Dawning City, Union Tower.

Sitting on the sofa in the reception room, Yi Chuan lifted the cuff of his right hand, glanced at the time projected on his wrist, and pulled the sleeve back.

It's midnight.

He could be sure that the building, which had just been completed every two months, was probably lit up in the reception room where he was at the moment.

At the thought of his colleagues having entered their dreams, and that he was still working on his work, he couldn't help but let out a long yawn.

It stands to reason that this presumptuous time doesn't feel like a point to talk about.

However, as a representative of Silver Wing Group and an ambassador of the enterprise to the Alliance, it is his job to listen to the voice of the Alliance.

So even though this time bothered him, after receiving a summons request from the Office of the Alliance Administrator,

He still put on his clothes and rushed over immediately.

Of course, if after he arrived in a hurry, the esteemed Mr. Manager had to discuss with him only a trivial matter, such as a subsidy for a teacher, a compulsory school, or a budget for the maintenance of an airport runway, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

If that's the case, he'll have to complain hard! Thinking like this, Yi Chuan's face couldn't help but show a smile.

In terms of personal feelings, he still likes that guy quite a lot.

Although when it comes to the alliance, that man always likes to be calculating, and he will not let go of any opportunity to take advantage, but he knows very well in private that the man is just like this at work, and in private he is actually a very happy guy.

Maybe that's the two sides of human beings.

But it is precisely because of this that every time he meets him in such a form, Yi Chuan has to cheer up his spirit and dare not take anything lightly.

If you're not careful, you risk falling into the pit that guy dug

At this moment, footsteps came from the hallway outside the door.

Yi Chuan, who was thinking wildly, subconsciously sat up straight, looked at the door where there was a knock, and cleared his throat.

"Please come in."

The door opened.

Chu Guang, who was dressed in civilian clothes, pushed open the door and walked in.

Sorry for disturbing your rest at this time, but we are also abrupt *** situation on our side, please understand that we have to meet with you beyond normal procedures.

Closing the door with his hand, he walked to the sofa opposite Yi Chuan and sat down.

Looking at Chu Guang, who was not wearing power armor, Yi Chuan felt a little surprised, and he thought that the armor was on this guy's body.

It can be seen that this person must have just gotten up from bed.

Thinking that it was not only himself who got up in the middle of the night to work overtime, Yi Chuan's heart felt a lot more comfortable.

"I understand, it's urgent, so you can tell me...... Is there something urgent?"

Chu Guang didn't answer immediately, but took out a memory card and put it on the coffee table, and pushed it in front of him with his index finger.

Staring at the fingernail-sized card, Yi Chuan frowned slightly.

"It's ......"

Looking at Yi Chuan, who looked confused, Chu Guang said seriously.

"This is not something that can be explained in a few words, and in order to avoid communication barriers, I hope you will read this information before we start our topic."

Yi Chuan glanced at Chu Guang suspiciously.

Under the urging of the latter's eyes, he finally didn't ask anything, took out a folded holographic glass from his arms, and gently shook it on the bridge of his nose.

Then he picked up the fingernail-sized memory card and inserted it into the slot in the frame on the side of his eye.

The green signal light flashed, and a stream of data flashed through the mirror, and the dense dots of light flooded the eyes behind the lenses.

Simply browsing the information in the memory card, Yi Chuan's face gradually became delicate.

The origin of the Qi tribe can be traced back to the biological research institute of the Technical Department of the War Construction Committee in Yunjian Province a century and a half ago!

The first variant to arrive in Geumho City

He was actually a researcher from the 'Completed Lifeform' project team back then!

And the arrival of those people directly led to the destruction of Singularity City!

Standing in the position of an ideal city citizen, seeing such information, Yi Chuan's mood is naturally not very beautiful.

After all, for enterprises, what happened a century and a half ago is indeed a piece of black history.

Even if the split of the War Construction Committee is not the responsibility of one party, it is also true that the production department first lit the fuse.

To this day, there are still many views in the historiographical circles of Ideal City that the "Yunjian Provincial Revival Act" and the brutal implementation of the year are inescapable of responsibility.

