Chapter 29: The Will of the Individual

In the face of the woman's tugging, scolding, and even biting, kicking, and beating, Arnold stood up like a rock, just looked down at the woman who was crying bitterly, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." ”

"You brute! Demon! Viper! My son was deceived by you to sneak out of the city, and you give him back to me!" Give him back to me! The woman cried so loudly that her throat broke, but she still grabbed Arnold's clothes and cried out hoarsely, "He has just turned twenty!" I bought him a house, found the best teacher, and was supposed to let him study in peace and go to the Marquis's Mansion to live a good life in the future! We will become talented in the future! You brute, are you jealous of our Lin Geng, and you want to destroy him! You talk!! ”

In addition to the sorry sentence at the beginning, Arnold has been silent later, because he knows that all explanations are in vain, although he did not trick Lin Geng out of the city, but Lin Geng was born with the idea of leaving the city after listening to his deeds, plus he really failed to protect Lin Geng, so no matter how the woman accused him of beating him and scolding him, he would not fight back, let alone fight back.

Seeing that Arnold's body was covered with blood, the soldiers on patrol couldn't stand it anymore, so they grabbed the woman and persuaded her with kind words: "Your child is a sacrifice for the country, a hero, I believe he will turn a blind eye." ”

"I don't want any heroes!" The woman almost fainted from crying, and struggled and shouted, "I just want my son to be safe, what kind of country, let those who want to die die!" And you soldiers, what do you usually eat! We pay taxes and pay money to support you, wouldn't it be good if you died for the country! ”

The two soldiers were pale, but they didn't say a word, in this era, the soldiers were discriminated against, because the war in the first year of the Honkai was too tragic, the army was almost killed and wounded in order to protect the civilians, the battle loss rate of the elite army was as high as 90%, and most of the generals who were the best at fighting died in that year, so they would humiliatingly accept the terms of North America in the subsequent reconstruction, and let the troops of the Federation be stationed in their own land.

Therefore, the current generals of the Republican Hui are either neutral or dove, relatively soft and weak diplomatically, the hawks are almost extinct, and the general policy is also to recuperate and recuperate, retreat and not fight, so it is very weak in the eyes of people.

Of course, there are also some soldiers in the Radiance of the Republic who will form a squad and go to the cube to accept tasks like other evolutionaries, and this kind of soldier is generally subordinate to the hawks, but since the death of the strong generals in the first year of the Honkai, the hawks have long been in a slump, and there has not been a decent leader, so this kind of soldiers are in a half-dead state and do not have much influence.

Under this general policy, the main task of the army is to hold on to the city, maintain law and order, and help the city to operate, and few people go out of the city, in fact, for the time being, this should be the safest way to do the apocalypse, but this approach is often not understood by the civilians, who have the impression that the soldiers should go to the battlefield bravely and die calmly, rather than shrink into the city like weak turtles.

However, are the soldiers of the Republican Radiance really weak? Nonsense! Every soldier has a passionate dream of recovering the country in his heart, and who likes to see their own land and people shrouded in the armies of other countries? But now is not the time.

Internally, the Hui of the Republic was established relatively late, and there are many places that need to be adjusted in the internal system, and there is no lesson from the past, it is completely a step by step and a step by feeling the stones to cross the river, and how many people have broken their heads and bleeding because of this, but they have to stand up and continue to move forward with humiliation.

Externally, the mutant creatures rampant in the territory, the federal garrison on the eastern coast, and even the rebels in the northern mountains are like three mountains pressing on the head of the republic, once the high-level makes too tough moves, it will face three pressures, if there is no strong general to withstand the heavy pressure, the consequences are absolutely devastating, enough to displace civilians and make soldiers bleed, how many generals dare to stand on the cusp of such a storm, to ensure that they turn the tide and help the building to fall?

What's more, soldiers are not war machines, they are all flesh and blood people, they will cry and bleed, war is easy to talk about, but how many people will consider their feelings? That's why there are many civilians like women, who say "I pay taxes to support you, and you die for me" full of consumerist remarks.

Luo Wei glanced at the woman, and then at Arnold and the soldier, who were silent, and he did not say anything, arguing is the most stupid and meaningless thing in this era.

The world needs everyone to do their job, and there are people who are still fighting for the future, and that's enough.

Luo Wei left, he knew that the farce on Arnold's side would not end for a while, and he was not interested in watching this kind of nonsense without nutrition.

Not long after leaving, Luo Wei suddenly felt that the clothes on his neck were a little wet, stained with some warm liquid, he continued to walk forward, and asked in a low voice, "Awake?" ”

Ling sniffed, hugged Luo Wu's neck tighter, and said faintly, "I'm afraid." ”

"Afraid of what?" Luo Wei was a little helpless, he thought that Ling had not woken up from the fact that the survivor base had been wiped out, and was still in the fear of slaughter, however, just as he was about to speak, Ling's words shocked him.

Ling leaned his little head on Luo Wu's back and whispered, "I'm afraid that everyone will become like that woman, if everyone thinks like this, then there will be no hope in this world anymore." ”

Luo Wei stopped, and his red eyes revealed a shock that he had never felt before, what was this girl's brain made of? It's been such a time, she has experienced the blow of slaughter, and she still has that kind of slim feeling in her heart? Doesn't she know what compromise and giving up are?

After a long time, Luo Wei continued to walk forward and said in a low voice: "Don't care about others, if you think that kind of person is annoying, then you don't want to be like that." ”

"Yes!" Ling's little head on Luo Wu's back moved, like a kitten rubbing against its owner, she suddenly poked her head out and burst into laughter, "I'm hungry!" ”

"Yes." Luo Wei was actually hungry, especially after fighting with Yang Feng, a werewolf, for almost a day, the sugar in his body had already been depleted, and he urgently needed to replenish his energy, but he had just taken two steps and suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Ling asked suspiciously.

Luo Wei turned his head and said lightly: "No money." ”

Ling was dumbfounded: "What should I do then?" ”

Luo Wei didn't care too much about money, because he never paid for food before, either catching a non-poisonous mutant creature and roasting it, or attacking some unlucky people with supplies and robbing them of their jobs, and he had always lived a wolf-like foraging life.

Ke Luo Wu suddenly thought, this is in Dawn City, Arnold also said, there are rules and laws here, presumably the law must stipulate that the meal must be paid, if it is still robbed, it is estimated that the defenders will come to him.

"Let's go to the market first." Luo Wei glanced at the wooden coordinates above his head, which had been washed away by the rain and was somewhat rotten, and walked in the direction he was pointing.

Twenty minutes later, Luo Wei stood in front of a street full of violence, there was a sign on the side of the street that had been rusting for an unknown amount of time, and the word "black street" could be vaguely seen written on it, the street seemed very chaotic, everyone had it, such as a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, a strong man covered in tattoos, a skinny addict, and a scantily dressed street girl, abounding, and the buildings on both sides were the kind of old buildings with broken walls and overgrown with creepers.

The streets are full of bars with fragrant slogans, and there are many shop owners who smoke big cigarettes while shouting something, and from time to time someone fights because of the price, and they all seem to turn a blind eye to it, unless there is a large-scale fight, they are all squinting and smoking, while admiring the big-breasted girls standing on the street outside the bar, and occasionally discussing the body problem with their companions.