The Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force (PPDC) is an international Pacific Rim military organization, composed of Pacific Rim countries and regions, including the Rim of the Pacific Rim (PPDC), including the Rim of the Pacific (PPDC), which is composed of the Rim of the Pacific (PPDC) and other countries and regions.

This defense alliance force was formed on October 10, 2014, with its headquarters in Xiangjiang, the country of Lingguo, where it established its first PPDC base, the Shattered Dome.

PPDC is similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but is significantly different in nature and strategy from NATO.

The PPDC was established by the United Nations and is its subordinate body. The camps of capitalism and capitalism are the hallmarks of a strategic alliance in military affairs.

The strategic goal of the PPDC is very clear, with the entire Pacific Rim region as the defense system, and the common goal is to "eliminate the threat of monsters and ensure human security".

Fu Qinghai can also see PPDC recruitment advertisements in various places in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk:

"Victory begins when you join!"

"Your courage will bring us victory!"

"Together, we will win this war!"

But the giant billboard has half collapsed, the detached posters are fluttering in the wind, and the slogans shouted back then have been as depressed as the street newspapers of the Great Depression.

Andre, the leader of the local gang, provided Fu Qinghai with the contact information and contact address of Hannibal Zhou, the millionaire of the slum of bones, the overlord of the monster black market, and the legend of good and evil.

Fu Qinghai likes to deal with such people, because they only recognize interests, and don't recognize other messy things, as long as they can bring benefits, their identity, race, and position are all not a matter in the eyes of these people.

Looking for Hannibal Zhou is much more reliable than looking directly for PPDC. And according to Andrei, it is still a special critical period, and even a big man like Marshal Panticos, the top head of the PPDC, has to rely on the financial support of Hannibal Chow, which is really magical realism.

However, before setting off for Xiangjiang, Fu Qinghai still had to deal with Zofia's affairs.

……

It's still the old apartment.

Zofia's room was actually three floors above Fu Qinghai, which was really a magical coincidence.

In the room, Fu Qinghai was sitting on the sofa, Zofia was making coffee in the kitchen, and after a simple preparation, she walked out of the kitchen with two cups, handed Fu Qinghai a cup, and the girl with one hand stuck in her pocket, leaned against the corner of the wall, and said:

"Long time no see, Aoyama."

Fu Qinghai put the instant coffee on the coffee table, nodded and said:

"Long time no see, Zofia."

"I'm sorry." Zofia shrugged, "There's no Starbucks here, and there's no Mango Frappuccino. ”

She actually remembers......

Fu Qinghai smiled:

"I don't drink Starbucks, I drink tea."

Fu Qinghai's deepest impression of Zofia is the light pink jellyfish Bobo hairstyle, as well as the MK2 cavalry assault rifle - a chainsaw gun from the Gears of War universe.

I didn't expect to meet again, and I actually turned into a flaxen-colored short-haired tomboy.

Zofia's standard apple face, European-style small upturned nose, some shallow freckles on the bridge of the nose and cheeks, and after the pink hair is replaced with an inch head, she really looks like a delicate and thin young man.

"Your hair?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

Zofia spouted at Nunu on the couch.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and looked at the cover of the brown paper bag "Mecha Hunter Academy Registration Form", and immediately understood.

Fu Qinghai took out the registration form and looked at it.

"I'm too old, even if I falsify the file, if they test the tooth age and bone age, there is no way."

Zaffia clasped her hands to her chest, took a sip of coffee, and looked out the window, her face calm and her tone flat.

But Fu Qinghai heard the unwillingness.

"Do you want to join PPDC and the Skua project for the sake of the plot line?" Fu Qinghai asked seriously.

"Nope." Zofia shook her head:

"I just love to drive mechs, I just want to drive mechs, I've loved big guns, chainsaws, and power armor since I was a kid......"

At least the will is strong.

Fu Qinghai groaned and said:

"As far as I know, it's not without exceptions, in the second movie, Jack Pantiscock, an adult in his twenties, has no military experience at all, and finally becomes a mecha pilot."

"But Jack Pantycoster is Stark Pantycoster's son, and Mako Mori, who was the secretary general of PPDC at the time, is Stark Panticor's adopted daughter, that is, Jack's sister."

Zofia then said.

The corners of her mouth curled into a smile, and she said:

"This is what the people of the country call 'relationship', right?"

"That's right."

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"What I want to tell you is that rules are dead, people are alive, and there is not no room for turnaround."

"It's not the people who talk about relationships, it's the whole world that talks about relationships. Do you think Wall Street capitalists really trade stocks? They are just a group of rich second generations and second generations of officials who rely on nepotism and insider information to intersect. ”

With insider information, who can't make money in the securities market?

"But you and I are both players, and the Pacific Rim universe is open for the first time, and it doesn't matter to anyone."

