Chapter Ninety-Nine: Cooperation/Veteran
The weak-willed and indecisive have nowhere to go. Only swift action and strong conviction can keep humanity alive. No sacrifice is too great. No betrayal is too small.
—Inquisition Dogma Books, Chapter XXVIII, The Extinction Order
The nest is not without the wind blowing, there are human cities the size of a full continent in the seemingly crazy and barbaric situation, it can be regarded as the manifestation of human civilization, and even the standard currency of the throne currency can only be circulated in the nest, but the people at the bottom still like to barter, because their economic circulation is very slow, the material is single, and the coin is something that the nobles will use.
But even so, the concept of Throne Coin is still vague, and the Imperial Center should have the best purchasing power for stamping and minting, but precious metals still have a place, but the most hardcore goods are food, weapons, manpower, and factory equipment.
According to such things, the fourth regiment of Skadi is actually rich, but such a concept is very vague, after all, they are all necessities, so it seems that the Warhammer world is actually a kind of end times, belonging to the end of the individual.
When the wound on the buttocks was stitched up by the skin, the second lieutenant still felt itchy, and the doctor took a sip of snake wine, which was the stuff in the Chaodu Tavern, and most of the production methods were creepy.
The thing was accompanied by a sound, poof, and sprinkled on the freshly stitched area, after all, the price of disinfectant water is about the same as a bottle of wine, so why not choose to drink directly?
The doctor grunted the mouthful, and the lieutenant felt his ass hot, and he hurried away from the damn operating table, but the feeling of anesthesia in his ass still hadn't dissipated.
"You're lucky, young man, the soul of the machine that injured you is very loyal, I've seen it killed in one fell swoop, you know, your ass isn't that strong, and a broken war engine, even if the armor is damaged, its soul is extremely irritable, apparently the Chimera of your regiment is so well protected that it can even tell why it is injured and does not blame an infantry like you."
The second lieutenant scolded. "Infantry? I'm the pilot of a Sentinel Mech! ”
The doctor drank a pot of snake wild wine, and spit out hot air, the nest capital of this place, light, heat, and electricity are all bought with money, no one will give it to you in vain, there is no stellar light, and the temperature here is terrifyingly low.
"Tell your boss to go, if you're really a sentry pilot, you're not so frizzy."
"You're well protected by your comrades, aren't you? Sentinels are usually scouts, huh? ”
The second lieutenant shut up, he was right, the Skady Fourth Regiment's protection of the sentries was simply impeccable, and even made it feel like it was for Riemanus, which made him a little impatient to drive that thing.
He was also well aware of how poor the 4th Skady Regiment was, and it was completely unable to afford the losses of the sentries.
This situation will continue until they return to their own star zone, after all, without a military department is equivalent to them without salaries and rewards, and a regiment of soldiers without any reward, without mutiny, the empire is powerful.
"What does it have to do with you how I'm protected by my companions?!" The lieutenant retorted that their relationship was nothing more than a doctor and a patient, nothing more.
This sentence hurt the veteran, he looked at the trophy on the wall, his thoughts drifted a little away, and then shouted. "Then get out of here now, the treatment is over, and we are clear."
"You go back to your Imperial Guard, and I continue to save people."
The lieutenant pursed his lips. "No, I can't leave a veteran to fend for himself in this place, what have you encountered? Why do you belittle yourself like this? ”
The doctor asked. "Why, do you have any special sense of justice germinated in your little heart, this nest is full of those damn things, and I'm obviously not weak, understand, your kindness and strength are left to the alien, the world is always not peaceful."
The second lieutenant asked. "Maybe it's because I'm an Imperial Guard, maybe I'm an ordinary person and I won't care about you."
The doctor smiled. "Empathy, or are you afraid that you will be like me in the future?"
"Okay, little guy with excess self-awareness, if you really want to help me, there is another operation in the afternoon, help me do it, the customers are all authentic nobles here."
The second lieutenant frowned. "Authentic nobles? Gangsters! ”
The doctor covered his mouth, metal fingers making the lieutenant feel cold. "Gangsters? Don't say that in front of him, noble, authentic nobleman, understand? You're going to get a few automatic guns for that, and you're going to die even if you're an Imperial Guard. ”
The doctor sternly warned the young man, apparently he had not really dealt with the gangsters before or after the service, or that in his home planet, the gangsters were suppressed very well, but this situation does not exist in this world.
