There is one activity that human beings will not stop at any time, and that is the exchange of goods.

By replacing their excess output with equivalent currency, they can store what they need in the future to resist the risks brought by the environment.

Even if the war with the Zerg continues, even if the realm under the control of the Human Federation is lost day by day, in order to live, society still needs to function, and business activities continue, but as the war situation becomes more and more embarrassing, the competition is becoming more and more fierce.

The war without hope has made the remnants of humanity prefer to stay at home rather than go outside for shopping. The interference from the sabotage forces sent by the Zerg to the rear of the Human Federation has greatly increased the cost and risk of transportation, and small trading companies have gone bankrupt, and large companies have taken the opportunity to seize the channel.

Then there are the pirates, the countless refugees who have lost their homes and are forced to squeeze into the small areas of the rear, which increases federal unemployment and promotes those evil activities by the way. They also need to live, although they all know that their actions are indirectly weakening the Federation's war strength, but in order to support their relatives, they have no choice but to commit crimes and crimes.

It's a vicious circle, but there's no way, all evil starts because backward output can't feed more people, and then violence begins to arise and expand, until that part of the superfluous existence is eliminated.

It's the same with looking at the Zerg in this way. Their terrifying rate of reproduction makes them like locusts while they have great potential for war, and if they don't expand externally, they will one day start a more brutal internal battle.

"It's getting harder and harder these days, I don't know when the road will be the end"

Looking out the window at the sparse line of merchant ships at the transit platform. Asiruo sighed bitterly.

He was both the captain of the small merchant ship and the owner of a small trading company, like which was usually one or two ships, running a fixed short trade transport. In the past, large companies were reluctant to enter such markets because of their short voyages and low profits, but as the war situation worsened, even their life for short-distance shipping was difficult.

After the profit is further reduced. This pattern is also broken. Not only are there fewer and fewer merchant ships willing to run. And most of them have been converted into big ships of large companies, and I am afraid that in the near future, even the existing ship of Assiro will have to be idle, not to change careers in a group. It is a collective incorporation into a large company. Of course. Until then, it's better not to run into pirates as your gang.

"It's been really unpeaceful lately, with 17 pirate attacks a month. When I first entered the industry, it would be good to have two or three cases a month, who would do this kind of unprofitable business under the threat of warships, but now, all the troops have been transferred to the front of the fight against the Zerg, and only the armed merchant ships of large companies can fight against this threat. ”

While waiting in line, Assiro sighed again, and his words immediately caused the crew in the wheelhouse to agree and echo.

"yes, those bastards should be burned to death."

"I really hope that the Federation troops can come over and wipe them out completely!"

Because warp speed navigation must avoid obstacles on the road, this kind of transit platform will be established at a certain heading node to turn the direction to avoid meteorites, planets and various unexpected factors on the voyage. And this kind of place became a hunting ground for those pirates.

Take advantage of the opportunity of the merchant ship to break away from the warp speed to carry out the robbery operation, after all, pirates are just pirates, and it is impossible to attack the planetary circle protected by warships.

But the more he was afraid, the more he was afraid, and when the merchant ship of Assiro entered the course passage, the surrounding lights suddenly turned from green to red, and the entire transit platform stopped running.

"Damn, is it malfunctioning!"

Asiruo scolded, time is money, short-distance transportation like theirs, taking is familiar with the high efficiency of the waterway, using the number of trips back and forth to solve the shortcomings of low profits, if he is dragged here for a long time, then this trip down, he will definitely lose a lot of money.

"I hope it's not a problem with the shipping lane, if that's the case, I may not be able to go for a few days." Someone next to him accosted.

This is also the last thing Asiruo wants to see, how big the universe is, all kinds of unexpected factors will appear, if a star or active black hole happens to move to the course, then they will scold their mother, not to mention whether they can be dragged away, it will take a lot of time to find them. Of course, it is more likely that a certain pirate team deliberately transported some obstacles and threw them on the fairway, and then took the opportunity to loot here.

Asiruo thought of this question and told the crew: "No matter what, be careful, the engine starts first, if there is an abnormality, we will run immediately, the cargo matter is small, this ship cannot be lost." ”

But to the surprise of most people, after a while, the indicator light on the transit platform turned from red to yellow.

"Problem solved, so soon?" A new crew member asked curiously.

In order to further save labor costs, Assiro laid off several crew members who were not very satisfied, and then rehired several crew members with driving experience from the refugees. They were poorly paid, they worked hard, but they had not run the pro-democracy route, so they did not know about the situation, but in the eyes of the experienced Asiruo, they knew what the road represented.

"Ha Luha, there was a false alarm, just now it is estimated that the transit center received some notice temporarily, it should be that there is something wrong with that ship."

