The lower levels of Karui City, the Blue Bay Tavern, the dark light, the smell of alcohol, and the noisy crowd reminded Alan Baier of the days of the Nest, and he still remembers the expression on the face of the female staff officer who wanted to shoot him after his release.

Although it may be that he has too much self-awareness...

John returned to the platoon, and his unit was joined by his own company, where there was a need for men, staff officers, or his company was the main group protecting the city of Karew, the South Gate, where the one-eyed orc was located.

Alan Baier still doesn't know what happened to Lieutenant Colonel Katachan, maybe the Katachans have been wiped out?

He watched as the staff officer expertly took out several portions of synthetic food, granola bars, energy porridge, and disgusting things.

"It's the same old thing, I want two copies."

The bartender then brought a couple of steaming stews mixed with fruits and vegetables and oddly textured meat, as well as golden-looking fried rice, or maybe it wasn't real rice.

There were also two bottles of locally produced juice that looked pale blue, like blueberry juice or something.

In such a nest world, the boundaries between bars and restaurants are very blurred, after all, people who only drink alcohol cannot be in the lower classes, and everyone also comes to fill their stomachs.

The staff officer picked up the fork and stirred it in the stew, and soon the white juice that was originally fluid rolled like a solid due to the force, and finally turned into a trace of "noodles", Alan Baier was dumbfounded, this is not like a food at all.

He learned the posture of a staff officer to roll up a roll of "noodles" and put it in his mouth, sweet, rich, slightly salty, the real aroma and food made Alan Baier, who had escaped death, feel satisfied, he brought a spoonful of fried rice to accompany him, but it was not rice, it was squeaky and soft when he bited, clicking, and it became glutinous again, and the skin and the inside were two things.

The staff officer said. "This is a worm egg, the egg of a big dragonfly-like thing, it's poisonous, but its egg isn't, I heard it's because the food of the "dragonfly" is poisonous."

He added. "In the city, you have to be smart, you look around."

Alan Bair wiped the eggs from his cheeks, and soon noticed that there were many Astral Soldiers among the nearby clients, and there were also many officers with higher ranks than him.

Obviously, in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the staff officers' connections and popularity are not bad, and this is rare, extremely rare, for ordinary soldiers, staff officers are just messing around behind their heads.

And the staff officer stirred those things and tasted them slowly. "The level of industry here is not bad, but everything produced will be handed over to the army, pdf, or the astral army or something."

"Otherwise, it's the 11th tax, so industrially synthesized food is scarce and expensive, and only one granola bar can be exchanged for a bad wine."

"By the way, your troops will also be stationed in the city next, remember to have a good relationship with the PDF, and I will supervise you."

"Do you hear that?!" The staff officer suddenly found that Alan Baier was eating happily, and from time to time he poured a sip of juice, completely lacking his own elegance.

Alan Baier just nodded, but his mouth didn't stop, although no one grabbed it, but it was indeed a little unbearable to eat synthetic food for half a month.

When they were full, they left the tavern and strolled through the streets, the narrow, breathless appearance of the nest made Alan Baier feel home, and there were not many people wearing the uniforms of the Astral Army, which also showed that the war situation was not optimistic, at least in this world, it was still probably the majority of greenskins.

The staff officer rubbed his shoulders. "Do you know the number of soldiers who are still in service?"

Alan Baier thought for a moment. "Forty thousand?"

The staff officer shook his head.

Alan Baier frowned. "Thirty thousand?"

The staff officer replied. "Twenty-seven thousand, plus the veterans from before."

Cold sweat broke out on Alan Bair's forehead. "Why are there so few, aren't we a large infantry regiment of more than 100,000 people in this period?"

The staff officer said coldly. "Subspace shuttle, 30,000 people disappeared under subspace, landed in the first battle, 20,000 recruits died, and then one after another, merger, merger, my company has been changed three batches of establishment."

"And you, you're already a real veteran, and as a platoon commander, you have experienced two battles and didn't die, to be honest, it's a tragedy for the empire for a soldier like you to leave this world because of those pigs in the command."

Alan Baier took a deep breath... And suddenly realized that something was wrong there, how could the battle plan be handed over by the staff officer? He asked, "Anyway, where is our company commander?" ”

The staff officer looked at the thick walls of the nest capital in the sky and thought about the wording. "I've seen the God Emperor."

