Chapter 18: The Trap

On the 83rd day of departure, the three transport ships were less than 10 million kilometers away from Earth. From the ship's porthole, they could even tell with the naked eye the blue ocean and the yellow-green land. Forests and lakes, glaciers and deserts, only after a long time of separation do you know how lovely they are. At this time, the North Pole is shrouded in the polar night, and the blue-green aurora dances magically in the ionosphere, lighting up the outline of Scandinavia and Greenland; In Antarctica, it is the height of summer, snow-white glaciers cover the entire continent, and the ice in the ocean melts and breaks, forming ice floes, which begin their fantastical drift with the ocean currents. If you're in the mood for it, be sure to check out the colonies of penguins, the krill that gather like a cloud, the blue whales that dominate the oceans like giant peaks, and most importantly, set foot on the Antarctic continent, peel aside the snow and ice, knock down a rock with your own hands, and listen to the silent narration of millions of years of geological change.

However, what is happening on this planet is not cute at all.

Leaving the Klein orbit, the spacecraft began to berth into the Berne orbit, which is a busy route. The whole space gradually became lively, with merchant ships and passenger ships bustling with each other, and from time to time they would encounter some armed space stations and warships with bad intentions, but fortunately they were protected by Fairman's identity code, and the guards of Olympus did not embarrass them. Blake finally had time to sit down and write a good diary, what he had seen and heard in the past ten days or so made him unable to vent his anger:

October 21 at 3:53 p.m. Haydn time

We have penetrated deep into the heart of Olympus, and have not been attacked; Captain Arthur carried out several more successful raids, successfully stabilizing the situation near the Titan base; Captain Richard keeps the base in good order, and he's even trying to build our own arsenal; Major Clausius sounds like a good mix with an interstellar pirate, and he has a knack for buying hearts and minds......

But I couldn't be happier at all.

During our time back in the inner solar system, we were able to receive many radio and other radio bands, and even saw some of the television programs on Earth, which, combined with what we saw and heard along the way, came to understand the true meaning of resisting Olympus.

Olympus, who claims to be the pioneers of human civilization, are in fact robbers. After seizing the Inner Solar System, they took control of all the factories in the area, forced the low-level workers to work sixteen hours a day, and replaced those who could not do it with machines, and put them on the employment blacklist. In addition, they have abolished all social benefits, which has left ordinary people who have lost their jobs to starve and freeze to death on the streets. While the unemployment rate is frighteningly high, the crime rate is terrifyingly low, because they divide people into dozens of levels, and the lower the level of the same crime, the heavier the punishment, so that even if the lowest level steals a piece of bread, they are executed, and the only way to increase the level is to join Olympus and serve it for the rest of their lives. However, Olympus's screening system is very strict, intelligence, athletic ability, genetic defects, knowledge reserves, etc. are one of the reference items, and once they fail the test, they will be branded as inferior and driven into the slums...... They called this series of measures "human optimization actions", and they also used Darwin's biological evolution theory of "natural selection, survival of the fittest" to whitewash it, claiming that they were thinking about the future of mankind. The majestic appearance is really disgusting.

And that's not the only thing they do. They control the international economic order, attack from all sides on the commercial battlefield, subvert and monopolize one industry after another with their tough skills, and then act recklessly with their control of the market, allowing the world's assets to flow into their own pockets, in the beautiful name of "concentrating all forces to develop science and technology"; They exclude dissidents, and all individuals or organizations that oppose them are first sent to brainwashing, and if the brainwashing fails, they will be bought, and if they can't be bought, they will be threatened and intimidated, and if the intimidation is ineffective, they will be eliminated, and they will be called "maintaining the purity and rationality of human thought"; They don't know what respect and freedom are, dinks, elimination, gender dysphoria, purge, low libido, and so on, and so on, and they call it "a violation of the laws of nature and should be eradicated."

They're trying to create a world that they think is "perfect", and I don't know what that is, but in any case, I believe no one can stand such a society.

But I suspect that the operation went too smoothly, and we internally, forget it...... (This line is crossed out)

The right ascension is 11 degrees 9 minutes, the declination is 3 degrees 23 minutes, and it is about 7.54 million kilometers away from the earth

After Blake finished writing this diary, he looked out the porthole at the blue planet, and he couldn't wait to do it.

