Chapter 55: Follow the Will of the Ark/Ark
Li Jianghao took Keith to the ark alone, and the rest of the people were left in New Manchester by him. The Ark has a population of only forty, and after getting the factory blueprints, it can produce robots at full power.
Even if the current Ark has no way to develop to the perfection of player control in the game, after taking half of the population of New Manchester, the need for aid from New Manchester will be halved, and there is no doubt that the goal of the Ark, protecting the continuation of the seed bank, can relieve a lot of pressure.
As long as the current consul of the Ark is not a brain-dead, and the simplest script in the entire Icepunk Age is in his hands, there is no reason why he can't have a happy ending.
However, Li Jianghao is still a little weak-hearted, after all, according to the official story line, especially the plight of New London in the border plot of the empire, he still has a trace of unconfidence in whether the mayor of the ark is brain-dead.
According to Murphy's theorem, as long as there is a possibility that things are going bad, then things are bound to go bad.
When the energy tower of the ark appeared in front of them, Li Jianghao could only roughly tell that the energy tower was in the second level of heat, but there was no trace of robot work in the entire city, and there were not even tents and other residential buildings.
Li Jianghao sighed in his heart, held the holy sword on his back in his hand, and asked Keith to be ready to be on guard at any time, and the two entered the ark.
Within the radiation radius of the energy tower, it is actually an open-air square, and no buildings have been built.
On the high platform under the energy tower, a group of people are erecting the gallows, slowly tying a thinly dressed person to it.
Wouldn't it be that I first came and met the Archon of the Ark who was hanged? Li Jianghao looked closely, and saw that the person in the mayor's costume was actually standing under the gallows, and who would be the person tied to it.
Finally, the people of the Ark found Li Jianghao and Keith.
They looked back with no fear or doubt in their eyes, only the excitement of the hunter when he saw his prey.
"Run, get out of here!" The man tied to the gallows shouted with the last of his strength, and then the rope tightened, and the arms that bound him were raised high, hanging his body above the steam pipe.
Of course, Li Jianghao couldn't just leave, staring at the mayor of the ark with cold eyes.
"Mayor Lawrence, there are people coming here from the outside world to covet the plant seeds that we have preserved. Hang them on the gallows together! β
When the people of the Ark saw the weapon in Keith's hand, they did not have any fear, and they still maintained the excitement of wanting to hunt.
Are these people scared?
Keith raised his gun and aimed it at the people in front of him.
βArkοΌ ArkοΌ β
The people of the ark shouted, and although there were only forty of them, their voices resonated together, and the evil thoughts were wrapped in this cold wind, which made people very uncomfortable.
Lawrence, known as the Mayor, turned around, his arm and one leg were actually prosthetics, and his face was wearing a metal mask, because of the heating of the heat lamp, so that he didn't have to worry about the metal and skin being glued together because of the cold.
An uncomfortable voice came out from under the mask: "Truly! You see, my citizens, how evil humanity is, carrying weapons capable of harming people, and plundering their kind, even at the end of the day. This cold plague is God's judgment on us. Only when we protect the hope of the reproduction of all beings after the end of the world can we usher in spring under the protection of the Ark! Follow, Ark's will! β
The will of Ark (i.e., the transliteration of Ark Ark)?
I don't know why, when I heard this sentence, Li Jianghao always had a feeling of dancing in a play.
I don't want to obey this will.
After the Lawrence Declaration, the people of the Ark rushed towards Li Jianghao and the others, and Keith had to shoot at the ground in front of the people, and under the deterrence of the bullets, the people were finally brought to reason by the fear of death and stopped in place.
But they're still fierce, and as long as Keith shows a hint of slackness, they'll probably keep coming back.
Li Jianghao looked at this scene and understood that the engineers here were brainwashed by Lawrence.
The population of the Ark is made up of engineers, a talent specially selected by the Empire to keep the seed bank running as much as possible.
Once brainwashed, engineers who are supposed to believe in science will be more paranoid than ordinary people.
"Aren't you all human too? If you think humans are dirty, why don't you kill yourself on the spot? β
Li Jianghao asked angrily, he didn't have a good impression of this kind of demonic person. Originally, I was thinking about receiving the population of the Ark, but now my heart is a little uncomfortable.
With a disdainful smile on his face, Lawrence said:
"We are God's chosen people, the lucky ones who will survive the end with the seeds of future vitality on this ark, the Noah of the new age! And you, the human beings who have committed crimes, will judge you and execute you according to Ark's will! β
Li Jianghao laughed out loud, the ark is a protection mechanism established to sow the seeds of vitality in the world after the end of winter. The mayor didn't know what tricks he used to convince the Ark's engineers to see them as the same hope as the Ark's seeds.
They will be the masters of the new era, and the old humans who are destined to survive under the tower until they perish are no longer considered of their kind.
"I see, Keith, shoot the seed bank, destroy the walls of the building, and expose all the seeds!"
Li Jianghao coldly ordered, and Keith rushed towards the nearest seed bank without hesitation.
Originally, the Ark's engineers and seed bank were one of the foundations of their future development, a gift to the world after the blizzard. But since the people of the Ark had gone crazy, there was no need for him to say anything.
Only by destroying the seed bank can we break the concept of brainwashing in their hearts, which is their salvation.
Anyway, thirty years after the Icepunk Age, spring has not yet arrived, and it doesn't matter if these seeds can be preserved or not.
"Nope! These men are going to blaspheme Ark's will! Catch them and burn them! β
Lawrence watched as Keith rushed to the seed bank, his originally crazy face turned pale, and he screamed and gave orders.
Some of the people of the Ark went to chase Keith, and some of them came towards Li Jianghao.
In their eyes, Li Jianghao has no gun on him, and he should be a soft persimmon. Only by catching him can you obey Ark's will!
It is unforgivable that these filthy old humans have brought about the end of the world by inviting God's judgment, and that they still need to destroy the ark of these new humans to the new world!
"Follow, Ark's will!"
People shouted and came towards Li Jianghao.
The latter raised his sword horizontally, placed a small red object in front of it, and swung it towards another seed bank in the distance directly behind.
"Kill and finish! Agni Book Strike! β