"At present, the duties of our company are handled by me, because there is no colonel-level officer to command."

"The situation has never been better, in fact, your outpost has been held out for the longest time, and most of the Astral Army's eyeliner has been pulled out by the greenskins some time ago."

Alan Baier couldn't believe it. "Why don't we have any news?"

The staff officer scolded. "The magnetic field of this world is so bad, we are all fighting in the dark, many outposts have been destroyed for a long time, and we didn't know about it until the Greenskin troops were strafed by the city defense guns."

"On the other hand, in terms of the greenskin infection, a large number of forests are their shelter, and each generation of planetary governors emphasizes that they have dealt with all the beasts, but after a few decades, a large number of beasts, orcs or outer space will continue to come."

"And all the Imperial Navy can do is to ensure that the vicinity of Mandeville Point will not be occupied by orcs, and all we can do is to ensure that the starport in Karui City still exists, otherwise it will only be a matter of time before we evacuate."

"The other nests in this world are completely unconnected, whether they are overwhelmed by orcs or are struggling is not clear, large and small orc tribes gather in Karui City, and fighting with each other has bought us a lot of time."

"The problem of lack of heavy firepower is acute, but the artillery units cannot see the enemy clearly because of the forest, the armored units will get stuck in the mud, and the arrival of Katachan has stabilized the front a lot, but they are flesh and blood after all."

The staff officer looked at Alan Baier. "Your life may have passed here, and the orcs and Karui City will continue to wrestle for an unknown number of Terra years."

Alan Baier swallowed. "That's... What if there was a boss who could rule over the entire orc tribe? ”

The staff officer looked at Alan Baier sternly. "You'd better pray to the God Emperor, pray that this won't happen, if there really is a greenskin that can rule all the tribes, the cities that are still alive on the entire planet will be submerged, and a large number of enemies will attack the city like a tide, and you and I will all become a poor lonely boat in the greenskinned alien ocean."

Alan Baier hesitated inwardly, he felt that he had seen an orc with that potential, and he only hoped that he had thought too much.

They walked along the road, and soon came to the edge of the heavy wall bestowed by the God Emperor, the intricate orbital interceptor cannon fixed to the top of the city of the nest, and several logging guns and the heavy explosive bombs of the Astral Army were mixed on it, and the beam turret doubled glittered in the sun.

But they were not on the wall, because the walls of the nest did not have a roof, but were inside a platform that looked like a "hole", the platform had a roof, and it had a curvature, and the shooting mouth was narrow, like a cave, and then the soldiers ate and drank on it.

Most of the people stationed here are PDFs, or planet guards, and that's how Alan Bair understands it anyway.

However, their training and supply did not depend on the empire but on the local nobles, which also made them have a lot of opinions about the astral army from other worlds.

They weren't very well equipped, the planet was largely devoid of industrial equipment, heavy weapons were just logging guns that couldn't penetrate heavy armor and beam turrets on city defense projects, and the best heavy weapons in the whole PDF were just rather shoddy heavy explosive bombs.

This is still the best thing that the nobles have begged for in the hands of wandering merchants, but Alan Baier will not ignore the combat power of the PDF, even if they are simply equipped and have low morale, they are also the most important defense of the empire, and without their existence, this planet would have been a greenskin playground long ago.

And the troops of the Astral Army are mixed in the PDF, almost like a field commander to call them, if the soldiers of half a month ago were not good, now there is absolutely no problem.

And in this way, Alan Baier's troops have to add a lot of low-level personnel.

As they climbed the wall, the mechanical elevator clicked and passed, and people saluted and saluted, even though Alan Bair knew it was all for the staff, but he was still happy to accept it.

Along the raised platform of the inner wall, small doors form a room-like place, but this is not a hotel, but a hole.

There are many protruding defensive platforms on the walls of this high song, and the place to enter the platform is through the "hole" of one or two people and the small gate that can only be seen through the one and two people.

Passing through it was a massive metal platform, a curved ceiling, a narrow firing port that included bunkers that prevented enemy fire, and several pitch-black beam turrets, and Alan Bair only hoped that the turret's spirit was accurate enough, and that its barrel was enough to shoot.