Zofia said.

Fu Qinghai put one hand on the back of the sofa, looked at the inch-headed tomboy in front of him, and said lightly:

"There's no relationship that creates a relationship. I am very good at modifying age falsification files, and there is an error between bone age and normal age of about two years, which is not a problem at all. PPDC is short of money right now, and the Jinyuan offensive may also be effective. As for the intermediary of the introduction, Hannibal Chow is not a ready-made target. All of this can be found ......"

"The point is, at such a cost, Zofia, can you become a mech hunter?"

Fu Qinghai's sharp gaze was firmly fixed on Zofia.

Zofia met his gaze without fear:

"Of course, I'm confident."

"Okay."

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"I'll help you."

Although he did not know where Zofia's confidence came from.

You know, Mori Mako is not a person who favors relatives, otherwise Jack, as the son of a marshal, would not be reduced to living by stealing parts in the mecha graveyard, the most critical point why Jack Pantycoster can become a mecha hunter pilot-

Synaesthesia.

This is the core competence of Mecha Hunter.

But Fu Qinghai didn't care.

Zofia does not need to be a qualified driver.

She only needs to become a student of the Hunter Academy, and being able to enter the Broken Dome is enough for Fu Qinghai to do a lot of things.

…………

Xiangjiang, the base of the Broken Dome.

The Shattered Dome is a factory for the construction, repair, and maintenance of mechs, and there are eight locations around the world, each of which is located in areas frequented by monsters, and the earliest base is located in Xiangjiang, where PPDC is headquartered.

In 2024, the mecha "Dangerous Wanderer" was severely damaged in the battle with the monster "Bladehead", and the pilot Yangxi Beckett died a heroic death.

No anti-theft

Since then, the member states have lost faith in the "Hunter Project", so the strategic plan has been adjusted, the direction of funding has changed, and the United States has begun to work on the construction of an "anti-monster wall" to defend against the monsters, a decision that has led to the closure of the seven Shattered Dome bases and the decommissioning and destruction of the remaining mechs stored in these bases.

Field Marshal Stark Panticoster, standing behind the console of the Lawson command center, looked at the busy ground crew below, but recalled in his heart a conversation that took place here just a year ago.

At that time, the representatives of various countries were discussing with him, who is the head of the PPDC, to withdraw the funding of the "Skua Project".

It was as if it had been rehearsed in advance.

The representative of the country spoke first:

"The whole world is grateful for your contribution, Marshal. But I can't waste my country's military strength and weapons in vain to carry out useless attacks, I want to protect the people. Behind the anti-monster wall, they feel more secure. ”

Snort, anti-monster wall......

Panticost cursed in his heart:

The damned anti-monster wall, fleeing without a fight, is simply a monument to human weakness and a pillar of shame.

"But it's not safe."

He retorted loudly:

"That wall is simply unreliable, and researchers say that the frequency of monster attacks will increase dramatically, and they will breach that wall sooner or later."

"We have thickened the walls and moved people and supplies to safety inland, almost 500 kilometres."

Representative Ying Guo said:

"It's prudent, and we're willing to be cautious."

In fact, Panticost would like to ask the representative of the Ying country, where is the inland area 500 kilometers from the coast in the Ying country?

To be honest, he doesn't understand what the representative of Yingguo is blindly mixing here? This is a matter related to the vital interests of the Pacific Rim countries, and the Ying countries are not Pacific Rim countries.

Stark Pantycoster himself is a native of Yingguo, but he only thinks that the representatives of Yingguo are noisy at the moment, and they are the little followers and echoes of the people of Yingguo, as always.

Panticoster used to be a charging mecha hunter, a warrior, he had slain monsters, leaving scars all over his body, both internal and external, and everything in the past came to mind, making him gradually start to get angry, but he tried to control his anger and continued the conversation.

"Only the rich and powerful can enter the safe zone."

Panticoster asked:

"What about the others?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Marshal."

The representative of the country said.

Panticost stared at him for a long time, and all sorts of sneering words flashed through his mind.

Don't lose your temper, don't lose your temper...... He told himself.

"Fear and walls don't save anyone."

Panticost said in a deep voice:

"You could have squeezed all of them into the so-called 'safe zone' by chance, but it won't work. When the last mech falls, the monster will encroach on the shore. They will not stop there, but will continue to attack until they conquer the world. At that time, where there is any safety, everything will be gone, and everything will be completely destroyed! ”

"You can keep your opinion at all, Marshal."

The representative of the country said:

"For the next eight months, we will provide you with the funds to handle the closure of the base, and after eight months, the United Nations will no longer fund the 'Skua Project'. You can continue to do it yourself, and I'm sure someone as determined as you will find a way to keep Mecha Hunters shining. If there are more and more monsters in the future, we welcome the help of mech hunters. Regrettably, it is in the best interest of all humanity that the Working Group can devote its limited resources to assured defence, rather than reckless risk-taking. Good luck! Marshal. ”

The screen went black.

