At four o'clock in the morning, the sun had not yet risen, and the sea was still gray.

Lying on the shoreline, the port of Golden Gallen is like a sleeping bull, its horns are the concrete piers that stick outward, and the urban area lying on the edge of the coastline, densely packed with large houses of different heights and heights, is its bloated and fat tripe.

Located on the banks of the Yongliu River and on the Impact Plains, this settlement was the largest settlement of the Xilan Empire on the east coast, as well as the largest port.

Judging by Siss's updated post on the forum, there are a staggering number of people living here, even more than the people of the Hump Kingdom combined.

If you only look at the scale, whether it is the port of Silver Moon Bay or the port of the crater, it can only be regarded as a flea compared to it.

However, when it comes to the standard of living, just looking at the dense houses and shacks like anthills, it is not difficult to feel the suffocation and hardship that comes to the face.

Of course, to say that there are only shacks here would be a slander to the Empire, after all, anyone who comes ashore from this port will not be blind to the straight concrete piers and the few street-lamped blocks.

Although the incident that happened a month ago made the nobles living near the port feel uneasy, it still did not affect the fact that this is the most expensive place on the entire Yongliu River, and a single brick here can even buy a nearby city district.

Of course, no matter how expensive the house is, it has nothing to do with Palu standing guard here.

First of all, he is a horse tribe, and only the noble Japanese people, cattle people, and foreigners are qualified to buy houses here, and they do not charge a day for Xilan coins, but only pure gold dinars that can be exchanged for slaves.

No matter which one it is, he can't think of it, so he can only donate more incense money and pray for a good birth in the next life.

In fact, there are only a thousand gods who shelter here, which is not a lot, maybe the next reincarnation will be the Japanese or the Ox?

It's not impossible.

Looking at the silent coast, the cranky Palu couldn't help but yawn and tightened the rifle like a burning stick in his hand.

It's not because of how much security this thing can bring him, it's just that the sea breeze is blowing here, and he is always worried about being blown away by the wind if he doesn't grab something in his hand.

It was too early for most of the people in the settlement, and the only dung pickers with barrels and patrolling guards were awake at the edge of the harbor.

If you accidentally fall into the sea, no one will notice if you drown.

“…… Isn't it time for a shift change yet? ”

Palu muttered quietly and looked around irritably, always feeling that the time for the shift change was over.

Damn it.

The person who rang the bell must not be asleep again, right?

……

At this moment, Palu did not know that the guard in charge of ringing the bell was not asleep, but was knocked unconscious by a dull stick.

The bell tower was the vantage point of the neighborhood, right next to the port guard, and it overlooked at least half of the port area.

And not even just the one who rings the bell.

Just as Palu yawned, the gate of the port guard was also forcibly controlled by a group of guys wearing exoskeletons.

The guard was gagged and thrown under the table in the guard booth, and an intelligence player quickly released the quadcopter drone he was carrying, and used the neural access device to operate the drone to fly around the entire guard station twice, marking all escape routes and possible places.

The sixth corner of the wall, who served as the squad leader, immediately gave the order to attack, and then twenty soldiers wearing "five-style" exoskeletons broke through the front door of the guard bureau openly, and the soldiers went straight to the main building and dormitory in two ways.

Many of the snoring guards were pulled out of their beds before they could wake up, and then they saw a pistol with a silencer pipe pointed at the door of the head.

Looking at the index finger that tapped on his lips, no one dared to speak, and they all honestly accepted the fact that they had been captured, and obediently squatted in the cells of the guard station by these uninvited guests, and stayed with the prisoners who had not yet woken up.

Even a blind person can see at this moment that this group is clearly not ordinary pirates or marauders.

They are well-trained, act cleanly, do not drag the mud and water, highlight a quick and accurate attack, and hit the nail on the head, not giving the "victim" any chance to react at all.

Obviously.

They are all regular troops!

And both equipment and tactics are professional!

When encountering this kind of hard stubble, even if you resist, it is useless, it is better to surrender honestly.

Moreover, there was nothing to be ashamed of being captured by the regular army, and their commander would not blame them for not resisting.

It's just that everyone in the entire guard bureau can't figure out one thing.

How did you get into trouble with these plague gods?

