The obverse of the coin reads wealth, and the other side reads poverty.

After all, there is only one ideal city.

And in those hundreds of millions of square kilometers of land, the vast majority is still barren.

Street fighting in the Free State continues, while the civil war in Borneo province is over.

Under the mediation of the alliance, the Borneo army finally abandoned its northward march and withdrew from the depths of Yangzhou and Bird State to the mountains behind the plains on the south bank of the Tasan River.

Of course.

The main reason is that I can't fight anymore.

To the south of Tien Shui, a famine unseen in a century broke out in the most fertile land of Borneo province, and a large number of production facilities were artificially destroyed, even if the supply to the front line could be maintained, and the tightened belt was already locked to the ribs.

Again, the Eastern Empire did not want to fight, and there was a wave of monetization reforms in military aid to Borneo.

In other words, if you want a gun or a cannon, then take the money and go to New Xifan Port to buy it.

In fact, this is almost a "clear statement" from His Majesty.

After seeing the Alliance's space elevators and low-Earth orbit defense platforms, Saleen has completely abandoned the idea of competing for land supremacy, and has turned his attention to the outer solar system.

This was also the advice that General McLaan had given him after returning from the space elevator.

He has a large number of "frigate" cores in his hands, and if these things can be installed on the airship, they can naturally be installed on the starship.

Even as long as you install a hyperspace engine and a plasma engine, and then strengthen the structural strength and airtightness of the spaceship, you can directly use it as a starship.

The League has always been very interested in the good things he has in his hands, and he happens to be interested in the stars outside the solar system, even seeing it as a good opportunity to overtake in the corner.

In fact, there is no need for everyone to stumble on this palm-sized place.

It's also good to open up the future together.

With such a new faction with "farsightedness" as the core, the Eastern Empire, which is being reborn, is rising, and a race over space has officially begun.

And because the Eastern Empire reached a consensus with the alliance, the northward expansion of the Borneo kingdom could only come to an abrupt end.

Each side declared its victory, and then retreated to its original border.

The Mammoth occupied the northeastern corner of the province of Borneo and was ruled by the plains on both sides of the Tasang River basin.

Borneo retained its original borders, including the states of Tiger and Leopard, which had been joined by the state of Borneo through the Union during the war with the Southern Army, and the region of Lowell in addition to the port of Golden Gallen.

Each side counted its own casualties. The Borneo side claimed to have lost 30,000 men and killed a million Mammoth soldiers. The Mammoth, on the other hand, claimed to have lost 50,000 men and 1.5 million soldiers of the Borneo Kingdom.

This is clearly bragging, though.

Both sides probably counted the civilians and even cattle who died in the war, and counted each other's heads.

The Survivor Daily of Dawning City synthesized data from both sides and concluded through on-site investigations that the Borneo side should have lost about 270,000 casualties, nearly 400,000 wounded, and nearly 30 percent of the attrition was due to malaria and infectious diseases.

The Mammoth should have 120,000 killed and 170,000 wounded, and thanks to good medical conditions, the non-combat attrition was low, but it was still a heavy blow relative to the size of its disadvantaged population.

The aftermath of the war has even hit the labor market in the southern seas, as Shawa has recalled a large number of overseas workers to return to the war to fight in the war.

In addition, the Survivor Daily of Dawning City also conducted an investigation into the civilian casualties that both sides understated, and was shocked to find that the proportion of civilian casualties in this war was much higher than in the previous war with the Southern Army, reaching a staggering 2.5 million!

In this war, the two sides have frequently conspired, breaking through the lower limit of humanity again and again.

Gopal followed the example of the late "God of War" Alayan, and developed a new "flock tactic" based on the latter, that is, to drive the fleeing people to the towns around Yangzhou and Birdzhou, and then use artillery fire and machine guns to force them to storm the trenches of the Mammoth Kingdom.

I have to say that he is indeed worthy of Alayan's right-hand man, and he has indeed inherited the prestige of the "God of War".

Even the "Iron General" Grove lost in the face of his unscrupulous means.

Since Grove couldn't get his hands on it, Gopal formed the Willant and Central Servants from the Southern Army into a company of "shepherd dogs" to drive the sheep, and asked the Willant to drive out the Borneo refugees.

It really worked wonders.

Those who killed red-eyed in the last war, heard that meritorious service could reduce their sentences, and when they killed the Borneo, they were like crazy, and the machine guns swept suddenly.

