"Poof——!

Yang Kai, who was leaning on the seat of the scientific research ship docked near the Alliance Airport, finished reading the content on the holographic screen in front of him, and almost didn't take a sip of coffee to spray it on the central control of the cockpit.

Just a few minutes ago, he had just returned to his research ship, and was about to study the few changes proposed by the Alliance administrators, only to receive it as soon as he opened his personal terminal.

At this moment, what is printed on the screen is a three-page newspaper, and the headline at the beginning is written with the words "Qingquan City Daily".

And what is even more stunned is the headline of the headline -

"The brood in Qingquan City has not fallen! was secretly captive by the administrator! 》

That thing can be kept in captivity???

"What the hell is this?"

seemed to be very satisfied with Yang Kai's embarrassed expression, and Li Ke, who was suspended in the hologram on the side, said in a tone with a hint of mockery.

"This newspaper that our intelligence agents found in Dawning City, you can pick it up by just going to any newsstand...... So, what the hell is your research department doing? ”

He is a researcher in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and his rank is the same as Yang Kai's. Ever since this guy overstepped his way to steal the work of the Foreign Affairs Department, he has been very unhappy with this guy.

And it's not the first time!

After listening to Li Ke's words, Yang Kai's expression really froze.

He had his research ship assistants listen to the League's radio and television programs, sifting through the news and something, but he hadn't really studied the newspapers.

The main reason is that he doesn't have a fixed place to live, and people don't know where to send newspapers.

But then again.

What age is this, and who still looks at that thing??

“…… It doesn't mean much, it's just a newspaper. Seeing the gloating expression, Yang Kai said with a straight face.

"Yes, it's just a newspaper, and it's the first issue of the newspaper that only came out today," Li Ke continued in a sarcastic tone, "After seeing the newspaper, our intelligence officers went to the eastern suburbs of Qingquan City to confirm the situation as soon as they saw it, and guess what we saw?" Slime mushrooms are repairing the ruins there! And what did you do, slowly dangling to the Union Building for a meeting, but nothing was agreed-"

"It's not like I haven't reached any agreement, at least the administrators of the alliance have shown their intention to study the ruins of Qingquan City and the brood samples with us," Yang Kai interrupted Li Ke's words with a dark face, and continued with a displeased expression, "And listen, my negotiations with the alliance have entered a critical stage, and I don't want your hasty actions to affect the outcome of the negotiations." ”

Li Kehaha smiled and spread his hands.

"What does it matter? And it's not just us doing this, it's everyone else, and we're just gathering open information...... However, it is disappointing that you have not done even the most basic work, do you think that such a thing as intelligence is sitting in a scientific research ship and waiting, and then it will be delivered to your door? ”

Yang Kai was choked by his words for a while, so he simply closed his mouth and didn't speak.

Li Ke did not continue to embarrass him, and continued.

"Don't rob the job you can't do in the future, let's get down to business, I think this newspaper was deliberately released by the alliance."

Yang Kai frowned slightly.

"They're spreading panic in their own settlements?"

Li Ke said with a smile.

"Panic? Are you on your first day in Dawn? The survivors there are notoriously not afraid of death, and it's the first time I've seen the Willantes confess in what they do best, and that level of intimidation is just a joke to them. ”

Yang Kai nodded, reluctantly agreeing with this statement.

Although he did not participate in the Falcon City peace negotiations, when he was in Jinchuan Province, he had the privilege of witnessing a decisive battle between the Alliance and the Torch Church.

The mutant creature that covered the sky was like a dark cloud, and even he thought that the manager had to plant a new head, but he didn't expect that guy to personally put on the battle, and with a hammer, he gave the leading node creature on the opposite side to the second.

Those guys literally subverted his stereotype of the good old man in the blue coat.

"What do you think?"

Li Ke said dryly.

"The opinion of the Chief Technology Officer is the opinion of our Foreign Affairs Department, and Mr. Technology Officer wants you to at least get the opportunity to jointly study the Downtown Brood before the Alliance reaches an exclusive agreement with a third party."

Yang Kai: "What about those relics?" ”

Li Ke: "Sub-priority. ”

There are many relics that have been excavated by the academy.

Although the ruins of Kiyosen City are important, they are not so important that they must be made to the extent that they must be indispensable. In contrast, the academy's upper echelons paid more attention to the biological specimen in the city center.

