In the southern sea, in the North Island, in a small but luxuriously decorated room, Charas, who was dressed in a straight suit, was pacing back and forth. repair

He looked at the digital wall clock on the wall, then glanced nonchalantly at the doorway, his fidgeting expression almost all written on his face.

At this moment, there was a sudden three gentle knocks on the door.

As if receiving a signal, he immediately walked up and pulled the door open, only to see a young officer in uniform standing in the doorway.

"Come in and say."

Without waiting for the man to speak, he pulled the officer in, carefully glanced at the door to see if anyone was following, and then slowly closed the door.

"How's it going?"

Looking at Mr. Charas with an expectant expression, the officer said with a nervous expression. repair

"Something's wrong."

Hearing this, Charas's mood sank to the bottom for a moment, and his brows were twisted into a ball.

Before he could ask, the officer spoke at a rapid pace.

「…… The gunshots rang out for more than an hour, and from the sea to the beach, there was blood and corpses everywhere, both human and mutant."

Hearing that the corpses were both human and mutant, Charas hurriedly asked, with the last glimmer of hope.

"Are there more people or more mutants?"

The officer said with an ugly face. repair

"Human ...... But those guys, it doesn't seem to be from the Alliance."

Charas was stunned and blurted out.

"Not from the Alliance?! Whose could that be?"

The officer shook his head.

"I don't know, there are no obvious marks on their bodies, and their identities cannot be confirmed for the time being. According to footage captured by our drone, the Baiyue Strait, which they entered on two cargo ships, collided with the mutant troops sent by the torch to the port of fries. The brutes with fish scales also did not have long eyes, and they could not walk when they saw people, so they first fought with the two boats, and then chased them ashore, and the landing position was a full five or six kilometers away from the port of chips!"

Charas's eyes widened.

"And then?" repair

The officer said with a difficult expression.

"And ...... They were all taken by the Alliance."

Charas: "......"

There was silence in the room.

Due to the absence of the Maritime Patrol, the Federation's destroyers lingered in the nearby waters for a long time, and the drones released almost ran out of power for the entire battle.

Looking at Charas, who looked solemn, the officer's throat moved, and he said in a low voice.

「…… The bad thing about this thing is that those guys were beaten and wiped out, and there were too many corpses, and there was no time to deal with it, and there was no way to deal with it. Tomorrow morning, as soon as it is dawn, the men of the Maritime Patrol will return to the patrol area, and they will definitely find anomalies on the beach. The only thing I'm worried about now is that there will be people with ulterior motives who will link those corpses to today's exercise." repair

Unlike the Navy, which was completely loyal to the Federation of the Southern Islands, he was well aware of the existence of two forces in the presidential palace. There are good guys like Mr. Charas who stand on the federal side, and there are some cowards who are hesitant about Vault 70.

If the weakness is made aware that there is something else hidden in the fuse of the war, their weakness will lead the Commonwealth, which has the advantage in this war, into the abyss. ….

Charas pondered quietly for a long time, and then spoke slowly.

"Even if it's connected, it's nothing, it's not our territory."

Seeing that Mr. Charas was completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem, the young officer couldn't help but look a little anxious, and hurriedly spoke.

"Exactly as you say...... But what if someone ties those mutants to a wrecked cargo ship in the southern seas? Previously everyone thought that those guys with fish scales would not leave the shores of the Dead, but now they have swam more than a thousand kilometers and come out directly from our west, and they will also launch torpedoes! Under the guise of distance, it would be untenable to say that they could not attack our cargo ships."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and continued, "I've heard that there have been investigations into the wrecked ships recently, including the Gold Coast, which Mr. President sent to Haiya Province to investigate, and the wreckage of the Ocean Current Power Station...... If those probe-brains find out something, it's going to be a problem." repair

Charas's eyes flashed with sharpness, his clenched fists rubbing against his index finger and thumb.

Observing the expression on the chief of staff's face, the officer continued in a deep voice.

"What I'm most worried about right now is what the president knows, and we have to prepare for the worst anyway. If we can't do it, let's have a showdown with the president—"

With regard to the current federal system, the commander-in-chief of the federal navy is also the president, and any military action must be authorized by the president himself.

