Almost all the representatives of the countries were whispering and deliberately lowering their voices. The louder conversations were all made by the security personnel in charge of the security of the banquet hall and the surrounding area. They wore brand-new U.S. military uniforms, and their expressions were full of indignation. Due to the special structure of the base, these conversations are enough to be heard by many people.

Gao Liquan glanced around, and did not see the slightest "friendly" gaze in the crowd. Even the representatives of Germany and France, who had formed the Allied forces, remained silent without saying a word. They were no longer Lord Lucan and Major General Theresia that Su Hao had seen, but a group of unfamiliar faces. Fortified people are not evolutionary people after all, and they do not have the same longevity limit as "worker bees".

The British should be considered the closest allies of the "swarm" at the moment. After all, Scotland is still dominated by "bee colonies", and many parts of the British Isles have "bee colony" bases. On the faces of these Yangglo-Saxons, Gao Liquan did not even see a smile, only indifference and hostility, and a vague sense of unease.

At the gate of the banquet hall, that is, far away from Gao Liquan, there was another group of strong men with fierce faces. There were about twenty of them, and they were extremely burly and tall. Despite wearing a suit, his chest is bulging with strong muscles, and his arms and thighs are much thicker than those of ordinary people. These people had shaved heads, dressed uniformly, and all had round eyes and glared at Gao Liquan. The strong men stood in a circle of not too big or small, and surrounded several men in the middle who were obviously stronger in clothing and imposing than them. All wore the same badge on their chests, and as for the pattern, it was a radiant sun.

Gao Liquan turned his gaze back to the angry lieutenant colonel and stared at it for a long time. Silence is often perceived as a sign of timidity and retreat at such times. The pride that runs through the bones of Americans is indeed a truth that existed more than a century ago. Especially in terms of the number of people, in addition to the two guards, there were only three on Gao Liquan's side, and they had to face the entire corridor and the endless stream of people coming out of the banquet hall, hundreds, or even more.

Admiral Cecil finally straightened up. From the first second he saw Gao Liquan, he had always maintained a posture with his upper body slightly tilted forward. The amplitude of the inclination is so small that if you don't look closely, it's hard to see that he's deliberately bending over, and you can only subconsciously think that it's the usual movements of the elderly.

The general's actions attracted the attention of Gao Liquan. He turned his head, looked at Cecil for a few seconds, and asked seriously, "You arranged this?" ”

Gao Liquan was referring to the US lieutenant colonel standing in front of him, but Admiral Cecil's face suddenly became ugly.

As an invited guest, Gao Liquan is indeed qualified to ask such questions. It's like someone who accepts an invitation to go out as a guest, but when he enters the owner's door, he is barked at by a vicious dog that suddenly pounces. Instead of stopping it on the spot, the owner stood aside and watched with relish.

"Since it's not, that's right."

Gao Liquan's face showed undisguised ferocity and hideousness. He raised two fingers and forcibly instilled this momentum directly with words and eyes to Admiral Cecil: "Drag this guy out and shoot him, or I'll leave now." ”

Admiral Cecil looked up suddenly, his cloudy eyes revealing the bravery and fury of a soldier. The cold light released from the depths of his pupils was like a knife, but Gao Liquan did not flinch at all, still maintaining a contemptuous and sarcastic expression. The two men were so close that he could clearly hear the grinding of his clenched teeth from Admiral Cecil's closed lips, and see the corners of each other's eyes twitching.

The admiral felt that all the blood on his body rushed to the top of his head at this moment, stimulating himself to pull out his pistol and explode Gao Liquan's hateful, hateful, and hateful face on the spot.

This is the United States, this is the Nevada base city, and this is our territory.

He had just ordered me to shoot the lieutenant colonel.

Yes, that is indeed an order. Admiral Cecil, who had joined the army at the age of nineteen, had been unusually familiar with this tone of speech with a strong commanding tone. No matter what country or race, the superiors and subordinates always speak the same tone and rhythm, and even the muscles move exactly the same amplitude.