Knowing this, Yang Kai took a deep breath and said.

"I'll fight for ...... Over there, please cooperate with me, I need your intelligence support. ”

Seeing that this guy finally lowered his head, the corners of Li Ke's mouth curled up with a hint of pride.

However, he knew very well that pretending to be forced should be moderate, so before Yang Kai became angry, he coughed lightly and said.

"No problem, Mr. Techno has already guessed that you will mess things up. Oh yes, I read the report you uploaded, and I think the special zone plan mentioned by the alliance can be discussed. His opinion was that Ice Sea City was a good choice, as the conditions were good in all respects, and there happened to be a frozen brood in the nearby abandoned city. Of course, if the alliance has other opinions, it can be talked about again. ”

"Okay...... After listening carefully to the suggestion, Yang Kai nodded.

Li Ke also nodded, and was about to hang up the communication.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and spoke.

"Oh yes, you'd better hurry, not long after you left, the people on the corporate side came into contact with the Alliance."

After hearing this, Yang Kai was stunned for a moment.

"Soon after I left...... Wait, shortly after I'm gone? ”

Li Ke looked at Yang Kai, who suddenly sat up straight with excitement, with a strange expression, and asked puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing ......" swallowed back the words on his lips, Yang Kai's nose was crooked, his fists were clenched, and he cursed in his heart.

Earlier in the Union Building, the guy's men told him that their managers were in a meeting with the company's representatives.

After doing it for a long time, it turned out to fool him!?

Looking at Yang Kai, who was flushed, a strange expression appeared on Li Ke's face.

"You're alright?"

Yang Kai said with a stiff face.

"I'm fine."

Li Ke coughed.

"If there's something better to say-"

"My terminal is out of power."

Without waiting for the guy to finish speaking, Yang Kai stretched out his index finger and swiped in the air, hanging up the communication with an annoyed expression.

……

On the other side, Vault 404, browsing room on the B4 floor.

Faced with Chu Guang's inquiry about where the Special Administrative Region was established, Yin Fang only thought for two seconds before giving his opinion.

"If you ask my opinion, Ice Sea City is a good choice."

Looking at the position that Yin Fang had circled on the map before the People's Alliance, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.

"So far?"

When he heard the word ice sea, he felt that something was wrong, but a glance at the map confirmed his conjecture.

It's not north anymore, it's just the northernmost part of the swamp, and two steps further north to the Arctic Circle.

As if expecting Chu Guang to say this, Yin Fang touched the bridge of his nose and said with a smile.

"Don't look at its location, this is the most complete facility and the most comprehensive settlement with various resources under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Commission."

After a pause, he then introduced the situation of this settlement to Chu Guang.

Because the Science and Technology Commission adheres to the principle of high production and low consumption, even if the production technology and production methods are not backward in most settlements, the survivors living there still live a relatively frugal – if not poor.

The only way to escape the hard standard of living is to become an explorer.

However, this is not without exception.

Although the college is disgusted with corporate waste, there are still a few settlements under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Committee.

Ice Sea City is one of them.

The colony was once a doomsday seed vault, with a Vault-like nuclear, biological, and chemical protection system, and the temperature of each area could be adjusted freely.

After the college took over the seed bank, it converted most of the space into living and growing areas, with temperatures ranging from twenty to twenty-five all year round.

Therefore, although the settlement is located in the far north, it is not cold, but it is like spring all year round.

And with the support of technology, the cold has become not an obstacle to survival, but a barrier to the settlement from the wasteland.

Most of the xenos roaming the swamp can't reach such a north, and in the perennial cold of minus 20 or even 50 degrees Celsius, even the brood can only hide and hibernate.

Due to the favorable living conditions here, some mid-level and high-level researchers of the academy will arrange relatives who are unable to enter the academy here.

Over time, the various living facilities here have gradually improved.

In particular, in terms of medical care and education, even if it is a little worse than the main department of the college, it can be described as one in the sky and one in the earth compared to other settlements under the Science and Technology Committee.

Even the ideal city of the enterprise is much inferior.

And this is the reason why most of the academy's researchers do not envy the life of the ideal city, and even sneer at the apparent prosperity.

