenomorph life for hundreds of years has completely disappeared since then.

Countless xenomorph armies quickly rushed to the Central Plains region through the broken city walls, but they all strangely did not choose to intrude on the soldiers and civilians in the fortress.

Gu Qingtian was also very surprised, not only did there be no new crisis, but even the xenomorph army that had originally besieged Red Blood City was dispersed overnight.

If something goes wrong, there must be a conspiracy, think about it from another perspective, Gu Qingtian thought of the reason after a change of thought.

Even if there is an internal response, the major fortresses are already self-contained, and if the xenomorph army chooses to attack the fortresses, it will definitely be in a stalemate near the various fortresses in the short term.

But it is clear that the primary purpose of the Imperial army now is to defeat the Republican Federation and occupy the relatively rich city-states of the Central Plains.

Therefore, as a non-essential goal, the Far Eastern fortress was neglected.

But Gu Qingtian was not stupid, he knew very well that once the Imperial army achieved its goal, the backhand would definitely attack him, forcing the Far Eastern fortress to submit to the Empire.

What he could think of, there was no reason why the other party couldn't think of it, so Gu Qingtian also made a difficulty.

It is absolutely impossible for a different army to dare to treat the 100,000 troops of the Far Eastern fortress as nothing, that is, if the other party dares to expose his back to him, he must have something to rely on.

Gu Qingtian, who has been dealing with xenomorphs for decades, knows very well that no matter how much he claims that xenos are inferior, one fact that is difficult to change is that the intelligence of xenos is not below that of humans, and even their technology is constantly evolving.

The reason why the Far Eastern fortress has been able to defend the defense line is naturally due to its strong combat effectiveness and more developed technology and weaponry, but this also has a great deal to do with the fact that the aliens have not tried their best to fight the fortress army in endless bloody battles.

The number of xenos has always been a mystery, and Gu Qingtian knows that xenos also have their own urban civilizations, but even if they use all kinds of methods, they can only go up to 200 kilometers outside the plug.

As for the farther afield, which is clearly close to the core of xenolife, no soldier has ever been able to reach and leave alive.

Sometimes Gu Qingtian would also think that he seemed to use this fortress to protect the inhabitants of Sene and the humans in the entire defense line.

But for the Xenomorphs, did they never really care about this steel fortress?

Xenomorphic life tends to be more powerful than normal humans, and has a variety of mutation abilities.

In terms of individual genes, there is a saying that xenomorphs have never been wrong, they are far more powerful than pure-blood humans like themselves.

So where do you go from here?

Whether it is the idea of a republican federation or the system of the empire, Gu Qingtian has slightly resisted.

But if you want to continue to be in a safe corner and clean yourself, there are obviously some whimsical.

Even if the relationship between the fortress and the Federation is not close, because of the relationship between the War College, the two are almost bound together.

It's not that he can't let go of the power in his hands, but he knows very well that once he chooses to join the federal army, I am afraid that most of the residents of this steel fortress will become cannon fodder in the war.

But the Imperial Army? The education he received since he was a child made it difficult for Gu Qingtian to imagine that those mutated humans and even aliens not only had to be equal to him, but might even have a social status higher than himself.

The old man was worried, but no matter how worried he was, he still quickly ordered the military to send people to repair the steel city wall that was blown up by Zhao Mingcheng's order.

At the same time, he also caused several floating cities to quickly retreat to the vicinity of the fortress in case of emergency.

He knew very well that there would be a protracted battle between the Imperial Army and the Federation Army.

And he can only save the millions of people in the fortress as much as possible.