[Dear Administrator, when you read this email, our cargo airship Niuma has already arrived over the Baiyue Strait, and has established our first base here on the north shore of the estuary to the southern seas. 】

[To be honest, the situation here is more complicated than we thought, the traces of civilization have disappeared under the washing of the sea, and the nearest survivor settlement is on an island more than a hundred nautical miles away from us, which means that we cannot get empirical help from the local survivors, everything is on our own.] 】

[Not only that, but the climate is so suitable that the mutated creatures here evolve at an incredible rate, and the rainforest is full of xenomorphs that we have never seen before.] On our first day here, we encountered lizards larger than crocodiles, crocodiles like dinosaurs, pythons that could swallow a two-headed cow, as well as baby-sized bats and half-human-tall scorpions and mice······ Or even a man-eating plant! 】

[Of course, the most incredible thing for us is that we found wild 'Naguo' in the local area, and it is not surprising that it may be the most original strain!] Puzzled, our enemies didn't transplant the improved Nago into this area, turning it into a breeding ground for the Nago Flora, and we can't help but wonder if this is because there is some kind of secret in it. Regardless, we sampled the strain, and it will follow the most recent return flight to Dawning City. 】

[To get back to the point, a series of troubles caused a lot of casualties to our exploration team that went deep into the jungle in search of water, but fortunately, we only lost 22 lives, and we were able to figure out the area within a radius of ten kilometers near the landing site, and clear a relatively safe clearing on the shore. 】

[Next, we're going to fence off the camp, remove the rainforest near us, and replace our tents with houses like that.] For this we need a lot of building materials, more transport airships and the help of the Jungle Corps. It would be nice if you would be willing to give some help to the future ports of the Union, our forces are too thin, and on our own, it will take a long, long time to complete the work. 】

[In addition, in accordance with your teachings, we have made peaceful contact with nearby survivor settlements and avoided direct military conflict as much as possible. Thanks to the help of the Meatball's crew, the Governor of the Crater offered to trade with us, and if we could solve the freshwater problem, they agreed to help us produce some of the tools we needed. I think this is a good breakthrough, and if we can prove that our method is better than the Torch's method, maybe we can unite some of the islands to join us, thereby weakening the Torch Church's influence in the southern seas, and even bringing the local survivors to life

Win the local survivors to our chariot and encircle the Torch Church from the south! 】

[We will eventually have a battle with the Torch Church, and I can feel that the final battle is not far away, phase

I'm sure you think the same and have been preparing for that day. I am extremely sure that the outcome of that decisive battle will be related to our future, and to the future of our civilization! 】

[For this reason, we once again ask you to give us more help, in addition to the support of resources and manpower, we also need professional biologists to help us solve the troubles encountered in this land. Trust us, you won't be disappointed with this investment! 】

[—Your most loyal subordinate, the future will be long] is good.

Out of breath.

Looking at the email—or pie—on the holographic screen, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a faint smile on his face.

It has always been him who has been plotting with players as a dog.

Now his young players have finally learned what he is best at, and they have begun to draw cakes for the managers of his alliance.

This email was written by Elder Brother Fang after he went offline, and it was sent to him through the quest system on the official website of "Wasteland Online".

However, I have to say that this pie is quite tempting.

If his little players can really unite the survivors of the southern seas and set the fire on fire

The influence of the Torch Church is removed from the southern seas, and the alliance can form a circle around the Torch Church from the north and south, sealing all the ways of the cockroach's retreat.

At the very least, it will prevent them from escaping south and slipping away to other parts of the wasteland to continue their work·····.

After reading this email twice, Chu Guang's index finger lightly tapped the table, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke.

"Xiaoqi."

"Yes, master." Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the pen holder, raised his right hand high and looked at him with an expectant expression.

Looking at that energetic look, Chu Guang couldn't help but smile, stretched out his index finger and gently rubbed the top of its head and said.

"Help me edit a reply, I'll read you to write."

After speaking, Chu Guang leaned back on the sofa, stared at the ceiling of the browsing room, and said after thinking for a moment.