“…… Ice Sea City is located in a bitter cold place, and it is reasonable to consume a little more materials. Therefore, the vast majority of the survivors of the settlement under the Science and Technology Commission are as surprised as you when they hear about the location of that settlement, and no one will envy the life there at all...... But they didn't know that even when people were digging potatoes, they were watching automated machines dig in heated greenhouses. ”

After listening to Yin Fang's teasing ridicule, Chu Guang sighed after a long time.

"It seems that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes."

Yin Fang smiled.

"I don't mean anything else, I just hope you don't underestimate those guys, they sometimes seem to be honest, but they actually have a lot of eyes. And don't talk to the people there about feelings and credit, there is basically no such thing as being able to mix up to C-level or above...... I don't dare to say absolutely, I can only say that it is basically like this. ”

It seems that this guy's resentment towards his old club is not ordinary.

When it comes to the business, he is at most disdainful and despised, and when it comes to his old employer, he always unconsciously becomes a resentful woman.

"I'll keep an eye on ......"

Chu Guang coughed lightly and returned his attention to the red circle on the map.

There are two ways to play this card that created a zone.

In addition to simple communication skills and digging into the wall, he can also use this window to reverse export the good things of the alliance to the academy's territory.

When communicating with Ideal City, it has been proved that although many things in the alliance are still immature, they are still very attractive as a foreign product that the other party has never seen.

Especially in the field of culture.

At present, the Cr foreign exchange income created by only one company of Changyue Group has caught up with one-third of the output value of Xizhou Industrial Zone!

And a certain game company is even more novel through several gameplay ...... Or the retro hit VR game, which has gained millions of fans on the endpoint cloud!

Behind this is not only a huge economic value, but also more invisible hidden value.

For example, the volunteers who paid out of their own pockets to become teachers in the Alliance's homeless homes and orphanages were largely attracted by the Alliance's prosperous culture.

How to balance the ratio of NPCs who go to the academy to learn new knowledge and players who do things will have to be carefully studied.

Just when Chu Guang was thinking about how to maximize his benefits, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came into his ears lightly.

"Master, Yi Chuan, the ambassador of the enterprise to the alliance, would like to meet with you. It's not early, what do you think tomorrow morning? ”

After listening to the news reported by Xiao Qi, Chu Guang replied casually.

"No problem, by the way, did he say something?"

Xiaoqi: "It seems to be about that newspaper." ”

Newspaper?

Chu Guang was stunned.

As if seeing Chu Guang's confusion, Xiao Qi unfolded the holographic screen very intimately.

And what appeared on the screen at this moment happened to be the headline of the "Qingquan City Daily" that Old Charlie had given him earlier.

Looking at the three pages of newspaper on the holographic screen, Yin Fang's eyebrows went up and asked curiously.

"What the hell is this? Qingquan City ...... Daily? ”

His lab would order some newspapers.

But does Dawning City release this one?

Chu Guang had a subtle expression on his face.

"Nothing...... It's just a joke that's not funny. ”

Boy.

Do anyone really believe in that......

……

Meanwhile, Highway Town Inn.

Sun Yuechi, dressed in a traveler's attire, was sitting in the corner of the lobby, ordering a cup of honey butterbeer recommended by the innkeeper, quietly flipping through the newspapers he had just bought from a nearby newsstand.

“…… The brood in Qingquan City was secretly kept in captivity by the administrators? ”

His eyebrows lifted slightly, and he continued to look down at the lines of text, and his mouth couldn't help but be amazed.

"Driving the fruiting entity to rebuild civilization is also a way to break the game...... The manager of this vault is indeed a talent! ”

Vault 404.

Speaking of which, what is the mission of this Vault?

He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember it at all, then he shook his head and stopped thinking nonsense, and continued to read the newspaper in his hand.

However, at this moment, a loud roar interrupted Sun Yuechi's thinking, making him can't help but raise his head.

"Enough! It's nonsense! ”

I saw a burly man slam the table and get up, blushing and staring at a few foreign mercenaries sitting on the side, and continued angrily.

"Our administrators value the Alliance more than they do, and if I hear you say those baseless slanders, I'll put this table in front of you in your mouth!"

He was a veteran of the 1st Corps, and had been fighting with his managers for a long time. His affection for Vault 404 is far deeper than that of the other survivors, as those people always rush ahead of them, always putting themselves in the most dangerous places.