There's no longer a problem of not being able to get started.

Not even that, when this battle is over, Gopal can also push the blame on the people of Wilante and stay out of the matter.

It's a win-win situation.

But what Gopal didn't expect was that the person standing across from him was also a butcher.

As the former leader of the stormtroopers and the adopted son of Lassy, the prestige of the "butcher" of Shawa has already been reflected in the Mammoth City Rebellion, and it is natural that he will not be soft in the civil war.

Just when Gopal was urging the "Iron General" Grove to attack forward, Shawar directly sent Gurion, the former commander-in-chief of the Borneo Provincial Theater of the Southern Army, to the front line.

As soon as this move was made, the front-line soldiers on both sides of the war were stunned, including Grove, who commanded the battle.

Although he had made Gurion suffer a little in the "Operation North Wind" before, it was after all a knife that Gurion stabbed when he was going all out to face the attack of the alliance and the main forces of the Borneo State.

Now the two sides are facing each other, and it is a face-to-face fight bayonet, and no one is pulling anyone's front teeth and hind legs anymore.

Although Grove has an absolute superiority in strength and relatively strong firepower, the opponent is also professional in repairing turtle shells, and has been trained by the Alliance's bombers.

And most importantly, this guy will not be soft when he kills the Borneos.

Gopal's flock of sheep hit the iron plate, and before they could storm the Mammoth Nation's position, they were suddenly caught in the middle of the road.

Grove too, and the situation he faced was even more troublesome, as the old Southern Corps, which he had placed on the front line, began to flee in large numbers.

And it was the officers who took the lead in escaping.

The one he couldn't stand the most was Gibson, the captain he had captured in the south!

He also wrote to the people of the Eastern Empire before, wanting them to give this guy a military promotion...... Although the people of the Eastern Empire refused.

I didn't expect this dog thing to run away!

Gibson was basically the highest-ranking Willant officer in his hands.

In order to prevent something similar from happening, he could only withdraw the Willant troops from the front line to the rear, serve as instructors for training recruits, and resend his own people to the front line.

Including the 110,000th squad of the descendants of Deputy Commander Yokal.

After betraying the Northern Field Army, this unit had a good life for a while, and it also appeared in Tiandu's "Survivor Daily" with a bright wreath.

But now that the rest of Kitano is dead, even the cattle of the logistics baggage team have been wiped out, and this group of proud sons of the sky seems to have become the tail of the old era again, and they have to go to the front line to prove their loyalty.

The only one who escaped was Yokal himself.

But now he has become the commander of the light pole, and he has no soldiers in his hands.

Even if they are all family, there are always people who have stronger blood than others and look more like family......

……

On the edge of the Tasan River.

A concrete embankment stands in the middle of a rushing river.

In the final battle, the Borneo kingdom attempted to blow it up, allowing the flood to engulf Mammoth once again.

Fortunately, despite the desperate resistance of the local troops, they finally managed to hold the dam.

Now the war is finally over.

Engineers returning home from the southern seas are surveying the dam, wondering how to improve the existing dam and install generator sets.

That may not only benefit the farmers in the river basins on both sides of the river, but also benefit more people.

Although many people don't see that day anymore......

Looking at the majestic dam, Shava, dressed in a straight military uniform, was speechless, squinting his eyes as if thinking about something.

Or maybe you're missing someone.

A group of Mammoth Nation officers stood behind him, all of them looking like they were holding their breath and staring, and they didn't dare to disturb.

Except for a certain Willant who can't read air.

“…… I don't know how many capable people and heroes have been buried in these rolling waves. ”

"It's hard to say."

Looking at the sad Gurion, Shava grinned, his voice a little self-deprecating.

"It's not good to say, maybe in a few years, the living and the dead will become bears."

He had seen through it a long time ago.

In this land, heroes are either physically destroyed and spiritually buried alive as if they never existed, or they are defiled as villains or clowns. And the real clowns and villains always rise to the top, and become gods on earth.

And he got the villain card.

Gurion glanced at him, just in time to see those dead gray eyes, and for some reason a trace of sadness suddenly welled up in his heart.

His Adam's apple moved, and he looked in the direction of the dam.

"I think that's probably the biggest difference between us."

Shawa glanced at him.

"Oh?"

Gurion was silent for a moment and continued.