Although the residents of Ideal City have reviewed that period of history and have not dressed it up or simply hid it like a little girl, it is still somewhat unpleasant that after such a long time, new clues have suddenly been unearthed.

Especially at the moment when they have just decided to inherit the will of the Trailblazer and intend to correct the mistakes of a century and walk out of the ideal city with their heads held high......

The index finger tapped on the side of the frame, and an eye appeared behind the reflective lens, Yi Chuan looked at Chu Guang in disbelief and said in an inquiring tone.

"These...... Is it true?" Chu Guang nodded.

"I can't say it's 100% accurate, but I'm sure it's an objective and notarized investigation. This is not only the information that the player has investigated and compiled on the official website forum, but also the information gathered by his guards during their visits around Geumhe City."

Yi Chuan leaned back on the sofa and sighed softly.

"To be honest, I was shocked when I saw these things...... So much so that I don't know what to say."

"Personally, I'm more inclined to have some misunderstandings. After all, this is just an investigative report, and most of the arguments are based on hearsay of questionable veracity. I don't see conclusive evidence here, at least."

He was careful with his wording.

Neither affirmative nor completely negative of this information, but a statement that can be advanced and retreated.

After a pause, Yi Chuan continued.

"From the Supreme Council's standpoint, we are sorry for what happened 150 years ago, but it was not part of the Council's work. Our mandate is the embodiment of the collective will, but it may be more appropriate to leave it to the academic community and the public as to what the will is."

"If today's meeting was to ask for our opinion on this information, my opinion would be...... You should be summoning the media, not me."

Looking at Yi Chuan's cautious look, Chu Guang could guess with his toes that this guy was thinking about it, thinking that he was going to pick wool from them again, so he put on a defensive posture as soon as he opened his mouth.

Joke.

Ye is the kind of superficial person??

With a helpless expression, Chu Guang continued patiently.

"You're mistaken, I'm not trying to put pressure on you through this information, or to ask for compensation or anything on behalf of the survivors of Geumho City...... We are not qualified to represent others, and what we want to discuss with you is not the past, but the present."

「…… What is happening now?" Yi Chuan looked at him stunned, and a trace of doubt gradually appeared in his eyes.

The information in his hand, no matter how you look at it, is an old account.

Chu Guang nodded.

"One hundred and fifty years ago, the Production Department launched a raid on the Biological Research Institute of the Technical Department in the Cloud Province, causing the technicians of the Completed Lifeform project team to leave with the experimental data, and many of the mutants in the wasteland today came out of nowhere--"

Yi Chuan interrupted him in annoyance.

"That's a biased statement! The Willant Lab on the West Coast is also a research facility for 'Completed Lifeforms', and in terms of time, the Legion has been able to control the relevant research units much earlier than we do!"

"I'm not saying we don't have problems, but 'mutants are what we made'

This kind of remark is completely irresponsible speculation! In fact, we've been exterminating that group of brutes, and at least half of the bullets we've fired over the past century have been on mutants!"

"I know, please listen to me," Chu Guang patiently continued, "Of course we know that the 'Completed Lifeform' project is not in the hands of a research institute, and in addition to the research facilities controlled by the Enterprise Corps and the Academy, there are other wild research institutes that are also conducting that unfinished research behind closed doors, which is also the reason why there are many variations of mutants."

If it's just a bunch of science freaks hiding in a shelter shaking reagent bottles, I think even if the research they're doing is risky, at least the risk of the experiment itself is manageable.

Now, however, a group of lunatics has spent two decades quietly scaling up the experiment and advancing the research by any means necessary.

Yi Chuan frowned.

What do you mean.

It's literal.

Chu Guang put a computer pen on the table, and with a flick of his index finger in the azure beam, several holographic images floated in front of Yi Chuan.

Aerial footage of a drone in the center.

Dressed next to him, he wore several first-person footage of the player's battles, which were sent back to Dawning via a repeater before the Seagull was hijacked by the Torch Church's electronic warfare operations.

Looking at the hideous and twisted faces, as well as the walking dead that poured in like a tide, Yi Chuan couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"What the hell is this...... Eater?"

"There is no doubt that they are alive, at least before...... And now, it should be considered the living dead."