This is especially true of great managers.

He can be said to be heartbroken for the alliance, he is so busy that he doesn't even have his own children, and these guys dare to say bad things about him in front of him!

He wanted to shoot this guy!

The mercenary was yelling at him with a bewildered expression, he had just been discussing with his companion the newspaper he had seen from the newsstand, and happened to talk about one of the conspiracy theories put forward in the newspaper - the management of the alliance who had taken the brood in the city center and kept it in captivity in the eastern district of Qingquan City, and was brewing a terrifying conspiracy.

When the time comes, the Lord will suddenly launch a wave that will turn everyone here into marionettes like fruiting entities.

The mercenary himself didn't believe in this argument, and just gossiped a few words with a playful mentality, but maybe it was a little louder for others to hear.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that others would have such a big reaction.

If it's in Bougerra, even if you point at Sigma's nose and scold, it's okay, anyway, those big people don't care about them cockroaches, they don't usually see him.

But the alliance seems to be something else......

The lobby of the hotel fell silent for a while.

Originally, he was just an angry fellow, but he didn't make him so scared, but he soon found that there was more than one pair of eyes on him.

Among them, there are many powerful awakened people.

"I ......" Cold sweat slipped down his forehead, and he, who had never felt such a huge pressure, was speechless for a while.

Fortunately, his companion reacted quickly, and hurriedly apologized for him to the strong man who was not good at getting up.

"Sorry, brother, we have no ill will...... It's the first time we've been here with a caravan, and we don't know much about you, so we bought a newspaper and read it. We didn't make it up, and we have to blame this newspaper, right? ”

As he spoke, he handed the newspaper over.

The strong man who was still angry took the newspaper with a dark face, crumpled it up and threw it aside.

The mercenary scolded in his heart, but he didn't dare to make trouble on other people's territory, and spread his hands in embarrassment.

"Can I think this is reconciliation? It's just a drunken gaffe, we really don't have malicious ......"

Just when the atmosphere at the scene froze, Old Hook, who noticed the situation here, coughed and interjected.

"He's right, there's no point in embarrassing him, if you want to blame it, blame the "Qingquan City Daily" that came out of nowhere...... Speaking of which, I also received a dozen this morning, from the printing house mixed with other newspapers, and I glanced at them and threw them away as garbage. ”

"Someone printed this garbage!"

The strong man also realized that he had reacted too violently, and that it was really unreasonable to take a passer-by to be angry, so he muttered in annoyance and went down the steps.

Old Hook shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"That adult has so many things to worry about, can't he worry about everything himself, right?"

Of course, this is also his merit.

He only cares about whether people can afford what is on the shelf, and he doesn't care about what people want to buy.

As he said at the last celebration, as long as something traded doesn't involve honor and dignity.

People began to talk about it, and they were talking about the Qingquan City Daily that appeared out of nowhere.

Looking at the mass of newspaper that rolled to the side of the bar, Debt Big Eye picked it up curiously and glanced at it.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it.

When I saw him, I was immediately angry.

"Holy! Is Xiao Yu that kind of person? ”

He didn't read the content of the conspiracy theory carefully, and he didn't care very much, the key is that this newspaper wrote it, why does he feel like Xiao Yu is like a slave of the manager?

CP made a mistake!

Lao Bai, who was holding the wine glass, joked with a smile.

"Xiao Yu doesn't seem to be human."

His chin rested on the back of his hand, and Chen Yutong, who was slightly drunk, also teased.

"Yes, but I think it's much cuter than humans."

She's also recently learned some of the player's language, and although she's not very proficient in it, she's pretty much no longer able to communicate with each other.

Lao Bai laughed.

"Your tastes are so unique."

Debt Big Eye burped, drunkenly got up from the bar, and in annoyance, crumpled the newspaper and threw it in the trash.

"Whether it's human or not, it's all comrades we've fought side by side! And most importantly, it is also the wife of my good brother Luo Yu! ”

Irena looked at him with a funny expression.

"You just take advantage of the fact that Luo Yu is not there and talk nonsense."

Anyway, this guy shouldn't be brushing up on favorability, right?

He seems to have a fruiting body of Xiao Yu on his body?

