Chapter 174: The Stealer
Uncle Cao was dragged all the way to the East Warehouse, in front of the Colonel and Lady Golia, by two mercenaries and two members of the Celestial Organization.
"Colonel, the scouts and the intruders outside the Red Helmets have been caught, it's this old man, kill them!"
One of the mercenaries said loudly.
There was a little restlessness all around, and they didn't quite believe that Uncle Cao, a fat old man who didn't look amazing, could quietly kill so many patrolmen.
The colonel stepped forward and carefully looked at Uncle Cao's appearance by the light, and after a while, the corners of his mouth twitched: "Who did I say, it turned out to be the 'Iron Gibbon Demon' in the past, no wonder it caused us so much trouble." β
Uncle Cao snorted coldly, and a mouthful of bloody phlegm that had been brewing for a long time shot towards the colonel, but the colonel had already prepared, turned his head away, and dodged.
"Bastard!"
The mercenary holding Uncle Cao punched Uncle Cao hard and hit Uncle Cao's ribs, beating the fat old man to grin with his teeth, and the whole person curled up.
"Stop, this is an old-timer who served in the military decades ago, 'Iron Gibbon Demon' Cao Xiaohua, who witnessed the birth and growth of the Earth Army, is older than me, more than thirty years ago, we also fought side by side against rebels and bandits, and we are all good comrades-in-arms."
The colonel said lightly, "There are not many people I admire in the Earth Army, the 'Iron Gibbon Demon' is one, this is a real veteran, give him the respect he deserves." β
"Phew!"
Uncle Cao gasped with difficulty, and said with a stiff neck, "Ning Lie, I don't have a comrade-in-arms like you, looking at your current appearance, you are actually mixed with the Heavenly and Human Organization, what is the difference between you and the rebels and bandits we fought against in the past!" β
"If there is no difference, you are dead by now."
The colonel squatted down, looked at the injuries on Uncle Cao's body, and the fat that grew after living in retirement for too long, shook his head and said, "To be honest, the 'Iron Gibbon Demon' in the past, with the help of the "King Kong Secret Method", can dismantle a tank empty-handed at the peak, I really have high hopes for you, I think you will definitely become an outstanding military powerhouse."
"I didn't expect to hear from you again, but you are already retired?
"Until today, when I see your appearance, I don't understand why, because you have the strength of a strong man, but you don't have the heart of a strong man, and you don't have the consciousness to do anything to become strong - such you, of course, can't understand why we take risks to regain our strength."
"My strong heart is to be loyal to the alliance, loyal to the earth, and protect everyone!"
Uncle Cao said angrily, "Of course I can't understand you crazy bandits, for your own selfishness, snatching so many genetic drugs and strategic materials, but no matter what consequences this will bring to Lingshan City and the earth, in the final analysis, you are a group of cowards, crabs who are strong on the outside, the so-called power is your shell, without this shell, you are nothing, you will only cry and complain!" β
"You-"
Several mercenaries were furious, and stepped forward with their guns on the hilt, making a gesture to smash, but were stopped by the colonel.
"In your heart, you must despise us, don't you?" The Colonel said quietly.
"That's right." Uncle Cao's eyes were glaring, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring.
"You must also think that we are doing this as a moth to a fire and bring about our own destruction, even if we grab the genetic medicine, we will definitely not be able to escape, and even if we can escape, there will definitely be no good end?" The colonel continued.
"You're very self-aware!" Uncle Cao sneered.
"Of course I know that this operation is very dangerous, it is very likely to be caught, even if it can fly away, it will be pointed at by thousands of people, and it will be scolded by the world, I just can't understand - why are people like us being stopped, caught, punished, and scolded every time?" The colonel asked, leaning into Uncle Cao's ear.
"What do you mean?" Uncle Cao was slightly stunned.
"Hook thieves, country thieves, we are typical 'hook thieves', but after snatching such a little bit of genetic medicine and strategic materials, you will continue to jump out to be heroes, doing everything possible to sabotage our plans, and even sacrifice yourself."
The colonel said, "But what about those 'country stealers', when those high-ranking elites, with their power and network in their hands, wantonly steal genetic drugs - a hundred times more than us, what did you 'heroes' do?"
"Believe it or not, 'Iron Gibbon Demon', I really accepted my fate, just as I and my brothers were unlucky, without the genetic potion there would be no one, we obeyed the rules of the game and lived this life in peace, just like you.