Sure enough, as soon as Assiro finished speaking, a voice sounded in the boat.

"Please note that all merchant ships have received a temporary report, there are prohibited goods here, we need to inspect every merchant ship, please cooperate with the action, thank you."

The voice was broadcast twice in a row, and it also put everyone's mind at ease. Since it's not pirates and other accidents, at most, when you check it, you can stuff some money and let them hurry.

With this in mind, Asiro opened the entrance to the ship and docked with the ship that had been sent.

"It's actually a military plane, not a space police*, so there's something very dangerous here."

Looking at the guy who docked turned out to be a Viking fighter that could be invisible, some crew members smacked their tongues.

"Hey. Be careful, don't talk nonsense, this kind of thing is not something that can chew your tongue, in case it is a confidential mission, you name it, just wait for someone to come to trouble every day. Assiruo warned, but he was also gasping in his heart, commercial shipping problems are generally under the jurisdiction of the Space Police Department, and there are very few cases that can be turned by the military, only those cases that are particularly serious and cannot be solved by the Space Police Department. Either one is very dangerous.

"Could it be related to recent rumors?" Asiro thought to herself.

There is no such thing as a completely well-kept secret in the world. There is only the truth that cannot be traced, and the news or rumors about some human beings being controlled by the Zerg have long been known to many people, although the Federation openly prohibits the spread of such rumors. But people are always curious. The more forbidden things are, the more they like to explore. Secretly, many people are directly or indirectly involved in the spread of these rumors, and many human supremacists believe that if it were not for this reason. The Zerg can't defeat the Federation at all.

This statement sounds ridiculous, but under the premise of the fact that before the Zerg War, the Federation was mired in the quagmire of rebels, but there was a large market, and human beings have always been desperate for infighting.

Although Assiruo has not reached the level of those human supremacists, human beings are higher than the Zerg, but with his understanding of human nature, he also believes a little that if it were not for the traitors among the human race, this war would not be as bad as it is now, and the Zerg's step-by-step actions can be said to be overwhelming.

However, none of these things had anything to do with Asiro now, and his main concern at the moment was that the soldiers did not seize his ship or cargo for this reason.

"Where are all the people?"

There were eight soldiers who came in, all wearing mechanical power armor, and one of them said to Asiro.

"Yes, a total of twelve people, this is their identification card, please take a look." Asiruo replied a little nervously, his eyes involuntarily tilted to the position where these soldiers were holding their guns, and found that the safety had been opened, and hurriedly handed over the information card containing the basic information of each crew member.

"Very good, the information is correct, now you are all lying on the wall, we have to inspect the goods, don't do anything unusual, otherwise, we will take direct and decisive violent measures, that is, to make a hole in your head." The soldier looked at the information on the card and said coldly.

"Yes, we'll do it."

Asiruo immediately turned around and urged the other slow responders: "Hey, you guys don't move faster, it's delayed, be careful that I deduct your bonus." ”

But just as everyone turned their heads and made a pull-up posture, the eight soldiers who came in looked at each other, and then, the sound of continuous trigger pulls sounded in the wheelhouse, and the twelve crew members, including Assiro, had no room to resist at all, and were all stunned by the high-intensity anesthetic injected into their bodies.

"Report to the chief, ship 32 has been cleared without any incidents"

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"Report to the sir, ship 39 has been cleared without any accidents"

"Report to the chief, ship 45 has been cleared without any incidents"

Listening to the progress reports coming from everywhere, Chen Xi nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Stamphanie and the other Protoss who were waiting on the side: "The next thing is to bring those people who have been anesthetized and persuade them that we will use these merchant ships to enter the planet Obola, and the Dark Archon and the Dark Templar will control the dignitaries and administrative staff there, and the others will then arrive with the Space Prison to completely control the entire planet." ”

"At that time, we not only need to reveal the cruel truth to the entire Federation, but also need more troops and support, prestige is all false, only with enough strength in hand, we can not be afraid of those people controlled by the Zerg." Chen Xi set out his purpose completely.

Of course, this is only the first step, Chen Xi will not tell all the help they have received from the Protoss at the beginning, and even the truth of the worm people will only be told selectively, and the follow-up will be the main event.

When the time comes, when the people have already regarded them as heroes, they can use the skills brought by the Protoss as a bargaining chip to ask the top level of the Federation to negotiate and give them a certain status and power, but this is just a pretense, and no one can think of what they really want to do.

"Yes, sir."

"Yes. My lord. ”

Everyone responded, and soon began to make various preparations in an orderly manner, those faint crew members were taken back to the transit platform by the soldiers, and the Protoss people with tasks entered with Chen Xi.