"In Triumph City, a hero is a hero, and a saint are two different concepts. We can accept the imperfections of the hero, and even commemorate his mistakes and glory together. The former does not disgrace the latter, but rather makes the latter more three-dimensional...... Like a marble statue, the bulge is set off by shadows. ”

Shawa laughed and teased.

"Even a marshal?"

Gurion nodded slowly.

"Yes, he did a lot of bad things, like the massacre in the city of Avant...... For a long time, we saw it as glory, buried his disgraceful story, and then everyone paid a terrible price. ”

Sava grinned.

"You want to say you're the price?"

"I'm just one of them, the one who doesn't deserve sympathy." Gurion sighed, turned to face Shava, paused and continued, "My war is over, what are you going to do with me." ”

Shava said expressionlessly.

"I mean, you're free and can go wherever you want with your pension."

Gurion said.

"What if I want to stay here?"

Shawa gave him a surprised look with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Are you sure?"

Although this guy is a loner, his abilities are there.

Whether it's back to the Bartlea League or the Willant Alliance, there will definitely be people who need him.

"I want to ...... Atonement," Gurion looked at him earnestly, "and I am a bit of a shame to say that, but I want to try to help you as best I can." ”

Shava laughed.

"That's probably the biggest thing I've ever heard this year."

After a pause, he turned away as if he was tired of it, threw down a sentence and left.

"Whatever you want, it's your freedom."

……

Shortly thereafter, Gurion resigned as commander of the Mammoth Army, setting a precedent for the disarmament of the province of Borneo as a Willant.

Although it is debatable whether he really has the power to fight, after all, behind him stands Shawar, the first ruthless man in the Mammoth Country, the "Great Moon King", but he does make a start.

After his retirement, he did not sit idle, but used his pension to establish the Mammoth Army Academy to cultivate political and military talents for the Mammoth Country who were truly loyal to the country rather than the king.

Relying on his pension alone is obviously not enough to build such a university.

After all, he is not Mr. Rat, he has excellent personal charm and talent, and he has caught the early train of history.

However, just when he was struggling financially, he suddenly received a huge donation, and the university was established in an incredible state.

Some say that the donation was actually a wealth he had looted from the province of Borneo, others said that the money was donated by other Wilantes who felt guilty about the Brahmans, or even that the gang in the port of Golden Gallen had too much money to spend, or that the "Great Moon King" Shawa had a lot of money and wanted to find himself uncomfortable.

But in any case, the flame that had been extinguished seemed to be burning again.

This time, they might be able to ignite their own light.

You don't have to rely on the alliance or anyone else......

……

On the other side, Tiandu City.

Outside the city, there was starvation, and even the red soil had been cut clean, but the big theater inside the city was full of traffic and festivity.

To celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition, a circus performance is taking place in the Grand Theater.

This circus is said to have come from Silvermoon Bay, and it has also performed at the Alliance's Victory Day celebration, and now it is invited to Tiandu, which can be regarded as the Alliance's birthday celebration for Tiandu.

Zaid sat in the movie seat, holding a Rick Five in his mouth, squinting his eyes and puffing, so unhappy.

Savoie has been suffering from an unknown illness lately, and he is allergic to nicotine, at least he claims to be.

It's okay to be far away, just sit shoulder to shoulder, even if his body is soft, he can't open his eyes, and he coughs repeatedly.

And looking at his sick appearance, Zeid suddenly became more energetic, and even smoked a trick and spit out a smoke ring under the praise of the stars and the moon.

Seeing Savavana's languid expression, he said with a smile and a joke.

"Savoy, what do you think of that clown?"

The clown on the stage is fighting with the tiger, of course, it is not a real fight, but a somersault scene.

Sava was stunned, not sure what his godfather meant, but he still said with a flattering smile.

"I think...... This clown is really ugly. ”

It was also a nonsense to the extreme, and it was the safest answer he could come up with.

However, what he didn't expect was that just such a casual remark was still pinched by his godfather.

I saw Zayd frown, took Rick Five off, and opened his mouth to come.

"How can you say that? This clown, I don't think it's ugly, how can I be ugly if I paint myself to bring joy to others? Far from being ugly, it's a great good! The ultimate goodness! ”

Savoy was dumbfounded.

Is that okay?!

The crowd around them applauded excitedly, clapping both hands red.

"Parents!"