Looking at Yi Chuan with a look of disbelief, Chu Guang continued.

"When have you ever seen a niver get dressed?"

Yi Chuan didn't speak, his eyes staring at the picture on the holographic screen.

Looking at this friend who didn't speak, Chu Guang continued

"The name of this settlement is Pinecone Farm, and the Torch Church has taken over it and turned its inhabitants into puppets through an addictive fungus crop called Nago to help them complete their experiments on the 'gestural lifeforms.'"

"You say it's an experiment?" Yi Chuan's Adam's apple moved, and he said with difficulty, "...... What kind of experiment is this?"

Chu Guang shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I don't know, we tried to investigate, but our people were trapped inside as soon as they entered, and fell into the trap carefully laid by the madmen."

"We're ashamed to say that at first we thought that they were only targeting the mutants' combat power by joining forces with mutants, but now it seems that all of this is a game set up for the 'Completed Lifeforms' themselves."

"Torch...... Is it the torch? Does it have something to do with the Enlightenment?" Chewing on the name over and over again, Yi Chuan muttered to himself.

Chu Guang thought for a moment and gave his opinion.

"I'm more inclined to think that there is no connection, that the difference between them is like the mutants in the Great Desert and the mutants on the East Coast. One is a continuation of the torch plan prepared by the People's Union in the pre-war era to deal with the most extreme situations, and the other is more like inspired by the torch plan."

"Their goal is to agree that the world should be destroyed once, not to build on the old order. However, in terms of specific implementation guidelines, they are fundamentally different, one tends to use the neutron killing technology of the old era, and the other hopes for the unfinished singularity technology of the prosperous era...... Replace the old ones with new ones, and gradually complete their plans to restart the world."

Even the most extreme ideals can distinguish between relatively moderate reformists and relatively radical declensions.

The Enlightenment is obviously more radical in terms of means, and they directly deny the right of the wastelanders to live, but in the end, the elitists are more conservative.

At least they believe that the New World should still be ruled by humans, with elites they approve of dominating all aspects of society, rather than becoming new humans.

But the Torch Church is different.

What they want to accomplish is a leap from the shell of the old human to the new one.

Humans in the old days, even if they could live in the utopia they depicted, could only be domestic animals without political rights.

Only the chosen new humans can live as gods in utopia.

Psychic interference devices are designed to achieve the latter purpose.

In the distant old days, it took a lot of Mr. House to bombard people selectively, or give up their brains altogether, and a whole set of systematic processes.

And even if a huge amount of money is invested, it may not be justified because of a few small mistakes.

But with Nago's help, they can easily turn settlements into farms and living plantations without saying a word.

Yi Chuan's forehead couldn't help but run a drop of cold sweat.

If ten minutes ago, he didn't really want to get involved in the dispute between the Alliance and the regional survivors, after seeing the information, he realized that he had to report the matter to the Council immediately.

Psychic interference technology is no secret, it made big news in 2113, and it is nothing compared to singularity technology like a gestaltic lifeform.

However, he never expected that the old antique could be rejuvenated in the wasteland in such a form.

I'm afraid the council didn't expect it either.

After all, Jinchuan Province is still Haiya Province, and it is far away from them.

"I'm glad you understand the urgency, but reporting is one thing, we need to let more people know about those guys' plots, and we need to do something about it at the same time. If we let the council argue for a month, and wait for another wave to pass, I'm afraid the entire province of Geumcheon will be hopeless."

Hearing Chu Guang's words, an embarrassed expression appeared on Yi Chuan's face.

It is not procedural to act arbitrarily before the Board makes a judgment.

「…… You know it's impossible, even if I wanted to help you, I wouldn't have that authority as a diplomat."

Chu Guang didn't give up because of his words, and continued.

"Then do something that is within your authority, we don't need military assistance, the Alliance's army is not lost to anyone, but we need your technical support! Specifically, we need an electronic warfare expert!"

Looking at Yi Chuan, who was speechless, Chu Guang continued.

"The Pinecone Farm is a microcosm of the settlements of the Torch Church's dioceses, and similar things are common in Geumcheon Province and even Haiya Province. On the surface, those settlements look like ordinary settlements, but the core has long since been replaced by puppets of the Church...... And now, the green plague is spreading northward."