"I am glad to see you grow, you have learned how to take the initiative to grow our power, how to spread the light of order to farther afield······ And this was earlier than I thought, and you showed me that I was alive

the hope of realizing the ideal." "I will give you all the necessary support, and the Jungle Corps will be transferred to Baiyue Province by airship immediately. At the same time, a research team of biologists will be stationed in the settlement when the situation is right."

"You need to make sure that there is a stable supply of electricity, fresh water, food and basic necessities, and that you balance your payments. Not only that, but you also need to help the local survivors establish order and guide them to participate in our cause on their own, rather than waiting for your mouth to be fed or supplied."

"It's not an easy task, but I'm sure with so much ready-made experience to refer to, you will be able to accomplish this difficult and glorious task."

"Finally, let's give this future pearl of the sea. It will follow us into a new era, so take a little more time to think about it!

At the same time that Chu Guang finished reading, Xiao Qi also finished editing the email and automatically helped him polish it.

"Do you want to send it now?"

Looking at Xiao Qi, who asked him, Chu Guang thought about it and said.

"Just send it now. Also, after a while, you can edit a mission for me and send it to the Jungle Corps and the Burning Corps, so that they can deploy around the Baiyue Strait.

Build a military with an airfield on the ground "We need to build it locally

to support the construction of local survivor settlements and, if necessary, to ensure the safety of settlements. After the military base is completed, a few reliable officers from the General Staff will be transferred to the past to issue tasks as NPCs, and it is more appropriate for us to issue missions with the Corps as the main body."

Having completely recorded Chu Guang's instructions, Xiao Qi nodded seriously.

"Roger!"

Southern Seas, North Island, Presidential Palace.

A man of about thirty years of age stood by the wall of the southern sea charts, staring intently at the thirteen islands and the differently colored markings in the charts.

He was tall, wearing an old-fashioned Aerospace Force uniform, with two eyebrows twisted into a gray line and two gray eyes that were shining.

His name was Mongo, and he was the first president of the Federation of the Southern Islands and the supreme commander of the Union Navy.

Standing behind him at this moment is Charas, director of the President's Office and Chief of Staff of the Federal Navy, who is also his most trusted aide.

It has only been two months since the establishment of the Federation of the Southern Islands, and the organizational structure is still very sloppy, the formation of Neiyang has been completed in a hurry, and the parliament is still alive and well, but the war with Vault 70 waits for no one.

As a result, the Federal Navy is currently under the direct command of the Presidency, which also holds naval posts.

Looking at the expressionless president, Charas reported with a serious expression.

「．．···· Submersibles from Vault 70 continue to attack our ships, and yesterday another freighter was sunk two hundred nautical miles east of the North Island, killing all 15 crew members on board. We pick up

As soon as the distress signal arrived, warships were dispatched to search the nearby waters, but unfortunately the attackers had already fled by the time we arrived." Mungo didn't speak, just stared intently at the red circle in the upper right corner of the chart, and the tiny number fifteen next to the red circle. Unlike the others, the freighter did not carry much cargo on board, only some household items and tools to set up camp. In addition to the eight seafarers, there were five experts in the field of geological exploration and biology, and two taxis responsible for their safety

Ben's plan is:

Go to the northwestern border of Haiyahang Province to run the cargo ship aground on the shore, and find a suitable area to set up a research station in the unoccupied coastal mountainous area.

This was done in part to search for fresh water and minerals on land, in preparation for the establishment of land settlements in the Federation of the Southern Islands. On the other hand, it is to investigate the actual situation in Haiya Province to see what the "Kingdom of Heaven" there is really like and whether it is really as beautiful as the Torch Church says.

After all, some things cannot be understood at a glance, and only long-term contact can reveal their true appearance.

Mungo did not fully believe in the Torch Church and his portrayal of the "Kingdom of Heaven", even though he had gone ashore to see for himself the land where man and nature lived in harmony.

Rather than having the Torch Church unilaterally export to them its experience in controlling mutant slime molds and xenomorphs, he would rather send some experts to Haiya Province for field investigations.

Even on the outskirts of Heaven.