The entire operation lasted less than fifteen minutes, and there was no communication of a single word during the whole process, and the port guard bureau of the port of Golden Gallen had been suppressed.

The sleeping bull has been blindfolded,

The submarine of the Union could float openly next to the pier and transport the personnel and equipment in the cabin to the shore, strangling it by the neck with a rope.

In the office of the director of the Security Bureau.

The corner of the building, who had completely controlled the building, stretched out his index finger and pressed down on his helmet, reporting the current situation to the temporary combat command located in the submarine.

“…… This is the advance team, we have successfully suppressed the port security system, there is no exchange of fire, and you can land at any time. ”

After the rustling of electricity, Lao Bai's voice came from the other end of the communication channel.

"Roger, keep suppressing, stand by where you are."

The sixth in the corner: "Understood." ”

At the same time that the communication ended, a huge black submarine slowly surfaced on the edge of the pier on the southernmost side of the port.

The pitch-black hull quietly pushed away the waves, revealing the wide deck and the massive curved bow.

The crew standing on the deck threw out a cushioned air cushion and guided the submarine slowly towards the edge of the concrete pier through the walkie-talkie.

When the submarine came to a standstill, a row of pitch-black exoskeletons stepped through the hatch connecting the deck with neat steps and ascended to the dock through the gangway that protruded outward.

They were accompanied by Y-2 Butterfly Knife drones with muzzles suspended from their guns, and 20 "Cerberus" unmanned vehicles loaded with ammunition.

In just three minutes, a battalion of troops has been deployed, and it is also the most elite battalion in the alliance.

Not only are all of these players second awakened people with more than three stages of genetic sequence, but they are also armed to the teeth by mechanized equipment.

Looking at the troops who suddenly appeared on the port, the guards on patrol nearby were stunned in place, and they lost their movements and voices for a while.

In the face of this group of guys who are not painting at all, they only feel that the ripper-rifle in their hands is like a small water pipe in the washbasin.

Not to mention lifting it up and aiming at those people, they didn't even have the courage to load their rifles, so they lowered their rifles and raised their hands.

At the end of the day, they were just a bunch of ordinary survivors with a meager salary, neither the noble Imperial Army nor the private soldiers of the Doge's Office.

They have neither the ability to rush forward and fight hard, nor the courage to do so.

The player in charge of the team didn't fire at them, but just gathered them in an unobtrusive place, arranged for two drones to watch, and then continued with the mission of capturing the port.

At this moment, Paru, who was on duty at the northernmost part of the port, didn't even notice what was happening, and control of the port had fallen into the hands of the Alliance.

The deck of a submarine.

Looking at this port that fell into their hands without firing a shot, Fang Chang, who was wearing a "five-style" exoskeleton, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I can now figure out how those guys managed to make a fuss about this port with four people."

Before going ashore, he also estimated that there would be at least one fierce exchange of fire in the port area, which was just a rehearsal for the landing battle in the southern seas and Haiya Province.

After all, they had all landed from the sky before, and they had never encountered a landing from the sea. In case the Federation of the Southern Islands suddenly turns against them, it is still a little difficult to deal with the naval bombardment of the Federation fleet with the shore defense capability of the French Fries Harbor, and the best solution is to change homes through submarine penetration.

In any case, always prepare for the worst.

However, this huge settlement of a million people was completely unexpected, and the defenders here seemed to be asleep, and let them shoot down without firing a shot.

Lao Bai, who was standing next to him, glanced at him.

"You said Ah Tail?"

Fang Chang shrugged.

"Has anyone else been here?"

Seeing his speechlessness, Lao Bai smiled and said.

"Don't underestimate them, it's hard to say about their combat effectiveness, but they still have a good ability to do things."

Although the probability of success is not high, it often works wonders when it does.

As for the overturn, I'm probably embarrassed to say it on the forum.

His gaze fell on the still sleeping settlement, and Fang Chang sighed softly.

"I'm not underestimating that guy, I'm just a little ......"

After a pause, he thought of an apt wording.

"It's a bit too high for this 'empire.'"

Whether the population has exceeded 100 million or not, and whether the wasteland era has ended, is only known to the locals themselves, but it is true that the unification of the entire Borneo province cannot be faked.

Fang Chang didn't know how they did it.