"Originally, Nago was only a tropical crop, but the Torch Church improved it so that it can grow normally even in the subtropics...... If they are allowed to continue this dangerous experiment, I am afraid that it will not only be the Jinchuan Province that will fall, but also the Eastern Province and even the Yunjian Province will not be spared. Or are you confident enough to forbid your residents or neighbors from eating it?"

Yi Chuan looked at Chu Guang seriously and said, "I understand what you mean, this matter is indeed extraordinary...... I'll report back to the council right away!"

Chu Guang nodded and looked at him equally seriously.

Reinforcements to Pinecone Farms are already on their way and won't be long in coming.

However, if they are unable to suppress their opponents in electronic warfare, their smart weapons will not be able to exert full combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that hacking is not Xiaoqi's specialty, it is just an assistant AI.

Even if the shelter has an absolute defense protection capability in the field of information security, it is also the credit of the protection program running on the shelter server, and Xiaoqi can only call this part of the resources.

Moreover, Xiaoqi's body is in the shelter, and there is a distance of 800 kilometers from the front line, so it is still too difficult for an MT to hammer people against high ping latency and interference

point.

He needed an expert who was proficient in electronic warfare to go to the scene and help him solve the problem.

This includes the provision of security for drones.

Including pulling the bishop named Luo Gan out of the so-called holy realm......

Hearing Chu Guang's request, Yi Chuan fell into deep thought, and suddenly as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up and he sat up straight.

"This is easy to do, there is exactly one expert who is proficient in electronic warfare in Dawning City!"

Chu Guang immediately asked.

"Who?"

Yi Chuan said with blazing eyes.

"Eclipse!"

"A-110 model androids, all of them are experts in electronic warfare!"

Just as Chu Guang finished meeting with the representatives of the enterprise, a large number of mutant warriors in the urban area of Jinhe City, not far from the farm, also completed the assembly.

A burly, semi-prosthetic mutant strong man walked up to Garn with heavy steps, clasped his hands into fists and said in a deep voice.

"Kuru, we've assembled!"

Behind him, green heads were moving, looking at a large area of Wuyang and Wuyang.

Most of these mutant warriors have undergone prosthetic modifications, only to a greater or lesser extent.

Some people have changed a heart made of iron, some have changed the bones of their forearms to alloy steel, or they have attached a cannon barrel or chainsaw to their arms.

It's different from the group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals led by Oger.

The soldiers under Kuru's command are all the elite of the Qi tribe, and 'big guys' like Pido abound here.

The honor of the Qi tribe was lost to the group of soft-footed shrimp, and they actually lost to a group of cowardly and timid two-legged sheep!

Kuru swears that he will take back the glory that belongs to the clan!

Garn looked at Kuru with a blank face, nodded slowly, and then looked at the dense mass of mutant warriors standing behind him, and raised his voice and shouted.

"Our allies are in trouble!"

"They who trouble them are the same people who killed our brethren."

"To Pinecone Farm!"

"The survivors there are all food for us!"

It doesn't take much impassioned language to mobilize this group of bloodthirsty beasts, just tell them where to go to vent the beast's hopes.

The thirst for blood and brutality was ignited in an instant, and deafening cheers resounded through the ruined city.

One by one, mutants brandished their weapons, ripped their voices open and shouted in cheer.

"Whoa!"

"Eat them!!"

A large number of mutants set out from the eastern district of Geumkawa City and gathered in the direction of the pine cone farm.

At the same time, a majestic steel airship is also setting sail from Dawn City, heading in the direction of Geumcheon Province.

What started as an infiltration operation on the scale of twenty men escalated as the stakes on all sides increased.

The 50,000-strong settlement was already standing in the middle of the storm without realizing it.

The Torch Church obviously did not expect such an outcome.

When the bishop learned that the Alliance's airship was heading for the Jinchuan Province, the faces of the apostles in the Pinecone Farm suddenly changed.

They were originally planning to do a fun experiment with the little rats that had infiltrated their ranches, and to teach the Coalition a little lesson to the north.

