On the central elevator, Lifus and Green stood facing each other, accompanied by the staff members who had gathered around the two of them when they were communicating with Achilles just now, I don't know if it was affected by the video negotiation just now, and several of them had unnatural expressions.

The elevator slowly descended through the empty underground chamber and soon reached the lowest level of the base.

At the bottom of the underground military base of Coober Pedy, there is a flat square made of concrete, with an area of about 50 square kilometers, and there is a column used to bear the weight every 50 meters.

"Except for the wounded and the sick, all those who can move are here."

Green was walking to the podium and said to Lifus behind him.

All eyes are on these two people, not to fight today, to listen to speeches today.

The dense lights overhead illuminated the place more than a thousand meters underground, and some people recognized Lifus, and the crowd began to stir up in small numbers.

There were also people who had known the news that Lifus was still alive from the communicator, and seemed unimpressed.

"Brethren! Please be quiet! On the podium, Green said into the microphone.

The walls, floors, and ceilings are treated so that the sound is not distorted when reflected on them, ensuring that people in any two positions in the plaza can speak as if they were in each other's ears, but because of the slower speed of sound propagation, the audience in the distance will be slightly asynchronous.

"Bringing everyone together today is an important announcement." Green cleared his throat and continued.

"I guess some of you have already recognized it, yes! Our battle hero, Yaksha! He's back! Green raised the volume and pitch of his speech in order to raise the mood of the people below, and they also shouted and cheered in great cooperation, and some whistled.

After repeated defeats on the battlefield, there is nothing more rejoicing than welcoming back a combat hero.

In fact, among the Chosen One, Lifus is indeed more prestigious than Green, and if it weren't for the disappearance, Lifus would have been elected when the Reorganized Guardians elected the division commander.

"We all thought he was dead, but he wasn't. These days, I'm sure you all should know how cruel it is to fight those mechanical monsters, but Yaksha survived, and he was still the strongest of our Chosen One, so today here, I announce, I officially appoint Yaksha as my lieutenant, and of course, he is first and foremost my brother, the brother of all of us! ”

After Greene finished speaking, he gave up a position to Livers, and motioned for him to stand in his position just now, "Come on, say a few words, my deputy seat." ”

"Hello everyone! I'm Lifus, codenamed Yaksha, the leader of the Seventh Battle Group, and everyone should know me. Lifus began.

"Yes, I'm not dead. But my team members are all dead, and if it weren't for the cockroach saving me with his life, I would have been buried under the cold snow of Aksai Chin by now. ”

"The peregrine falcon and I escaped, and it was very embarrassing and dishonorable. I've never lost a battle like this, I haven't even seen the enemy, I'm trained as a strict agent, but I'm defenseless against the mechanical devils. ”

"I watched my teammates disappear into the world one by one, the gap between us and the enemy was too great, the information and weapons were not equal, and the opponent's strong metal shell made it impossible for us to effectively kill them."

"In this month, we lost more than two thousand brothers, and the war was like a one-sided massacre. But the most irritating thing is the shameless deception of the Alliance. ”

"We all grew up in the League, we were trained from a young age, we were instilled in the idea of the League, we fought for the League, and we firmly believed that everything we did was for the liberation and future of mankind, for peace and love."

"But the Allies have abandoned us and betrayed us, even risking our lives as a test to test the performance of their new robots, which is the most intolerable of all."

"I think I can die, for the liberation and peace of mankind, I can give my life at any time, this sentence is very official and high-sounding, but compared to the alliance to play us around like monkeys in a laboratory, like guinea pigs raised in a vessel, at least, we can choose our own fate, or choose a dignified death."

"We are isolated at the moment and no one is going to help us. We can't count on the apocalyptic army and civilians, whose weaponry is still centuries old, completely ineffective, and who are for the most part hostile to us. As for the alien bases, although they have made it clear that they have been independent since the nuclear war, in fact they have always been under the control of Achilles, the space station and spaceship need to be authorized by Achilles, and the moon Mars and Europa also need supplies from Earth. ”

"There is no need to hide it from you, we don't have much food, we will run out of ammunition, and if we hold on, we will lose and we will die."

"But Achilles has just contacted us, and it has decided to recruit us, and as long as we agree to surrender, we can return to the Alliance and turn back into the Chosen Army."

At this, Lifus paused deliberately, his gaze scanning the square.

The square suddenly fell silent, and everyone awaited his next step with excitement, a fateful moment.