What's wrong with a lieutenant colonel?

He was simply defending the interests of the United States of America.

From the point of view of national interests, the lieutenant colonel should be considered an out-and-out patriot. Do not flinch in the face of strong enemies, and face shame head-on. This is the real American soldier, the real warrior in the army.

However, also from the perspective of national interests, the lieutenant colonel's previous impassioned words will only bring more trouble and trigger a series of negative effects. Gao Liquan had made it very clear just now: either shoot this person to death, or he will turn around and leave now.

Admiral Cecil's old brow furrowed even tighter.

The situation in the country is no longer what it used to be. A large number of outbreaks of the "moon tide" destroyed almost all the intact combat forces of the American army. The Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed hope that Gao Liquan would attend the conference this time, and without the help of the Chinese, the result would not only be that the United States would lose this biological war, but that it would be directly mutated to the country.

Thinking of this, the admiral silently took a few steps forward, standing between the aggressive Gao Liquan and the angry lieutenant colonel. He barely squeezed a smile out of his tight face, turned sideways, raised his left hand, made a "please" gesture, and said gently, "We shouldn't waste time on these inconsequential little things." Knowing that you were coming, all the officials of the joint meeting were waiting inside. We prepared the lobster very fresh, and the chef should be preparing the lemon juice dressing. If you delay it for too long, the fresh and delicious taste will be greatly reduced. ”

Gao Liquan ignored Admiral Cecil's words. He glanced indifferently at the lieutenant colonel who was separated from him, and then his face sank, and a clear cold snort erupted from his nostrils, and then he turned around and walked towards the large elevator that had carried him when he came.

"Nope! Don't do this! ”

Seeing this, Admiral Cecil quickly rushed forward, crossed Gao Liquan at an astonishing speed, and then moved a few steps sideways, dodging to block Gao Liquan's way, his eyes flashed with anger and regret, and said seriously in an unprecedented solemn tone: "For everything, everyone has their own different way of understanding. If what just happened angered you, I apologize to you now. ”

Gao Liquan looked directly at the general and shook his head slowly: "This is not a problem that can be solved by apologizing. ”

"That's just a young man, let him go!"

Through the gap between Gao Liquan and the guards next to him, Admiral Cecil glanced at the American lieutenant colonel standing not far away, and his tone was earnest, with a faint pleading: "I can understand your feelings. I can promise to compensate you more for other things. It can be strategic materials, or scientific and technological materials. Too many people have died in biological warfare, and everyone has a reason and a qualification to live. They may die, but definitely not here, and they shouldn't be for that reason. ”

Gao Liquan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the killing intent and coldness on his face were no longer as deep as they were just now. This change caused Admiral Cecil's hanging heart to fall slightly, and the nervous feelings tended to be flattened. Just as he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was about to lead Gao Liquan back to the banquet hall, he heard a voice in his ears that made him almost completely collapse.

"Why let him go?"

Gao Liquan's pupils were filled with ruthlessness and murderous intent, and a devilish sneer appeared on his lips: "My military rank is general, and he is just a lieutenant colonel. The following offenses are taboo in the military. Now is a special period, to be able to appear in such a place, he should be very clear about his responsibilities. I don't know exactly what the criteria for selecting your country's officers are, but he must pay for what he says and does. ”

After speaking, Gao Liquan raised his right hand and put it on Admiral Cecil's shoulder. The admiral only felt an incomparably powerful force coming from his shoulder, as if a heavy truck coming from the side at high speed, pushed himself hard, and shook it several times in succession before he could barely hold on to the wall to stabilize his balance. By the time he turned around, Gao Liquan and two guards had already walked to the elevator and were reaching out to press the turn on button.

"Don't! Come back! Admiral Cecil's shouts were distinctly begging, he was almost screaming, and everyone present could testify to it.