Although everything they did was for the sake of the Federation, it was an unauthorized operation that was legally and untenable.

Sooner or later, things will have a day of goofing.

Especially if this trend continues, the risk of goofing is increasing. repair

Rather than laying the groundwork for greater hidden dangers in the future because of today's concealment, it is better to directly and frankly pull the president into their chariot and carry this war on in a more thorough form.

However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Charas without hesitation.

"Now is not the time, Mr. President and his supporters still have illusions about Vault 70, and we need to give our compatriots a little time to come out of the past. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him, you can help me keep an eye on the Maritime Patrol's side, I'm worried that the news has leaked over there, so that the alliance can prepare in advance."

"But ......"

The officer's expression was hesitant, and it was obvious that he wanted to say something, but Charas unceremoniously blocked him.

"You go down first, we've been meeting for too long, I'll look for you again if there's something."

"Yes......" repair

In response to that unquestioning look, the officer finally gave up and nodded, turned and left the room.

Looking at the closed door, Charas sat down on the couch and pinched his brow with his index finger.

A showdown with the president?

A bunch of naïve guys.

Mr. Mungo would never stand with them, the Commonwealth of the Southern Islands was founded by that fellow.

If he had known that the Ocean Current Power Station had actually been sunk by his own people, and that the purpose was only to give the Federation an excuse to liquidate Vault 70, he would have kicked himself out of the presidential palace if he hadn't killed himself. ….

What's more, even if he takes 10,000 steps back, that guy agrees to follow them to hide the truth of this war, how can he turn the Federation into his own? repair

Of course, he will have a showdown with Mr. President.

But this is by no means the present time when the presidential palace and the navy are becoming closer......

Sinking his consciousness into a shimmering sanctuary, Charas lowered his eyebrows slightly, and a silent whisper came out of his mouth.

"You're getting into trouble with those gill monsters, you'd better keep them low-key for a while."

"I'm not complaining...... You should be looking for some of the more decent allies."

……

Early the next morning. repair

The light of the morning sun sprinkled on the northern shore of the Baiyue Strait, casting a golden hue on the silent beach.

Standing at the bow of the patrol boat, Mu Da stared intently in the direction of the port of fries, frowning slightly.

As he reacted, the sailor standing next to him whispered.

"What a smell of blood......

After a pause, he added.

"It doesn't look like a beast."

Muda nodded, looked at the cabin behind him and shouted. repair

"Turn on the active sonar."

"Yes!"

The sailor nodded in response, reached out and pressed it on the dashboard of the console, flicking a red button.

It didn't take a while. His face turned pale

shouted in surprise.

"Six to seven kilometres due west, there are two shipwrecks...... Looking at the echo pattern, it looks like a civilian cargo ship."

Shipwreck?!

Mu Da had a bad premonition in his heart. repair

The sailors standing beside him looked nervously at him.

"Sir, do you want to go over and take a look?"

Muda pondered for a moment.

"Let's go to our neighbors first!"

Regardless, Port Fries is home to more than 500 Coral City residents.

Although those guys claim to have joined the Alliance, the camaraderie of his compatriots still makes him unable to let them go.

And, of course, other survivors of Port Fries. repair

Because he occasionally goes to the island for a drink, he is quite familiar with the people there. Although there were a lot of misunderstandings between them at first, after getting along for a while, he found that those guys were actually quite good people.

Unlike the selfish and cunning wastelanders on land, they rarely think about themselves, and often think about the difficulties of others.

Including the water pipe that is being built, the survivors of the roundabout have a good opinion of those guys, at least not annoying.

Let's hope none of them have anything to do......

The speedboat quickly approached the pier.

Seeing the unexpectedly deserted camp, Mu Da's heart sank slightly, and when the speedboat stopped, he quickly jumped onto the dock and walked in the direction of the camp with two subordinates.

It was at this moment that a shelter resident walked out with a plastic bucket and a fishing rod and happened to meet him. repair

The two were stunned when they saw each other.

The inhabitants of the Vault reacted a little quicker, came back to their senses, patted their heads, and said with a smile in a stumbling human voice.

"Oh, you're the captain of the Southern Islands Federation Maritime Patrol, right? Muda?"