"However, I later learned that when we, the mercenaries who were born and died and were scarred, were brushed down by the most rigorous inspections, those high-ranking officials, eunuchs, and billionaires, with the touch of a finger, could let themselves, and their children, enjoy the genetic medicine that we dreamed of, but couldn't ask forβeven if they couldn't meet the conditions for taking and injecting at all, even if they didn't even kill an immortal cultivator in the Qi refining period.
"Hehe, it is this incident that made me completely awake, we must control our own destiny, if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent, fail in action, and die without a place to be buried, I admit it, I just can't be used as a pawn by those powerful people with fat brains!"
"You're crazy."
Uncle Cao stared at the colonel, "Ning Lie, this is all your speculation, just like 'the information of the Battle of Jindan is wrong', it's all your delusion!" β
"I am indeed only 50% sure whether the intelligence of the Battle of Jindan was deliberately wrong, but I have real evidence for the fact that 'someone above used genetic medicine in violation of regulations', don't you believe it? I'll just say two people okay. β
The colonel said lightly, "General Govosky of the Arctic Theater, his youngest son is not suitable for awakening at all, he has tested his potential more than a dozen times, and the index is not up to standard, so it stands to reason that he should not get any genetic medicine, but he relied on the power in his hands to intercept a large amount of genetic medicine for his younger son to take, and with a genetic medicine that is enough for more than ten or twenty awakened people to master powerful abilities, he forcibly infused his younger son into an awakened person."
"That's not all, he also wants to give his youngest son a mid-level genetic medicine - you know, even an elite mercenary like us, who has been through a hundred battles, wants to take a mid-level genetic medicine to cultivate, and he has to be very cautious, with all kinds of auxiliary drugs and cultivation equipment, General Govolski is in a hurry, so he uses various raw materials extracted from Arctic deep-sea creatures to privately trade with other places, in exchange for a large number of auxiliary drugs, perhaps, these auxiliary drugs were originally used on veterans like us who are covered in bruises?
"As a result, General Govosky's youngest son is now a rising star in the Arctic theater, and even the local spokesperson of the Earth Army, I saw a military propaganda video with him as the protagonist on the Internet, in the film, he actually waved a battle flag of the Earth Alliance, hehe, can you believe it, when we, the veterans who really fought to the death with the invaders, were lying on the hospital bed tossing and turning, moaning in pain, and gradually becoming waste, these children of official eunuchs were actually smiling and energetic, Tian shamelessly waved the battle flag of the Earth Alliance!
"Cao Xiaohua, aren't you a hero, aren't you a strong man, aren't you righteous and awe-inspiring, full of righteousness, and like the reconnaissance captain Major Guan Shanzhong, you are now jumping out to stop a 'hook stealer' like me, so where were you when General Govorsky privately intercepted the raw materials of genetic drugs and traded them on the black market? You know, we're just a one-shot deal, emptying a warehouse at most, and General Govosky is plundering the resources of the entire Arctic to expand his own power! β
"......" Uncle Cao's eyes widened and he couldn't speak.
"One is not enough, then another one, Belkin director of Dayang Mining Group, my former employer."
The colonel continued, "We all know that scientists have calculated that when the concentration of aura reaches the limit, the number of awakened people in the crowd fluctuates between about 4% and 5%, and Director Belkin has three sons and a daughter, all of whom are awakened, and among their children, the number of awakened is also more than half, and the rest are too young to awaken - don't you think, the probability of such an awakening is too high?
"Come, to give you two answers, first, the Belkin family is so talented, they are born to rule the earth, and they are a 'noble race' that plays with us like 'cannon fodder' and 'waste'.
"Second, Director Belkin is secretly in cahoots with people like General Govosky, and they have a large secret circle where everyone can exchange the resources they have with each other as they please, so that their families can enjoy the benefits of Reiki recovery first.
"Hehe, 'Iron Gibbon Monkey', in fact, the answer has always been in front of us, but people like you choose to deceive themselves, and when you close your eyes, you can't see the existence of 'country thieves', and you will only vent your boring sense of justice in 'hook thieves' like us, while people like me choose to open their eyes, face all this, and do their best to become stronger, one day, we can climb to the top of these 'country thieves', and no one can control our destiny!"