Officials from various countries have taken offline.

……

Now it seems that his words at that time seemed to be a prophecy...... Pantycoster thought to himself.

He carefully pulled out a pill box from his uniform pocket, took out a pill and swallowed it, swallowing the blood that had spilled into his throat.

The early model of the mecha hunter used a nuclear power reactor, the radiation shielding was not done well, the pilot's lifespan was very short, and Panticost drove a generation of mecha "Tango Wolf" alone against the second-level monster "Demon Witch" in the case of the death of his partner, which can be described as double the radiation and double the happiness.

If he knew that the Warhammer 40K universe had a force called the "Titanium Empire", as well as its "Fire Warrior" class, they would all have a common language.

After the withdrawal of the United States, the marshal who had no choice but to lead the team to work alone, and to solve the problem of funds alone, the official channels could not go through, so he could only turn his attention to the people, to the building complex next to the base of the broken dome of Xiangjiang - the Xiangjiang Skeleton Slum, and the person inside.

Hannibal Chow.

…………

"So you know why, there's more monster material on the black market than in PPDC's K-Science department."

Fu Qinghai said to Zofia:

"Mecha Hunter kills monsters, monster materials are sold to the black market, the black market provides R&D funds, Shattered Dome gets funds to maintain Mecha Hunters, and Mecha Hunters continue to kill monsters...... This creates a cycle. ”

Fu Qinghai said with emotion:

"It is not easy for Marshal Panticoster to persist like this for five years, or should it be said that the colony ball plan of the pioneers is really three days of fishing and two days of drying nets?"

It's only the first year, and if there are no players, Pantycoster will have to continue like this for another four years.

"I see."

Zofia lay on the single couch in a horizontal strip, wearing only a pair of panties and a T-shirt, her long white legs swaying up and down, and a lollipop in her mouth.

Don't treat Fu Qinghai as an outsider at all.

Fu Qinghai turned a blind eye and said lightly:

"I'll deal with the fake identity first, the identity given by the reincarnation world is too simple, and a blank resume is actually not too good, it's better to get an identity like a monster attack survivor, which is most satisfying to PPDC."

It's time for Qing Ming to get to work.

"Uh-huh."

Zofia took the lollipop in her mouth and nodded obediently.

looked like he was at the mercy of Fu Qinghai's orders.

The neckline of Zofia's white T-shirt is very wide, and there is a faint glimpse of whiteness, and her complexion is the cold white of a white Western European person, and she seems to be ...... He wore neither underwear nor chest stickers, and his thin white shirt had two pointed points on the top.

Fu Qinghai's gaze looked down the neckline.

Suddenly frowned, and asked:

"Those two rings ......"

"That's right."

Zofia reached in generously and pulled out the necklace, both of which were wrenches, one emerald green and one dark blue, with two familiar abstract symbols on the front.

"It's all your trophies, I picked them up, and I haven't been able to get the approval of the Lantern Ring, I guess maybe it's because I've never been to the DC multiverse."

Zofia tore off the necklace around her neck, handed it to Fu Qinghai without hesitation, and said:

"Well, I'll give it back to you."

The Lantern Ring is not a rotten street thing.

On the contrary, each lantern ring can be said to be an artifact, and the difference is how much power the user can exert on the emotional spectrum - of course, for the reincarnation world, it also depends on the rules from the DC universe to infect and pay.

"Okay."

Fu Qinghai unceremoniously took the two lamp rings and put them in the white suitcase.

Even if Fu Qinghai couldn't use it himself, it would be a lot of money to sell it to the Order Alliance.

Zofia didn't seem to care......

Actually, it's still a bit painful.

- That's a lamp ring!

Fu Qinghai turned his head to look out the window, it was already dark, and night was falling, so he got up and said:

"Okay, I'll go back, and I'll leave for Xiangjiang tomorrow."

He had just walked to the door.

"Hey, isn't it?"

Zofia stood up and said behind his back:

"I'm dressed like this...... Could it be that the legends are all true, and that Space Marines don't have that desire? ”

Fu Qinghai stopped and sighed helplessly.

Turning around, he said:

"I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Zofia glanced Fu Qinghai up and down, and said provocatively with a look of eagerness:

"It's strong, but it's nothing more than that."

Fu Qinghai raised his hand to lock the door, thinking:

I'm not talking about this unbearable...... You'd better not know a woman named Zhang Yuning.

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Thank you, King Marquez, Silver Wing Autumn Wind Falling Leaves, I don't know what name to change, the reward of three book friends.