"That's the truth!"

"That's what ...... Feed the tiger with dust as a face, just for a smile in the mortal world! ”

"Good !!"

"Righteous !!"

The waves of applause were higher and higher, and the clowns on the stage thought they were applauding themselves, and they performed harder, but they didn't know that everyone in the audience was on stage.

The editor-in-chief of the Daily Survivor has already thought of tomorrow's headline article, which will be called "Clowns Are Not Ugly." And the uneducated rough man Pickley only thought it wonderful, and applauded happily, like a monkey who had just been teased by the clown, and couldn't stop laughing.

Only the education commissioner Kabach was not interested, his arms were folded in front of his chest, out of place with his surroundings, with a cold look, and even a sneer on his own.

"I laughed at Absec for flattering cats and swaggering for people, but now it's too early to laugh."

That's it.

It was he who looked away.

Savoy, who was deflated, looked sad, but he was also relieved in his heart, it is better to be criticized than to lose his life, at most he will write a profound self-examination after he goes back.

At this time, someone suddenly asked.

"Anyway, why didn't Gopal come?"

Immediately after that, someone answered.

"He was sick, so he didn't come."

"Sick? I think it's like I'm mentally slack, tired and tired of our family business. I don't want to watch the circus of the New Era, and I watch the Colosse of the Rowell era behind closed doors, heh. ”

Zaid flicks Rick Five's cigarette ash.

The last "heh" was just an understatement, but it scared the surrounding family members.

They are also the ones who kill without blinking, but they are no match for this one.

Everyone counted the weight of this sentence in their hearts, but the initiator talked and laughed and talked about something else, as if he had just pointed.

That's not the end of the day.

The circus has just ended.

The well-dressed crowd rushed to the stage to hail the clown as a hero, and then rushed at the tiger with clubs and knives and guns.

The cultists of Silvermoon Bay were stunned when they saw such a demonic look, and begged them to let their friends go, trying to wake everyone up, telling them that it was just a show, but no one stopped.

The tiger, which had never eaten a man, was beaten to death by a group of Homo erectus apes and skinned off.

The people sang of victory and hailed the wisdom of the Mahatma.

Later, of course, the theater lost a huge amount of money to the circus, and it was a silver coin, and politely sent them out of the heavenly capital, after all, they were not Brahmans after all, they were wastelanders in the wasteland.

But the story doesn't end there.

The gathered people did not disperse, but shouted to go to Gopal's house and ask Gopal about the situation.

A man with great strength at the sight led the way and shouted at the angry crowd.

"Gopal said he was sick, Mahatma said he wasn't sick, let's go see if he's really sick or fake!"

"Good!"

"If you're really sick, what are you afraid of!"

"That's it! We're going to see a doctor! ”

The crowd of people flocked to Gopal's mansion, and the momentum became more and more huge, and the scale was tens of thousands.

Savoy, who had been kicked several times in the buttocks, was so frightened that he sat alone at the door of the theater and did not dare to speak.

He had long thought that his godfather might do something to Gopal first, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly and so suddenly.

Grove is returning from the front line, don't you care about Grove's thoughts?

And so on –

Suddenly, he saw General Pickley, who was red-faced, thick-necked, and cheered excitedly.

That guy is an old retainer of Absec, and it stands to reason that he should be feared and will never be promoted.

But on the other hand, he is not the safest for Zeid......

Because you can kill at any time if you want to, no matter how high this guy is.

Thinking of the time he sat near Zaid this time, just across a chair, Savoen's brain buzzed and his face turned white.

"Iron General" Grove is in danger!

Cold sweat crawled all over his body.

He originally planned to take advantage of Gopal's downfall and use Grove as his last hole card, but he didn't expect this guy to leave the game so early, so early that he didn't have time to play a role.

His layout was just beginning, and as a result, the pieces on the board were disrupted!

It was only then that he realized how terrible the Mahatma was, but it was too late......

……

Thick dark clouds hung over Borneo, and it seemed as if the lightning and thunderous rain would never end.

The soldier who sat under the dead tree and threw the cigarette case out would probably never have imagined that someone would pick it up again, and pick it up again and again, and change it to a new trick that no one had ever seen before.

I probably can't quit this smoking.

Borneo province is stormy, and Golden Gallen Harbor is rarely alone.