The Alliance has not yet completely ruled the administrative divisions of the entire Age of Prosperity, and although they don't seem to have deliberately played this map coloring game, it is actually quite difficult to implement.

The number of survivors in the provinces east of the river valley province has been so small that people don't know how to unite them, and the civilization sparks left by the War Construction Committee like Boulder City and Singularity City add up to thirteen or twelve, and its tentacles will never reach so far as the Borneo Province.

Perhaps, as the people of Xilan said, there are indeed a thousand gods who care for them......

……

On the other side, the office of the Port Guard Bureau.

Looking at the uninvited guests in front of him who were communicating in a language he didn't understand, Mandal, who was sitting behind his desk, trembled, and didn't dare to take a breath.

But the guy in the exoskeleton noticed him and strode up to him, looking down into his eyes.

"You're the director here?"

Mandal subconsciously nodded, but quickly came back to his senses and shook his head and stammered.

"Yes and no...... I'm not, I'm the duty chief. ”

The old six in the corner continued viciously.

"Where's your superior? Where is he now? ”

"Well, I live on this street nearby...... Mandal was about to cry, and his lips trembled.

The sixth man in the corner didn't embarrass him, picked up a notebook from the table, tore off a page and threw it in front of him, and pointed his index finger.

"House number, street, write it down."

"Yes, yes!" Not daring to resist at all, Mandal hurriedly reached out and grabbed the pen, and wrote a long list of them quickly.

Lao Liu in the corner picked up the note and glanced at it, tapped his index finger on the helmet twice, and while taking pictures through the tactical eyepiece, the offline program on the VM recognized and translated the content on the paper.

Unfortunately, there is no satellite positioning, so they can only use drone aerial images for simple terrain mapping.

The sixth in the corner took a tablet from the hand of the intelligence player on the side, stuffed it in front of the shivering Mandal, and pointed to the address on the previous note.

"Is this it?"

Glancing at the aerial map on the tablet, Mandal quickly saw the luxurious three-story bungalow and immediately nodded his head hurriedly.

"That's right! Gate 003 on Tulip 1st Street, this is it! ”

Seeing that this NPC was so cooperative, the sixth man in the corner nodded with satisfaction, and while sharing the coordinates with his teammates outside, he continued to look at him and said.

"In addition to your chief, I need you to provide the address of the governor of this port, as well as the lords here, and other high-ranking officials in the colony and port."

"The Governor is at the Governor's Palace...... As for the other officials, I really don't know, my lord," Mandal was sweating profusely, and worried that the person in front of him would be dissatisfied, so he hurriedly explained, "No, but don't worry! Except for the governor and the lord of the city in his own mansion, ninety percent of the people you spoke of were in the streets behind the port! You can definitely ask one by one! I, I'll circle it for you! ”

As he spoke, he squeezed a courteous smile out of his face, then took the initiative to take the tablet with both hands, and tremblingly circled the map with his fingers, enclosing the neighborhood near the harbor with street lamps.

"It's all here!"

Boy.

Is it so cooperative?

Seeing this kind of attentive guy so good, the old man in the corner looked at him twice in surprise, and then reported the situation here to the submarine's combat command.

After learning about the situation in the port, Lao Bai immediately formulated an arrest plan, the 100-man team that landed at the port first will quickly go to the neighboring port block to cut off the traffic, and arrest the important people in the settlement, and the task of attacking the governor's palace will be carried out by the 200-man team.

Looking at the group of people standing in the office who had not yet left, Mandal finally couldn't hold back the horror in his heart and asked cautiously.

"Who the hell are you? When have we sinned against you? ”

The old six in the corner grinned.

"I'll have to ask your Governor."

Mandal's mouth was stunned, a blank expression written on his face.

It wasn't just him who was dazed at the moment, but also Bihari, the head of the port guard who was kicked open and pressed to the bed in his bedroom, who was shocked and angry as he watched the exoskeleton-clad thugs roar like killing pigs.

"Let me go! Do you know who I am?! If you don't let go, I'll send you all to jail!" ”

Looking at the disgraced woman lying next to him, the murderous dagger picked up a piece of clothing from the closet next to him and threw it on her.

"We have something to talk about with your husband, please go to the living room."

The woman nodded palely, hurriedly put on her clothes and got out of bed, not daring to stay here for a moment.