It didn't take long to convince those people, there were facts, evidence, and the demonstration of the physical specimens in the freezer, most of them believed Chen Xi's statement, and those who didn't believe it, or even had other purposes, were singled out with the help of Chen Xi's ability to see through emotions and brought back to the Space Prison.

The reason, of course, is not that these people have a very bad conscience. We are here for your good. I don't believe it yet, but I have other purposes. This will cause people to panic, and the excuse given by Chen Xi is very simple, because some soldiers and Protoss people are accompanying him. So the crew does not need so much. The extra is naturally left on the Space Prison.

"It's unimaginable. It turned out that those rumors were true, and more serious than all speculation, and many of the upper echelons were controlled. ”

Returning to his merchant ship, Assiro still had a dream-like feeling. Looking at Chen Xi, who was talking to the air next to him, he was full of awe.

Not only the key skills brought back, let them see the hope of winning the war, but the most important thing is what this person did, which is really rare.

The specific case of Assiruo has been fully understood, that is, this person has gone through hardships, led a group of people who were mostly criminals before, against a group of insidious insects with other purposes, and finally succeeded in obtaining the help of the Protoss. Even if one of the difficulties is pulled out separately, it is not easy to solve them, let alone be solved by this person one by one, and even snatch the Space Prison from the hands of the worms.

"Mr. Farah, isn't it a little too much for us to go to Planet Obola, although it has been much depressed because of the war, but the number of residents has become larger, and in order to give some jobs to the redundant, the police* are also recruiting people on a large scale, and the number is now more than one and a half times that of the previous one."

"Please believe me, if you are not sure enough, I will not joke with my own life and the lives of my companions, and more importantly, we represent the hope of the Federation, and we must not fall here, so rest assured, I will expose all the truth to all the Federation people, so that they can clearly see the outcome of this war, and humanity will definitely be victorious." Chen Xi said in a very confident tone, with strong body movements, it was very similar to the feeling of dissipating molecules.

That's right, he's continuing to brainwash these people.

Politically demagogic speeches are actually a form of brainwashing, mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm and then unifying their goals, which can lead to extremely high operational efficiency. Whether it is the pre-war mobilization or the various roadside speeches of politicians, there is this purpose, while propagating ideas and ideas, and uniting those who are willing to believe, this is the origin of the group, from the ancient blood, region, race, skin color relations, to the later behavior and ideological concepts.

"Yes, humanity will be victorious."

Hearing Chen Xi say this, Asiruo's face finally became relieved. The amount of role model is endless, and the examples of Chen Xi's propaganda before are all for this effect, like the resumes of relevant leaders of enterprises and ZF publicity, just to give the following people a kind of self-confidence: follow me, there is meat to eat.

"Then, I have another question, how do you know how to distinguish those worms, this ability is so amazing, it seems that even those gods can't be completely distinguished." Asiruo continued to stumble and ask, he was full of curiosity about Chen Xi, if it weren't for his age, he would probably treat Chen Xi as an idol. In fact, of the seven crew members who remained on the ship, three young men were speechless with excitement.

Not only because everyone has a heroic dream in their hearts, but at this time, they are actually involved in the important task of saving the Federation, but also what Chen Xi has done, which has made them see the possibility of realizing a great dream, they almost regard Chen Xi as a mentor in their hearts, a beacon for the future, and their eyes are full of admiration and worship.

"I don't know the Dao, just like one day I suddenly woke up and knew what to do, it's a very amazing ability."

Chen Xi smiled lightly at these crew members and pretended to force. Judging from the fact that the ancient founding emperor and his father were all happy fathers, he was very aware of the importance of maintaining a sense of mystery, which would make others think that you were different, but unfortunately it is now the interstellar age, and no one believes in the legendary things, otherwise he would have said that one day his mother dreamed of a god or beast, and then conceived him.

"That's really lucky, if you don't have this ability, the Federation will be terrible, I don't know what the Dao will be tossed into by those miscellaneous people, those zergs are too insidious and cunning, but now that you are here, I am at ease, you will definitely be able to change the status quo of the Federation." Assiro said after taking advantage of the fact that before the warp engine started, he had obviously become one of Chen Xi's supporters.

The next thing went very smoothly, and modifying the crew information was a very simple matter for the researchers and professionals who stayed on the Space Prison, and this batch of merchant ships was not allowed to enter the planetary circle without the slightest suspicion, and by the time Chen Xi took the people down, they had already arrived in the port city.

Here, most of them will collectively take transportation to the administrative city in the center of the planet, and the crew members who cover them over will stay here, guarded by the rest of the people, one is to avoid the quality is too low and will show their feet, and the other is also possible to prevent them from betraying this operation, although there is a special ability guarantee, this possibility is very low, but for Chen Xi, it is safer why not. (To be continued......)