In this way, the Federation of the Southern Islands can grasp the initiative to introduce technology and avoid being completely led by the nose by the other side.

However, it seems that someone is preventing them from doing this. This is already the third freighter to be sunk.

Although the three attacks were the work of Vault 70 from various clues, Mongo still couldn't help but have a trace of suspicion in his heart.

He was all too familiar with the inhabitants of Vault 70.

Those people, like other blue coats, have a lot of self-confidence

One or almost arrogant conceit.

This conceit comes from the time they remember, and

generational knowledge, experience and methods. While it made them seem a little out of place in the Wasteland Age, they had no doubt that they were the right one.

In other words, they were more dismissive of the Torch Church's program than they were jealous.

Even if they can't come up with a better solution, they are 100% confident that the Torch Church's approach will not work. As such, Vault 70 is not averse to contact between survivors of the Southern Seas and the Torch Church, and the survivor colony of the Southern Seas has never closed its harbor to those to the north for the past two decades.

It has nothing to do with pure right or wrong, a guy who is extremely confident will not care about how people who go against him talk nonsense.

Because in the guy's opinion, it was nothing more than the dying nonsense of a madman.

If attacking the cargo ships of the Federation of the Southern Islands was a reasonable means in wartime, the justification for attacking the research ships is a bit far-fetched.

They should have wished that the survivors of the southern seas had seen the faces of those guys earlier, and why would they prevent the research ship of the Southern Islands Federation from going to Haiya Province to learn more about the situation?

Three times in a row, and again when the ships deviated significantly from the trade routes.

It would be far-fetched to say that it was an accident.

「······ It looks like they're going to take this war to the end."

Looking at President Mongo, who was speechless, he suddenly spoke, and Charas, who was standing not far behind him, hurriedly echoed.

"Indeed, the range of their attacks is increasing

The perimeter is getting bigger and bigger, and it has reached the point of indifference, and we must be prepared to confront them for a long time.

Retracting his gaze from the map, Mungo asked, turning to look at his staff.

"Do you have any good advice?"

Charas cleared his throat and said cautiously.

"I'm afraid it's hard to win with our strength alone

Under this war····· Their submarines are unscrupulous, and if they are allowed to consume them like this, in another two months we may have no ships to use except warships. And they can stay in the shelter forever without a huge population burden, and the longer this war drags on, the worse it will be for us." At this point, Charas shifted his tone and continued.

"It just so happened that word came from the Torch Church recently that they were willing to take over the undersea settlement near Vault 70 and set up a safe zone in the nearby waters······ We might as well push the boat to Coral City x King District

Delegate management to them. In this way, the safety of nearby facilities such as ocean current power stations, submarine transmission cables, desalination plants, etc., is also guaranteed."

"If we can secure the supply of electricity and fresh water, the federal islands will be more confident in the war between us and Vault 70."

Coral City is the fourteenth settlement of the Southern Islands Federation and the only undersea settlement under the direct jurisdiction of Vault 70. With a permanent population of about 30,000, it sits right next to the entrance and exit of Vault 70, just five kilometers from the ruins of the Tianting space station.

That settlement is home to the residents of Vault 70 and a number of experts trained by the Vault residents, who are primarily responsible for the sea

and research on the Brood of the Tianting space station. Prior to the formation of the Federation of the Southern Islands, most of the offshore facilities in the southern seas were operated by experts from Coral City.

When the war broke out, Vault 70 broke with the survivors outside of the Vault, including those in Coral City. In order to punish them for the alleged traitors, the blue coat of Vault 70 savagely blew up the nearby Ocean Current Power Station and cut off the power and oxygen supply systems of Coral City, nearly killing the 30,000 survivors at the bottom of the sea.

Thankfully, the Federation of the Southern Islands was able to reactivate the entrance and exit facilities of Coral City and transfer the survivors of Coral City before they ran out of oxygen

The North Island, Bavi Island, Anle Island, and several other islands in the northern part of the federation were moved to the northern part of the federation

on the islands.

Coral City is the closest colony to the brood, and there are plenty of ready-made research facilities and research materials to work with.