"I refused."

Livers's pause lasted for a long time, leaving enough time for everyone to think, and when he said the result, the crowd responded with an equally difficult pause, and only after three seconds did a tsunami of cheers and shouts be heard.

"Handsome!" "Awesome!" Such slogans are mixed in the waves, but in addition to the elation, you can also find some pessimistic and disappointed faces.

"I think I've earned the only remaining pride and self-esteem for our people, but I shouldn't have made the decision for everyone, and I have to apologize to my brothers here." After the noise had calmed down, Lifus spoke again.

"You should come out and apologize, but we don't accept your apology!" At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped from the crowd onto the rostrum, and he walked directly to Lifus's side and occupied the microphone on the side. "You say we can choose our own destiny, but you have made a choice for us, and I want to ask: Who gave you the power? You are a dictatorship! It's autocracy! It's disgusting bureaucratic hegemony! ”

The appearance of this person instantly attracted the attention of everyone present, and the entire square became audible.

The discipline of the Chosen One is very strict, whether it is the Chosen Army before or the Guardians later, no one dares to trespass to interrupt the conversation of their superiors.

Lifus immediately recognized this person, the deputy leader of the 109 team, Fat Dahai, who was now in charge of the internal work of the guardians, and I don't know why he suddenly had the courage to dare to defy his superiors.

"It seems that I really underestimated you, I used to think you were just a hypocrite, but I didn't expect you to be a real villain." Lifus said to the fat sea.

"Wow! I'm a villain, so what are you? Fat Dahai sneered and said to Lifus, "What is your intention in concealing the conditions that Achilles has set for us?" ”

"Brothers! Achilles gave us the condition that we could receive the transformation again, and even live forever! Fat Dahai said to the crowd below, trying to stir up everyone's emotions.

"So what's the difference? Not yet to surrender to the enemy? Green retorted.

"Enemy? Who is the enemy? Achilles? It is our creator, and without it, we would not have come into this world! Will the Alliance? Thinking about our previous treatment in the organization, it's not too much to say that the delicacies of the mountains and seas are not exaggerated, right? And now here? Every day, it's either corn paste or crushed wheat porridge, and I don't dare to eat enough! I don't even know why we are fighting this war, we are on the same side in the first place! "Fat Dahai bumped into the deputy master, naturally he is not afraid of confronting another main master, in the end, the temptation of eternal life is too great, he has to win over enough people now, so many that he can force Green and Lifus to change their minds, otherwise, he will not be able to stay in the guardians.

"Fart! The Alliance has deceived us! Kill our people! Our team leader was blown up by those cold-blooded steel brutes! You're living to eat a bite, huh? We're going to fight them to the end! Who the dares to surrender, Lao Tzu will kill him now! One of the soldiers below scolded with red eyes, and he took out the military dagger he carried with him, pointing at the fat sea.

The development of things disrupted Lifus's plan, he didn't expect someone to reveal such a confidential information to Fat Dahai, it seems that there are really many people who want to surrender and get eternal life.

He raised his hands and pressed down to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "I expected this to happen, but I didn't expect it to happen so suddenly. We were both born on the same day, I think this should be intentional by the Alliance, so each individual should be equal between us, although we are also divided into high and low according to official positions, but still as before, we are a democratic and civil rights group, everyone has the right to express their own thoughts and opinions, I respect everyone's choice, and I am willing to believe that the brothers who have the same idea as Fat Dahai are just different in ideals and concepts. ”

In the middle of his speech, Lifus turned back and whispered something to the staff member behind the podium, who turned on the communication channel of the monkey watch on his wrist and gave some orders.

Tens of seconds later, the display above the rostrum suddenly lit up and showed a lengthy set of numbers.

"I don't want to force you to stand up here, because under such pressure and atmosphere, it's easy to be kidnapped by morality." Lifus pointed to the numbers on the display and said, "This is the IP address of one of Achilles' homepages, if you want to live forever, you can write it down, leave your weapons and equipment, the tarmac on the east side of the base, let Achilles come to pick you up, I will give you four hours, by six o'clock in the afternoon, if you don't leave, then don't go." ”

Lifus walked down the rostrum, and after a few steps, he turned to the crowd and said, "Those who want to leave don't have any ideological baggage, we just have different positions, and we are not enemies." ”

He paused again, "But don't expect me to show mercy when we meet on the battlefield in the future." ”

With that, Lifus turned around and strode away.