Looking at this strange guy, Mu Da asked in a daze. ….

"You know me?"

The angler with the fishing rod said with a smile.

"Yes, although it is the first time I have been back, I have heard about it on the forum before." repair

Muda: "......?"

Seeing that the NPC didn't look very smart, the player scratched his head and said.

"Is there anything wrong with you? Looking for someone?"

"Nothing...... I just want to ask the people here?" As he spoke, Mu Da glanced around, and then looked at the man with the fishing rod in confusion. "Why are you so lonely today?"

The player said with a smile.

"Oh, this thing, it's too normal, there are not many people in this settlement, and there are more than five hundred people left early this morning, and many people have followed our Elder Brother Fang to do things."

"Something?" Mu Da was stunned again, not understanding what this sentence meant. repair

Seeing that he didn't understand, the player was patient and explained the cause and effect of the matter in an unskilled human language.

"It was last night that a group of people came here from Borneo Province, and I don't know what they were thinking, they dared to shoot at us, and then we even cleaned up the fish raised by the Torch Church with them, and as a result, we cleaned up the people and arrested them, and they turned out to be from the Xilan Empire."

It's the Xilan Empire again, it's the fish raised by the Torch Church, and there are some words that I've never heard before, Mu Da was confused when he heard it, and he quickly grabbed the topic while the man paused.

"Anyway, you're fine...... By the way, how long will it take for that Fang Commander of yours to come back?"

The player said with a smile.

"It's going to take about a week, what's the matter? I can tell him for you."

Muda coughed and said. repair

"No need, I'll just ask curiously...... By the way, you just said torch-raised fish? What does that mean?"

The player smiled and continued.

"It's the mutants! The blue-skinned one, with fish scales on its body and a chin

He still has gills on it, and he uses all kinds of weapons, including long guns, short cannons, and even torpedoes, and I heard that he floated from the Death Coast in Haiya Province."

Dead Coast?!

Muda looked at him stunned, surprise written on his face.

Of course he had heard that there was a group of blue-skinned mutants living off the shores of Death who lived by fishing, and he was surprised that the mutants would be here?!

From here to the Death Coast, the distance is a thousand kilometers in a straight line. repair

Can those mutants swim that far?!

Especially when he heard that the group of mutants would also fire torpedoes, his face suddenly changed.

"Can you take me to the scene?"

The player scratched the back of his head, his expression reluctant.

"It's not far away, you can see it five or six kilometers west along the coastline, and our men should still be cleaning the battlefield there...... I've got to fish, and I'll have to fish in a minute, and I'll get some of the fish to be fed, or I'll find someone to take you?"

Hearing that the battlefield was five or six kilometers to the west, Mu Da immediately thought of the two shipwrecks he had just discovered with sonar, and his expression couldn't help but feel a little excited.

If those two ships were sunk by mutants, there are no clues to be found on them! Repair....

Looking at the Vault dweller who was anxious to end the conversation, he didn't delay this person's time anymore and thanked him sincerely.

"Thanks! I'll just go over it myself!"

With that, he returned to the speedboat with his men and restarted the engine.

After driving five kilometers to the west, he saw a group of men wearing exoskeletons on the edge of the beach not far away, dragging the bodies washed ashore by the waves to the dug pit for burial.

He also saw Mu Da standing on the speedboat, and the old devil Voldemort, who was standing on the shore, recognized the one who had drunk with him before, and said hello with a smile.

"Yo, you're back?"

Muda shouted and replied, "Just came back, I heard that two ships sank here last night? I'd like to go down and have a look if it's convenient." repair

Voldemort waved his hand happily.

"No problem, Elder Brother Fang also explained to us before leaving, saying that if you are interested in those two shipwrecks, I will take you to see them. By the way, do you need me to send someone to help you find the location of those two ships?"

Muda: "No, we've located its coordinates, thank you!"

Voldemort smiled and said, "You're welcome! By the way, just in case I'll arrange two 'electric rays, follow you."

After saying that, he contacted the engineering team through VM, and transferred two freshly charged electric rays from the port of French fries to help.

The ability of that thing is not only underwater welding, but also active discharge to repel xenomorphs, which is a new use they have developed in practice.