Looking at Director Bihari, who had stopped yelling, the Murderous Dagger took out his tablet to reconfirm that he was the same person as the person in the photo, and then looked at him and said.

"Director Bihari, you've been captured."

"......"

The second half of the sentence choked in his throat, and Bihari glanced quickly at the murderous creatures in the room, as if he realized something, and cold sweat gradually seeped from his forehead and dripped onto the precious satin sheets.

Swallowing his saliva, he probed in a trembling voice with a hint of disbelief.

"You ...... Is it the people of the Alliance? ”

Turning on the visor of his helmet, the Murder Dagger grinned and whistled as he watched as he was pressed to the bed.

"Looks like there's finally an insider?"

Looking at the smiling eyes and the assault rifles that were almost on his head, Bihari shuddered and almost wet the bed.

If he hadn't misremembered the calendar, Captain Dirang and his men would have just arrived at Port Fries at this time.

How the hell did the people of the Alliance appear out of thin air in the port of Golden Gallen, two thousand kilometers away?!

But at this moment, he didn't have time to think about these things.

Looking at the guy in the exoskeleton, he stammered with a look of sincere fear and confessed everything he knew.

"I, I don't know anything...... What I'm saying is true! I just saw the group of Gray Wolves coming aboard from the port, and I happened to hear where they were going. I can't be involved in this matter, I'm just a small director of the port guard, how can I influence the decision-making of the governor! By the way, you'll have to go to Governor Nehak, that's his order! ”

Looking at Director Bihari, who was about to pee his pants in fright, the murderous dagger continued unhurriedly.

"Rest assured, our brother is on his way to the Governor's Mansion to find him, so you won't have to bother, and all those involved will not escape the 'judgment.'"

Hearing this, Bihari had already vaguely guessed that this port was afraid that it had completely fallen into the hands of the Alliance, and he couldn't help but let out a painful moan from his mouth. Recite.

"What the hell are you trying to do? War with the Empire? ”

The Murderous Dagger shrugged.

"It depends on what your Emperor Majesty thinks, but whatever that guy thinks, we'll do what we do."

Bihari swallowed nervously.

“…… What's your approach? ”

The Murderous Dagger nodded.

"First of all, we need to find the mastermind who planned the attack, give them a little color, and take some interest out of his pocket. In addition, we believe that Golden Gallen Harbor is a potential breeding ground for 'predators', and we need to do something big here to prevent this from happening again. ”

Bihari asked, trembling.

"Big deal?"

The murderous dagger said two words lightly.

"Abolition."

Bihari thought he had misheard at first, but later realized that he hadn't, looked at him dumbfounded, and slowly opened his mouth wide.

“…… It's impossible for you to do it. ”

The murderous dagger smiled.

"What's impossible, we've got your help."

Harry's eyes widened, like a cow.

"Me?! Are you crazy? Not to mention that I'm the head of a security bureau, it's impossible for the Sun Sacred Cow to stand here, do you know how many slaves there are in this settlement?! ”

And why did he do it?!

Not to mention that his house needs to be cleaned by slaves, without those slaves, who will do the work that should have been done by slaves?

In less than a week, the settlement will be flooded with dung!

However, the man in front of him didn't listen to what he said at all, or he didn't pay attention to what he heard, but said with a smile.

"That's great, it means we have a lot of work to do, from now on you are the sergeant of the Golden Gallen Harbor Guard Corps, and I grant you the power to enforce the law and make temporary decisions, and you will need to adjudicate all matters in this colony during your term of office, in accordance with the Constitution of the Alliance."

Joke.

They are not here to do charity.

Abolition and trial are just means, but does it matter if they are done in the end?

Bihari stared at him in horror and said with a broken thought in his mouth.

"You must be crazy, you can't just raze this settlement to the ground, no...... I can't be this sheriff, you go find someone else, the security of our settlement here is under the control of the city defense chief, how about you go to him? ”

Ignoring this guy's pleading, the murderous dagger said with a hippie smile.

"Inappropriate? Are you sure? Really? ”

Bihari shook his head into a rattle.

He kind of got it.

These guys are here with the intention of wreathing.

They made a mess of it and slapped his ass and left, and he had nowhere to go, and he had to be properly liquidated in the future.