Mongo was not at all surprised that the Torch Church wanted to take over the abandoned Coral City settlement, and it was even completely expected. They've been eyeing that place for a while, and it's not recent.

A long time ago, they proposed that they want to enter the Coral City settlement,

, in collaboration with Vault 70 on the brood of the Tianting space station.

It's just that it was rejected at the time.

It's just that those people asked for it so directly, which still made Meng Ge raise his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile.

"And this kind of good thing?" Charas said respectfully. "They may not be well-intentioned

One time. After all, you know that the settlement is currently in a state of unmaintained abandonment, and if there is a water leak or other accident in the long run, I am afraid that it will not be able to live in the future."

"If the Torch were willing to take over the settlement, we would be much less stressed at sea. A submarine from Vault 70 would be tantamount to a declaration of war on the Church if it were to attack facilities that were protected by the Torch Church's promise····· Whether they have the courage to do so or not, it's all good for us.

Mongo said with a blank face.

"The conflict between us and Vault 70 will be resolved by ourselves, and the affairs of Coral City will not bother them." Seeing that His Excellency the President had no intention of releasing at all, and that Charas, who still wanted to say something, could only reluctantly give up persuasion and nodded and said. "Following your arrangement, I'm just offering you a viable option······ Of course, I would suggest you give my suggestion another consideration."

"Besides, I'll think about it."

Retracting his gaze from the staff, Mungo looked back at the charts hanging on the wall and continued.

"Anything else to report? Charas nodded hurriedly.

"Yes." Mungo: "Say." Charas said immediately.

The flight of the Straits of the Alliance arrived at the Baiyue Alliance, which is located in the southwest of us...

...

Mungo's eyes narrowed slightly. He'd heard of those guys.

It seems that the power that has risen in the southern part of the river valley province must be more than 2,000 kilometers away, and only a few merchants from Silvermoon Bay have been there, and the rumors about that place are also varied, making it impossible to distinguish between the true and the false.

"What do they want to do?"

Charas hesitated for a moment.

"It's not clear for the time being, but the Governor of the crater has reported to us that those people seem to be planning to build a settlement in the Baiyue Strait····· There are about 300 people there at the moment, but this is yesterday's number, and it is not clear how many are left today."

Hearing this funny statement, Mungo couldn't hold back his laughter for a while, and put his right hand into a fist against his lips and coughed dryly.

Charas smiled as well and continued.

"There's no hostility on their part for the time being, but I don't think their motives for coming here are pure····· This morning, they sent us a telegram from the Governor's Palace on the crater."

Mongo held out his hand. "Show me."

Charas nodded, quickly took the telegram from the folder below his elbow, and respectfully presented it.

Mungo reached for the piece of paper and glanced at it cursoryly.

The telegram was short, short enough to sum up the whole meaning in two sentences, one was to send a cordial and friendly greeting to the neighbor, and the other was to declare the Union's ownership of the area.

Mungo didn't pay much attention to either of these sentences, and even found them amusing.

More than a month ago, he proposed to the Torch Church that they would set up a "cooperative pilot" on the east coast of Baiyue Province, where the climatic conditions are similar to those in the southern seas.

However, the latter rejected their proposal on the grounds that the situation in Baiyue Province was complicated, and insisted on conducting research on islands or seabed settlements in the southern seas.

Obviously, not only Vault 70, but even the Torch Church had no way to take that land for the time being, and Mongo didn't think those guys who were more than 2,000 kilometers away could have any better idea.

Especially when he saw the signature of the last line of the telegram, he couldn't help laughing out loud a second time.

「.····· Port of French Fries. What a bird name.

Are these guys serious?

Charas smiled cooperatively and teasedly. "Sounds like a joke."

"Whether it's a joke or not, it's better for us to reply formally."

Mongo, holding the telegram, pondered for two seconds, dropped it back into Charas's hand, cleared his throat and continued.

"Give them a telegram back, and say······ I wish you all a good time in the woods, and if you don't dislike it, I hope you will build a few more settlements in Baiyue Province, and you are welcome."

"When you get back, remember to say hello to your administrator on my behalf.