Considering the limited power of the telepathic interference device on the speedboat, Muda did not refuse. repair

When the two electric rays arrived, he ordered the engines to be started and followed them to the wrecked sea.

Both cargo ships were in dire condition.

A large hole was made in the hull of the ship, and the seawater poured into it and sank to the bottom of the sea, where it was embedded in the rocky seabed.

Mutilated and swollen corpses floated around, some caught in the hulls of ships, others entangled in seaweed, and left to be pecked by schools of fish, like hell.

Mu Da, who jumped into the water in a diving suit, saw the scene in front of him, and only felt a tingling of his scalp and a tumbling stomach.

Two electric rays with electric arcs on their heads slowly swam in front of one of the cargo ships, and a crackling electric current drove away the scavenging fish around him, opening a way forward for him.

Follow one of the electric rays forward. repair

Searching around the bow with a flashlight, Muda soon spotted the inward hollow on the side of the bow.

At this moment, his pupils contracted suddenly, and his eyes involuntarily imprinted a trace of disbelief and surprise.

That explosion

The wounds formed were exactly the same as the scars on the hull of the research ship "Gold Coast" that had been published in the newspaper before!

Although it would take a professional examination to determine whether the damage was caused by the same type of weapon, he was shocked by what he saw.

Taking a picture of the wound left by the explosion, he searched around the neighborhood with a flashlight, and sure enough, he found the remains of a torpedo near a reef.

It was a slap-only shard. ….

The shoddy stainless steel shell was exactly the same one they found near the research ship Gold Coast. repair

First, a telepathic interference device signal was detected near the Ocean Current Power Station, and then there was not a single weapon found on the Dolphin, which was "carrying the blood debt of twelve cargo ships".

And now, the aquatic mutants who "will never leave the shores of the Death" in the mouth of experts with the title of advisers have not only appeared in the sea 1,000 kilometers away, but even carried the weapons that sank the research ship of the Golden Coast......

Is there still a word of truth in the mouths of these guys?

His pupils burned with rage, and he involuntarily clenched his fists, and couldn't help but squeeze a curse out from between his teeth.

"......"

……

While the Maritime Patrol of the Federation of the Southern Islands was busy collecting evidence of two shipwrecks, hundreds of kilometers away in the Borneo Sea, a fusion-powered submarine was speeding towards the port of Kingaren at a speed of nearly 50 knots. repair

A distance of 2,000 kilometers would require a week of grinding at sea for a diesel-powered cargo ship and a group of unskilled sailors.

But for the Dolphin, it doesn't even take a day, and twenty-two hours is enough in good sea conditions.

In addition to the commander named Dijang and more than a hundred soldiers of the Xilan Empire who were beaten to the point of bruising and swollen faces, there were also more than 500 players belonging to the Burning Corps who were also on this submarine.

More than half of them had only arrived at the port of Fries this morning aboard the Niuma airship, and had just disembarked from the airship when they boarded the submarine along with the ammunition that had been brought from Dawn.

They are all elites of the Alliance, with a minimum sequence level of 25, equipped with Type 5 "Light Cavalry" and Type 6 "Heavy Cavalry" exoskeletons, including 20 new DLZJ-1 "Xiaguang"!

In addition to the basic infantry equipment, support equipment such as 88 mortars, Y-2 quadcopter attack drones, and "pigeon" missiles are also readily available.

In order to make room for ammunition and loot, Captain Fang deliberately asked Captain Chen Jianhong to empty the cargo hold overnight and transfer the containers to the newly built warehouse at the French Fries Port for players who are interested in picking up garbage. repair

Looking at the exoskeletons and power armor in the cargo hold of the submarine, Captain Chen Jianhong always felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look at Captain Fang on the side and said.

"I should have said that the Dolphin is a cargo submarine, we are not a warship, and we will not and should not participate in any military mission that takes the initiative to attack."

Fang Chang said with a smile.

"I know, but any citizen of the Alliance has the obligation to uphold the Constitution of the Alliance, not to mention that this is not an active attack, it is the other side that does not declare war, and we are forced to fight back."

Rolling his eyes at Hu Lai's statement, Chen Jianhong couldn't help but complain.