Gao Liquan did not order the guards to stop what they were doing. With the electronic chime, the elevator door slowly opened, and at the moment when the three of them walked in order, Gao Liquan heard a loud and violent gunfire behind him.

"Bang--"

He turned around slowly, and found that the lieutenant colonel had fallen on his back to the sky, all the facial features on that face had been blown up, and his head was like a terrifying flower of flesh and blood, only the limbs of his body were twitching under the traction of the nerves that had not yet lost their function. It looks reminiscent of a frog that has been trampled by the hooves of a buffalo and is lying on the verge of death in the mud, but its limbs are kicking back and forth.

Admiral Cecil's arms were still raised, a faint smoke emanating from the muzzle of the exquisitely crafted revolver, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air. His expression was dazed, full of remorse, and unspeakably bitter. The slain lieutenant colonel had a lot of blood splattered on the others next to him, especially the nearest ones, almost all over his face and chest, but the crowd of onlookers was not confused by this, and no one said anything about it, and there was a deathly silence in the entire corridor, and even the music in the banquet hall in the distance was completely stopped.

Admiral Cecil turned slowly. His movements were very slow, his steps were staggering, his body seemed to have lost his strength, and the whole person instantly aged dozens of years. At the moment when their eyes met and collided, Gao Liquan clearly felt that a strong flame of hatred erupted from Admiral Cecil's eyes, but it quickly disappeared in just a few microseconds. In its place, there was a numbness that there had never been before.

On such an occasion, killing an officer for such a reason would only make Admiral Cecil the target of everyone except Gao Liquan.

But he had to. Otherwise, the U.S. military will have to fight the terrifying mutated creatures alone. They occupy almost all of the United States, and without military assistance from China, the remnants of the American army will probably not even survive the next "moon tide".

Admiral Cecil slowly loaded the pistol into its holster. When Gao Liquan walked past him, he heard the general's tired voice: "He is dead, I killed him with my own hands." That's what you want? ”

Gao Liquan's tone was still cold: "I don't believe that he was uninstructed by no one to take the initiative to jump out." If the truth of the matter is only as simple as it seems, he is either an idiot or a psychopath. Both of these tend to be the most damned and the fastest. ”

Admiral Cecil's whole body was trembling, and his tone was obviously a little out of voice: "What, you still want to continue to investigate?" You, you, what exactly do you want? Do you really want more people to bury him? ”

"That's your own business."

Gao Liquan replied unceremoniously: "As for now, you have to think about another thing." ”

"What?"

"Remove the furnishings from the banquet hall. As I said, I don't have much time and I have to convene the General Assembly now. ”

……

Of course, there was no need to change the banquet hall, and the venue was already prepared. Although the ad-hoc decision to convene the congress earlier was frustrated by many, there was no objection to it. At least, not on the face.

Gao Liquan's will was once again carried out. The representatives of Japan and Canada were excluded from the standing countries and did not attend the meeting. But as former members of the Standing Council, the representatives of the two countries were given some privileges. They can sit in on the periphery of the conference hall and have their opinion on an issue, but they do not have the right to vote on the final resolution.

Representatives of the military department and Gao Liquan were arranged in the same seat. It was two elderly brigadier generals, who had a humble smile on their faces all the time, and although they nominally belonged to the same camp, the military headquarters did not recognize the legitimacy of the Southwestern Military District. However, in the presence of outsiders, especially on such occasions, internal strife is never made public, and unity becomes the supreme existence of the overriding qiē issue.

There is only one agenda item on the agenda: the hope that the Chinese side will send troops to all countries that need help in order to exterminate the local mutant creatures.

Although the biological war is over, it is only for about two-thirds of the Earth's land area. This is a narrow concept, and as long as the area cleared exceeds 51 percent, it can be understood as a victory in the war.