The troops stationed outside the city kept the LTTE and Panthers calm, but they couldn't contain the restless emotions and broken nerves of the people in the settlement.

Everything seems to have gone back to the years before Wu Tuo's death.

The energetic people's blood gradually cooled, and they no longer imagined what the future would look like.

Those things are too empty.

Or is it true that the money comes, where can't you go if you have money? What can't be done? What can't you buy?

The pragmatists of this port finally took that final step, stepping into nothingness.

However, this is not necessarily a bad ending for them, at least not so many people will die again.

When they stopped fantasizing about the shape of a utopia, stopped sponsoring unrealistic causes, and competed to see who had more silver in their pockets, the tall buildings in Golden Gallon Harbor were twice as tall as before, the narrow streets were much wider, and the bicycles speeding down the streets had two more wheels and ran faster!

The first to get rich got into the car, and the poor added hundreds of buses to the subway, just as the survivors of Dawn had experienced.

It's not just transportation.

Prosthetic bodies from the wasteland have also flowed into this area one after another, and gradually appeared in the streets and alleys.

There are also immigrants from the Free State.

Tired of the endless street scuffles and the tedious idleness of Dawnlight, they have traveled across the ocean with their accumulated wealth to try to find their own piece from the broken spiritual fragments of the locals.

Flashing neon lights suddenly spread all over the pigeon-cage-like streets and alleys, giving this weather-beaten old city a bit of cyberpunk flavor.

This is probably also something that Lowell did not expect.

From the biological research institute under the ice and snow to the cyber city full of high-rise buildings.

That's a lot of time......

"Extra! Extra! According to researchers who did not want to be named, dragon lizard dung in Baiyue Province has an aphrodisiac effect! ”

"Holy?!"

"Really?"

The bustling port area is bustling with people, and the newsstand is crowded with neighbors living in nearby markets.

On the dock, a cargo submarine slowly approached, and a girl with emerald green skin jumped onto the dock with curiosity in her eyes and exclaimed.

"That's a lot! Over here! ”

Looking at the bustling crowd and the buildings not far away, Han Mingyue's expression couldn't help but be a little nostalgic.

"It's a big change here."

"yes."

Ye Shi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and his thoughts drifted back to a long, long time ago, remembering what he looked like when he first boarded this dock......

At this moment, the distant sound of a bell rushed his mind back to the present.

At the same time, Dora suddenly craned her neck curiously and looked at the sky in the distance.

"What's that?"

I saw a hot air balloon floating in the sky, imprinted in the sunset like dandelions.

It's the first time I've seen a similar picture, but I didn't take it seriously, after all, this thing is not uncommon in the league or in reality.

"I guess it's a sightseeing balloon, it looks like it's by the Yongliu River...... Let's go check it out later. Looking at Dora's expectant look, he said calmly.

At this time, Han Mingyue suddenly interjected.

"Before that, is it convenient to take up a little bit of your time? I'd like to take Ms. Dora to Camp Lowell...... It was a presumptuous request, but I wanted to ask her to help me see something with her psychic powers. ”

The Coalition has been digging up the ruins, and they've unearthed quite a few interesting things.

However, due to the fact that later generations renovated the ruins many times, the relics of General Lowell himself were almost completely lost.

She wanted to see if she could find something with psionic energy.

Night Ten cast an inquiring look at Dora, who immediately nodded and said seriously.

"I can help you."

A bright smile appeared on Han Mingyue's face.

"Great, if we can find General Lowell's own notes, we'll be able to complete the last piece of the puzzle...... Thank you! ”

With an embarrassed smile on her face, Dora nodded slightly.

"You're welcome, we're friends, and that's what I'm supposed to do."

Her ability to learn is truly extraordinary.

What she had just learned a few days ago, she had been able to apply what she had learned.

While the group was talking and laughing, several black cars stopped in front of the pier.

As the door opened, the mayor of Port Goldgallen, Jodhu, got out of the car and walked out of the crowd, surrounded by several city hall officials and bodyguards.

It's different from when I was in the port of fries.

On the territory of the alliance's partners, the semi-official, semi-civilian delegation received an over-the-top reception.

"Welcome to Golden Gallen Harbor!"

Looking at the guests from the Alliance and the South Gate II in front of him, Yodu had a big smile on his face.

"On behalf of the residents of Port Golden Gallen and the entire City Hall, I would like to welcome you!" (End of chapter)