"I've never heard of a counterattack that can go back two thousand kilometers away!"

"Haven't you heard about it now?" Speaking in a joking tone, Fang Chang patted him on the shoulder and patiently comforted him, "Don't worry, you won't be involved in any fighting, just wait in a safe place for us to finish things before picking us up." Repair....

Looking at Captain Chen, who was still worried, Captain Fang then said again.

"If you really can't accept it, just take it as humanitarian aid."

Captain Chen was stunned.

「…… Humanitarian relief?"

"That's right," Fang Chang said with a serious face, "according to it

Clues provided by the residents of his refuge, we suspect that there is a human trade and organ trafficking in the port of Golden Gallen. Normally, we can't go that far, but since they have taken the initiative to provoke us, we plan to scrap their port and grab some people back by the way."

Captain Chan: "......"

Is this guy talking about a scoop? repair

In the previous sentence, he said that humanitarian aid was coming, and in the next sentence, he exposed his true thoughts.

But he didn't object.

He had also heard of something that happened in Borneo, after all, there were many survivors who had fled from the port of French fries.

It would be a good deed to bring more people out of that hell.

The catastrophe of two centuries ago turned the entire planet into a wasteland, and civilization not only systematically declined, but also distorted in the decline.

In his opinion, the only normal places on this planet are the survivor forces, led by the inhabitants of the Vault.

Almost all the residents of the shelter have more or less feelings of salvation in their hearts, and Chen Jianhong, who is a resident of the shelter, is naturally no exception. repair

In fact, there is no need for such a thing as "passive counterattack".

Save the suffering survivors.

That's enough for him!

On the other side, Commander Dijang, who had been thrown in the cabin blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back, finally gave up his futile struggle after several fruitless attempts to break free.

It was a rope made of devil's silk, and unless his arm could be turned into the mouth of a devil's moth, he didn't want to cut even a single hole in it.

Listening to the sound of the tide coming from below deck, even if he was stupid, he knew what these blue gophers were trying to do, and he was going to do what they had done to them - to land at the port of Golden Gallen on a civilian cargo ship.

These shameless guys! repair

Insidious villain!

Have the ability to have an upright contest!

Dijean cursed in his heart, but he didn't pay attention to scolding himself in the slightest, and he didn't stop the roar that resounded in his heart until he was tired, and pressed his face to the cold deck and gasped, and his tired eyelids began to fight.

I don't know how much time has passed.

He seemed to sleep for a while, and only woke up from his trance when he was hungry.

Then he suddenly noticed that the sound of the tide echoing in his ears seemed to be different from when he had come by boat, and sounded a little more dull, like the murmur of a ghost.

A faint uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart. repair

Especially when he thought about being blindfolded and in this claustrophobic cabin for a whole week, that uneasiness suddenly turned into fear.

"Hey!"

He couldn't help but shout, trying to reach forward with his chin pressed against the deck, trying to get the attention of the guards here.

"At least take off my blindfold!"

No one responded.

Just as he was nervous, there was a sudden sound of footsteps and a slight keyhole in front of him.

Because his eyes had been blindfolded for too long, his hearing was unusually sensitive, and he quickly caught the subtle movements. repair

Estimating that it was the person who had come to bring him food, he seized the opportunity and immediately shouted loudly.

"Can you take my blindfold off?" Are you still afraid of a captive whose hands and feet are tied?"

To his surprise, however, the man did not seem to have come to deliver him food, at least not in the wind blowing from the door.

"Don't make any noise, when you're home, get up and get out."

Arrive...... Home?

Dijang was stunned for a moment, and then a look of fear suddenly appeared on his distorted face.

He did seem to have fallen asleep in a daze just now, but he couldn't sleep for a week, and now he was afraid that he hadn't even come out of the Borneo Sea, how could it be there?! repair

A terrible thought came to his mind.

Don't......

These guys are going to throw themselves into the sea and feed the fish?!

"No! I'm not going down!"

Looking at the guy who was yelling like crazy, the player who came down to lead the person was also helpless, how could he do this most boring job by himself.

Too lazy to talk nonsense with the captive, he went up and lifted the guy by the collar, picked the guy up like a chicken, and shoved and threw him out of the room.

"Be honest!" repair

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