This cave-like place is where they will be stationed next.

But it's funny, it's obviously the most cutting-edge technology of human beings, but it makes people look like cavemen again, and the men and women in the fourth row of Alan Bair live in a mixed bag.

In addition to beds, bunks, a small number of tables, and dangling light bulbs, there were only basic drinking equipment and sewer pipes for excretion to meet the physiological needs of the 70 members of the Astral Army.

But joining the military requires putting aside personal needs, they have hung portraits of the Emperor on the wall, and soldiers have been patrolling and inspecting normally.

Defending the city is an unexpected and comfortable thing, at least there is a sense of security than the outpost, and there must be hundreds of "caves" stationed in them like this, and the staff officers should also live in them.

When his soldiers saw the staff officer and Alan Bair returning, they immediately saluted.

Brown-haired girl non-commissioned officer reports. "Sir, the garrison is complete."

Kailan also gave a thumbs up and adjusted the heavy bomb with his care, and the mechanical girl lived near the base of the wall because she was a support staff and would only come up during regular inspections, which made Alan Baier feel a little pity.

The staff officer looked at the soldiers' spirits and patted Alan Baier on the shoulder. "I'll leave it to you for defense."

Alan Baier looked out from the firing port, which was only about a dozen meters away, narrow, referring to the narrowness for this huge platform, for one person, this is huge.

Outside, the green forest and pitch black were as ever, the hot and humid wind lapping against Alan Bair's face, and he found himself camped beneath the gate.

"It's a surprise, and it's an important place."

He muttered to himself, although such a place is dangerous, but the promotion comes quickly, and one attack is enough to make the surviving veteran and the rocket like a rocket to be promoted.

And there was no doubt that Alan Bair's platoon should be the best equipped of the infantry regiment, after all, the equipment in the outpost was almost brought out, and it was only natural that he should be so heavily taught.

The staff officer walked up to him, his shoes crackling with footsteps, and then spoke earnestly.

"That's right, you're already our elite."

"If you need manpower, you can go to the pdf, and the planetary governor agrees with the Astral Army to order them to pay for their labor."

"Then remember, the God Emperor will always protect you."

Alan Baier has seen too many situations along the way, and he has to say something. "Counselor, thank you, you've helped me too much."

The staff officer rubbed the tip of his nose. "In the words of my idol, he who uses a bomb against his own soldiers will never live long."

Alan Baier felt inexplicably familiar. "Your idol is Kane? Valhalla's Kane Staff! ”

The staff officer nodded immediately. "I still have a limited edition copy of Kane's book, and it took me a lot of work!"

"He is the honor of the empire, a real hero, a role model for staff officers, and a guy like me who is idle and greedy for life and afraid of death is simply different from mud, I really hope to see him somewhere in my life."

"Kay ~ Kai ~ Faens ~ Kane! Empire~of~Heroes~"

"Kai~Kaikai~"

Alan Baier was a little speechless, and hurriedly stopped his boss. "Enough, I know that he is great, two meters tall, the chainsaw sword can cut through power armor, traitors will be ashamed to death when they see him, demons will have to hide their faces when they touch him, but I think people are actually flawed."

"I don't think it's good to worship someone that much..."

John came. "Boss, who can't sleep without looking at the portrait of the God Emperor?"

Alan Bair pushed away his own mouthy soldier. "Except for him."

The staff officer just shook his head. "No, no one can guide so many orcs to their vital parts and then decapitate them while pretending to be cornered! Except for Kane! ”

"Kai~Kai~Kai~" The staff officer continued to hum, he was like that, and he would discuss the things he liked.

Alan Baier was speechless and picked up the telescope that he had always stocked on his tactical belt and looked around, after all, it was still work time, and it was not good to touch the fish, maybe they didn't know that the rumbling thing of the orcs blew up that day.

As Alan Bair looked around, he suddenly noticed the shallow shaking of the bushes in the distance, and he became vigilant, raised his firearm, and found several wounds all over his body quickly burrowed out of the bushes, and the dying Katachan soldiers.

And that familiar power fist, he's Lieutenant Colonel Arvada!

"Medic! Staff officer! Let's go down! The Katakans are back! ”