[25 hours later, Kherson Mountains]

Mountains rise high into the sky, with the highest peak at more than 6,400 meters above sea level. Stretching for more than 1,900 kilometers from Lake Tripoli in the north to the Hoputins Grand Canyon in the south, this mountain range from subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests to alpine deserts.

With the fall of the Kingdom of Aston, it became a veritable trivial. After the end of the Lunar Colonial War, Olympus took over the place, but strangely enough, they didn't build mines here, or residential areas, factories, or anything, but tried to keep it as it was.

Three transport ships landed at an altitude of 5,300 meters, and there is a platform here, which is supposed to have been formed by a rockfall, just enough to stop the three transport ships. Next to the platform is the cliff, the weather is very good today, people stand here, the scenery of the low altitude of the Kherson Mountains is unobstructed, not far away is the city of North Kleist, which is a famous industrial city. Blake and his party jumped off the transport ship, put their equipment in order, and set off to leave.

Virgil pulled the corner of Lablake's coat and asked, "Where are you going?" Can you take me with you? I can solve a lot of problems for you, and I promise not to run around. ”

"Go to Pamish, you stay here on the transport, just wait for us to come back."

"Pamish?"

"Yes, it's that Marshal Pamish, who was once the Supreme Commander of the Combined Fleet."

"I heard that his fleet was completely destroyed."

"Yes, he narrowly escaped and lost contact with the remnants of his men. Later we got the news that he was living in seclusion here, discouraged, and no longer bothered with current affairs. We're going to get him away before Olympus. ”

"What is he doing with him as a fool?"

"Virgil, you are not allowed to be so mean. Marshal Pamish is a respectable man, it's just that you don't understand it yet. Alright, it's time for us to go, Lee, and watch him on my behalf. With that, Blake led a group of men and set out on a mountain path without looking back.

Virgil was upset, he stared at Blake's back in the distance, the corners of his mouth twitching, not knowing what to say. At this time, two powerful hands patted Virgil on the back, and then involuntarily shook his hand. Impatient, Virgil tried to break free, but failed. Virgil rolled his eyes and said, "Let me go."

"I'm sorry that your Uncle Black asked me to keep an eye on you."

Virgil had no choice but to scold: "Idiot."

After walking for about ten minutes, Blake and his party came to a clearing with a small cabin in the middle. When the group came, they happened to bump into an old man with a shotgun walking towards the wooden house. The man was unkempt and his padded jacket was in tatters. A few pieces of cloth and a lump of cotton dangled over the head, and this made a hat. The jacket is a vest that I picked up out of nowhere, and there is a cotton jacket that I don't know how long it has been worn, and through the holes in the jacket, you can vaguely see the sweater with broken threads inside. There was a belt of unknown material around his waist, and a rope that had been strung off from the belt was hung from it. Further down, a pair of cotton pants was stuffed with bulging bags, looking bloated and bulky. A pair of snow boots on his feet had already been glued and were barely tied up with black tape. But through the medal of "South Ship Diamond" on his chest, Blake recognized at a glance that this person was Marshal Pamish.

Blake beckoned to him and walked briskly forward with the group. The man gave them a cold look, turned around and slammed the wooden door shut.

Blake ate the closed door, but he wasn't discouraged. He entered the hut and pushed open the wooden door, where Marshal Parmish was sitting on a wooden bench grinding his dagger.

Blake walked softly into the cabin, stood beside him for a moment, and said, "I can understand your feelings."

Pamish did not speak, he continued to sharpen the dagger without raising his head.

"We need you." Blake continued.

Pamish ignored him, and Blake stood beside him, waiting.

After a long time, Pamish suddenly stopped what he was doing and said, "It's too late."

"As long as we work together, victory will be ours."

Before he could finish speaking, Pamish suddenly stood up, threw his hand and stuck the dagger on the ground, stared angrily at Blake's face, and roared, "I mean, you idiot!"

"Spot the enemy!" Outside the cabin, Colonel Wayne shouted.

Four large transport planes disarmed the stealth system, and hundreds of soldiers poured out like a tide, instantly surrounding the entire wooden house. Blake and his party had no resistance and had to be disarmed.

On the transport plane, a man in a tuxedo walked down, he wore a funny top hat and held a shiny cane, swaying step by step, fiddling with a smug figure towards Black.

However, Blake did not panic at all, he looked at the strange man and said, "Commander Clay, I know."

A strong electric current ran through his body, and Blake fainted.