However, what they didn't expect was that the guys in the north couldn't afford to lose so much, and seeing that the infiltration operation was messed up, they directly lifted the table.

They were not afraid of a military conflict with the Alliance, and they did not believe that a one-year-old organization could be their opponent.

However, they were clearly not ready for war immediately, and no one expected the Alliance to send airships at the very beginning of the wave.

The distance of 800 kilometers is estimated to be tomorrow morning when the airship arrives here

went up.

However, they are not naïve to think that the alliance only has airships......

The four apostles were anxious like ants on a hot pot, anxiously discussing countermeasures, and at this moment, the manor not far away was the constant noise of gunfire.

The underground research institute of the annex.

Yashi pulled out the short knife that was stuck in the forearm of the Torch Church 'executioner', and unarmed him while unarming him, tied his hands and feet with plastic cable ties.

The VM data copy is complete.

Escorting the captive into a room with a psychic interference device, Yashi threatens with a gun to his head.

"Turn this thing off!"

Wu Zhe grinned the corners of his mouth and laughed.

"I'm going to disappoint you, I'm just a soldier...... I don't know how to turn this thing off, so why don't you blow it up?"

Ye Shi didn't talk nonsense and gave him a kick in the stomach.

Enduring the pain in his forearm, Wu Zhe gritted his teeth, stared at Ye Shihe and sneered, and secretly said in his heart that it was a pity.

If he can fool this guy into blowing up the psychic interference device located under the pine cone farm, it will be considered a mission for him.

In fact, just a few minutes ago, Ye Shi really had the intention of blowing up this place, but after reading the information downloaded from the terminal, he immediately dispelled that idea.

Just turning off the telepathic device won't get the people out there back to normal, any more than smashing a monitor won't shut down a computer.

The telepathic interference device has the effect of inducing the subject to enter a 'fugue' state, but what really makes the local residents 'nibble' is actually the signal it emits in the 03rd band.

The device has carved frenzied information into their brains, and as soon as they enter a 'fugue' state, they will become what they are now.

It's just a matter of severity.

Unless other bands of signals are input through telepathic interference devices, they are rebrainwashed under the influence of Nago.

Otherwise they will probably return to normal from time to time and then go berserk again from time to time...... It's better to let them keep it that way for now.

At least they won't kill each other when they're also in a fugue state.

Looking at the captive who refused to say anything, Yashi gritted his teeth and carried him towards the outside of the laboratory.

Wu Zhe grinned in pain, simply closed his eyes, and did not say another word.

The little girl named Lamb was standing in the doorway trembling, looking at the two who had come out of the laboratory at a loss.

When she and Yashi met their gaze, she looked away in shame, not daring to look at him.

Optical camouflage only works in a slow-moving state, and there are also noticeable flaws when moving between environments with different brightnesses.

Obviously, she saw the man.

It's just that under the threat of the executioner, she didn't say anything, and maybe even confessed to the man that she was the only one in it, and then watched the guy go in with a rifle and touch her ass.

Ten didn't blame her for not making a sound to remind herself.

To be honest, if she screams, it will be very troublesome, not only will she hurt herself, but she will also startle the snake and affect him to rely on the advantage of talent to fight back.

"Things have changed, so I'm going to have to trouble you to stay down there for a while...... Remember to keep an eye on that Yin Yin, don't let her hurt yourself, but don't get too close to her."

Hearing this, a trace of despair and sadness appeared in the little lamb's eyes, but in the end he didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

I betrayed the people who helped me, and there is nothing to say about being left behind......

Seeing that this little guy seemed to have misunderstood something with self-righteousness, Yajuchi smiled and stretched out his hand and rubbed the little head.

"What do you think? I didn't mean to leave you here, I just told you to wait here for a while...... If you're tired, get some sleep, and I'll be back in a moment."

The lamb asked in a whisper.

"Where are you going......

」

"Kill all those dogs!" Yajuchi grinned, leaving behind a figure he thought was handsome, and walked in the direction of the stairwell.

Wu Zhe, who was carried in his hand, sneered and pursed his lips.

Kill all?

It's really good to brag about it!