He didn't dare to take on this kind of head-losing job.

Seeing that he insisted on refusing to cooperate, the murderous dagger did not talk nonsense, and directly loaded the rifle in his hand and put it against his head.

Feeling the chill from the muzzle of the gun, Bihari's face instantly lost its blood, and that face became faster than a traffic light.

"I should! I should!! More than ninety percent of the nobles in this colony live in my jurisdiction, and I know the details of each and every one of them, so it's fitting that I should be entrusted with this job! Leave it to me! ”

"That's right."

Laughing and patting the chameleon on the shoulder, the Killer Dagger took a hat from a nearby hanger and put it on his head.

"From today onwards, you are the sheriff of Port Goldgallen, and we expect you to enforce the law impartially, in accordance with the Constitution of the Alliance. Do a good job, don't let us down, we have a chance to make you the sheriff of the Xilan Empire. ”

After saying that, regardless of the expression of the frightened guy, the murderous dagger took out a printed copy of the basic law of the alliance from his bosom and threw it on the bed sheet in front of the poor worm.

"Flip through first."

Bihari hurriedly took the stack of bound printer paper and turned it over in earnest, though he couldn't read a word.

The Killer Dagger ignored him, leaving two people to watch him as planned, and then left the mansion with the rest of the team.

It was not yet dawn outside, and a group of men and women were already standing on the street.

They were all residents of Tulip No. 1 Street, and not only did they have noble blood in their veins, but most of them held important positions in the port and settlement, and some were completely aristocratic and foreign merchants who traded here.

There were even two Willantes among them.

But at this moment, their appearance has nothing to do with the word noble.

Some of them wore a coat, some simply wore only a thick pajamas, their faces were full of panic and embarrassment, their eyes were blank, they didn't know what was happening, and they were taken out of their homes by a group of heavily armed soldiers.

Knowing that there must be innocent among them, the murderous dagger did not embarrass them, and after clapping his hands to signal them to look this way, he spoke in a loud voice.

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but of course thank you for your cooperation."

"We are a group of soldiers who are inconvenient to reveal their identities, because a group of inconvenient people attacked us, and we learned through interrogation that they are from the port of Golden Gallen, so we found this place by the way, and the purpose is to find out who is behind it, and at the same time use our methods to make this settlement normal."

"Rest assured, we will not harm any innocent people, and we will certainly not spare anyone involved. If anyone can provide clues, we will be very grateful, and we will even divide the property of the person involved in the case to the whistleblower. ”

"In addition, we advise those involved in the case to turn themselves in as soon as possible and seek our forgiveness, and it is difficult to say what will happen if we are caught."

After a pause, he continued.

"There may be a battle here in a moment, please take refuge with us to a temporary settlement in the port area."

As he spoke, a gunshot rang out in the distance, followed by crackling gunfire in the adjacent street.

Everyone on the street was startled by the sudden sound of gunshots, some hugged each other, some screamed and squatted on the ground.

Hearing the sudden gunshot, the murderous dagger did not panic at all, but raised his eyebrows excitedly, and muttered to himself.

"Good guy, it's finally hard to serve."

There was such a commotion in the harbor that it seems that the defenders of Golden Gallen Harbor still noticed something was wrong and engaged in an exchange of fire with the players who were on their way to cut off the traffic.

Although this reaction is also a little too slow.

Without the slightest hesitation, the murderous dagger pulled the bolt and loaded it, shouting at the eager teammates behind him.

"The mission panel has been updated, and Team A has sent the 'VIPs' to the warehouse!"

"The rest of the brothers follow me!"

The players roared excitedly.

"Whoa!"

Almost at the same time as the words fell, a cannonball whizzed down on the building on the street, blasting the three-story bungalow out of an open skylight.

Huge wades of stones and dust fell from the upper floors and rolled and rolled on the brick and stone streets, clanging to the screams of the people.

A group of players sought cover and followed the route of the reconnaissance drone to reinforce the area ahead.

At the same time, mortar positions deployed by the coalition in the port area also began to open fire, and under the guidance of drones, they launched a counterattack on the source of fire.

The silence of the morning equinox was completely torn apart.

This counterattack war, which spanned 2,000 kilometers, finally officially started at this moment......

(End of chapter)