This concept cannot be said to be wrong. Just like the global society in peacetime, dozens of large and small countries in the Middle East, Africa, and South America have different degrees of civil strife and nationalist strife, and hundreds of thousands of people are killed every day, but no one has ever thought that this is a world war, and it is just an understatement of "local regional disputes".

"We're going to send troops."

Gao Liquan's first sentence made his attitude clear. Immediately afterwards, the second sentence became a naked demand for profit: "There has never been a free lunch in this world." Remuneration is, of course, essential. Otherwise, there would be no need for discussion between us. ”

Admiral Cecil's frown never let go of his frown when he walked into the venue. He has already understood the strength and indifference of Gao Liquan, and he does not think that the other party can back down in terms of interests. The initial promise of sending troops alleviated Admiral Cecil's worries, but then came the worry that Gao Liquan would not be able to satisfy his greedy appetite.

How much does he really want?

What exactly do you want?

Gao Liquan clicked on the small light brain he was carrying, and a huge hologram of the United States map immediately appeared in the center of the venue. He used a laser pointer to draw a vertical ellipse on the left and right sides of the map, and said in a clear tone: "Let's talk about the East Coast of the United States first: starting from Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, San Franco, Fresno, to Los Angeles, all the abandoned cities along the railroad line must be rented by us." Note that this is an abandoned city occupied by mutated creatures, not a base city that is under construction or has already been built. ”

Representatives of Russia, Britain and France were also present. Like Admiral Cecil, they also had incredible expressions on their faces.

"General Gao, are you kidding?"

The representative of France was a middle-aged man named Eliezé. There was obvious confusion on his slender face: "Perhaps, your secretary and staff staff failed to understand the intentions and were too whimsical when making plans. The graphic you've just drawn encompasses the entire East Coast of the United States. Also, you mentioned a very sensitive word: lend-lease. ”

"You can score 100 points for your hearing."

Gao Liquan glanced at Eliazer and nodded: "That's right, it's a loan." ”

"It can't be!"

Newman, the representative of the British, suddenly exclaimed: "Of course, there is no problem with the lease of a certain area between countries. But you seem to be mistaken: the area you're talking about is just too big. This has never happened before in the history of the world, and it is not in accordance with the relevant regulations of the United Nations. ”

"That's not all I could ask for."

Gao Liquan's face calmly replied, raised his arm again, and continued to draw a circle on the right side of the holographic map. This time, the area that is included is larger and more extensive.

"On the West Coast of the United States, from Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, St. Louis, Memphis to New Orleans, all abandoned cities in this area will be leased."

His words were brief, not long, and concise to the point, but did not elicit a response from the other delegates, and the room fell silent.

It took a long time for Newman, the British representative, to recover from his shock, shake his head, and muttered: "It's hard to imagine, this must be a joke." This must be a joke. ”

"I'm never joking. Especially in this kind of thing. ”

Gao Liquan sneered: "In addition, I want to add one point, that is, the lease period." ”

Newman's reaction was quick: "Fifty years? Or ninety-nine? ”

Gao Liquan calmly raised his left hand and stretched out his five fingers: "Five hundred years." That's all I have. Se replied calmly, raised his arm again, and continued to draw a circle on the right side of the hologram. This time, the area that is included is larger and more extensive.

"On the West Coast of the United States, from Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, St. Louis, Memphis to New Orleans, all abandoned cities in this area will be leased."

His words were brief, not long, and concise to the point, but did not elicit a response from the other delegates, and the room fell silent.

It took a long time for Newman, the British representative, to recover from his shock, shake his head, and muttered: "It's hard to imagine, this must be a joke." This must be a joke. ”

"I'm never joking. Especially in this kind of thing. ”

Gao Liquan sneered: "In addition, I want to add one point, that is, the lease period." ”

Newman's reaction was quick: "Fifty years? Or ninety-nine? ”

Gao Liquan calmly raised his left hand and stretched out his five fingers: "Five hundred years." That's all I have. ”