"Hiccup—anyway! I can't allow anyone to smear our little feather! ”

Stepping on the table next to him, he rolled his eyes with big debts, and shouted loudly at the drunkards who were indignant and discussing.

"How dare anyone discredit our supreme administrator!"

"Lao Tzu paddled on the edge, the commander of the Death Corps, no matter who that grandson is, you must give him some color and see!"

Listening to him report the name of the edge paddling, Irena almost squirted out a mouthful of wine.

And at this moment, the drunken debt big eye suddenly took out a pistol from his pocket, and slammed it into the ceiling with a gunshot.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, the atmosphere of the entire lobby was instantly ignited, and all the old men shouted enthusiastically.

"That's right!"

"Gotta give that grandson some color!"

"But where are we going to find him?"

"The printing house that delivers newspapers!"

"Whoa!"

Looking at the out-of-control scene in front of him, Lao Bai was stunned, and Irena snatched the pistol from the hand of the debtor big eye.

"Are you crazy? Don't want it?! ”

"Hehe, don't panic, it's an empty bag."

The debtor who came down from the table smiled, bent down to pick up the empty shell and shook it in front of Irena.

However, what he didn't expect was that he ended up with a 5-minute yellow card, and he rolled his eyes and went offline within two seconds.

Lisa, whose face was pale, looked at him worriedly and asked in a low voice.

"Is he alright?"

Lao Bai was accustomed to this, and comforted the little girl with a smile.

"It's okay, this guy drank too much, we'll carry him back to rest."

In fact, Xiaoqi still kept his hand in the end.

Firing a gun in public, even if it is an empty cartridge, even if it is a first offense, you have to eat at least 24 hours of yellow card, let alone in a beer hall.

A group of drunks didn't care about the cowardice who drank down, they only vaguely heard the call of the commander of the Death Corps, and the blood on their bodies was instantly ignited, and they stood up one after another in the midst of cruel words.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more frightening, the mercenaries who were the first to provoke the topic were so frightened that they threw down their money to pay for it, and slipped out before they finished drinking.

Old Hook looked helpless, but he didn't stop the gang of guys who poured out of the door, just threw the rag aside, looked at Lisa, who was stunned with a plate, and said.

"I can leave work early today."

Lisa whispered apprehensively.

"Are you okay with them?"

"It's okay, there are Vault dwellers here, they can control their proportions, and they shouldn't make things too out of line......" Old Hook was also unsure, and muttered a "probably" in the back.

Honestly, he didn't like to see someone smear their managers, though the adult himself probably didn't care much about such trivial matters.

If he hadn't taken them in that winter, he probably wouldn't have lost his old bones in a piece of the wasteland.

Today's life is like a dream for him, a wastelander, and he will never forget that kindness for the rest of his life.

It's a pity he doesn't know who wrote the article, otherwise he would have had to kick the guy in the ass.

Looking at the drunkards who got up and rushed to the door one after another, Sun Yuechi, who was sitting in the corner, hurriedly put away the newspaper, for fear that people would see that he also had a copy here.

But people didn't notice him, and even if they did, they wouldn't care.

Someone had shown them the way, and they were going to the printing press, where they would vent their anger.

Looking at this group of fanatical people from Wuyang and Wuyang pouring into the street, Sun Yuechi's forehead was full of black lines.

Is this settlement really normal?

He couldn't help but start to be a little suspicious of the rumors he had heard on the road......

At the same time, Cindison, sitting in front of the window of the same hotel room, had a gloating smile written on her face.

Especially when he saw the growing crowd of people on the street and the guards who rushed to maintain order, his smile became even brighter.

"Tsk, it's going to be messy."

As he expected.

The newspaper he and the other merchants had produced ignited the anger of the survivors.

As long as public opinion continues to ferment, the fruiting entities in the eastern district of Qingquan City will soon become a hot potato.

When the time comes, they will be able to appear in front of the Coalition authorities as saviors and buy the group of fruiting entities at a bargain price.

But it's a shame that such a smart fruiting body can be made into a nutritional paste.

Maybe he could hire a few researchers to think about it, and see if he could make those fruiting entities work for him, and the business of labor dispatch was not much more promising than "collecting rags"?

Cindison clenched her fists excitedly, cheering on the gathered survivors.

Let the storm come harder!

(End of chapter)