The second lieutenant realized that he was wrong, and he tried to defend himself, but he was only given a set of clothes that looked like a pig killer. "You're wearing too official, put down your body armor and your rifle."
The doctor emphasized.
The second lieutenant replied. "No, the Imperial Guard manual says that you can't leave the weapon, even if it's a ceremonial handshake, you have to make sure the weapon stays with you."
The doctor replied. "The Imperial Guard manual also says you can kill an adult orc with a standard Imperial melee CQC, you try?"
The ensign was speechless, he knew very well that he could not kill an orc in melee combat, and then he could only honestly change his clothes, speaking of which, he could no longer remember what it was like to not wear a military uniform, his memory had begun to be filled with war some time ago.
The soldiers of the empire are like this, all that awaits them is killing, death, war, more war, he changes his clothes, he really wants to describe what he looks like now, probably just a fledgling who has never seen blood, of course, the second lieutenant is a veteran, but without that uniform he is nothing now.
The lieutenant's personality did not disappear, he asked with interest. "Why a black ...... Will the local nobles come to you for treatment? ”
The doctor sorted out the supplies and replied. "I am a veteran of the Astral Army, and I am also the best doctor in this nest capital area, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, but if I want to survive, I must be famous and strong enough, if I don't have a golden signboard, I am worthless."
"But, you're a veteran—" The second lieutenant didn't quite know why he was trying to keep trying, if his battle was only going to fall so far.
The doctor finished tidying up and took the cold syringe. "Of course I am, honor is engraved on my body, but the alien didn't take away any of my parts, but it was my compatriots who made me lose my arm, but I know that if I doubt the emperor and my military career, I will deny my own life."
"Soldiers like you should know that there is no more pathetic existence in this world than heretics, who are rotten, sick, and have a clear mind, who are sacrifices to evil psionics, and to astartes who betray them, they are cannon fodder."
"And the reality is that the empire doesn't love its people either, and the only person you should worship and serve in the first place is the emperor."
The lieutenant didn't know how hard he had thought about his beliefs, but the world didn't have time for him to think about it.
The squeaky door was pushed open, and the tall, severed arm, the man who had been transformed into a terrible chainsaw was carried open, supported by several men in heavy makeup, and his face was terrifying, like a heretic, and he had been shot in the head, if it weren't for his advanced modification and the low power of the automatic gun, he would have died.
He seemed to be able to speak, he was holding his subordinates, but the highly modified body and arms made him unable to exert his strength, the second lieutenant could not understand why such a person existed, rather, how could someone transform himself into more and more troublesome and inconvenient to live?
The gothic men with heavy makeup and the rebellious body paint, as if they could help them change the world, looked at the doctor and pulled out the automatic gun on their waists, that is, a live-fire weapon, which was a large-caliber revolver, enough to burst a person's head at once, but not to penetrate the bulletproof armor that the second lieutenant always wore.
The second lieutenant, who was numb to the weapons of the cow ghost snake god on the battlefield, swallowed his saliva for the first time because of such a weapon.
"How many people?" The boss was lying on the operating table and asking questions, and it was hard to imagine that in such a situation, his tone was indifferent.
The doctor wears sterile gloves. "My relative, who came to help, you frightened him, pay attention."
I have to say that the second lieutenant's appearance now is full of that feeling, and even the cowardice that can make the old fritters trust the Chaodu gang?
That's right, he does have that feeling, what the Astral Army, what the Imperial Guard, he is actually still a nest boy, but so, familiar environment, familiar people, everyone may forget that he does not have the memory of two lives and the understanding of the dark universe like Alan Bair, nor is he an orphan of the nest like the liar Deen, let alone the experience of a staff officer and the teaching of the elite academy of the empire.
He is the most ordinary, hardest-working, and most optimistic ordinary person of the Fourth Regiment of Skady, and now he has taken off his military uniform to show his true appearance, but fear is not a sin, he should not have hidden too much, after the people of the gang left the clinic, and the operation was carried out here, the fully anesthetized gang boss lay on the operating table, making the second lieutenant a little distracted.
The doctor untied his abdomen and modified his blood vessels and muscles as if they were mechanical. "You're afraid, aren't you? Imperial Guard? ”
He was single-minded, and the second lieutenant with the serrated teeth suddenly smiled bitterly. "Of course, of course, I realized that I am not afraid of them, I should not be afraid of them, but I am also a person born in the nest, how can I not be afraid of those rebellious gothic lines."
"I think I can be outspoken and have a lot of opinions, but I seem to be the most ordinary person..."
The doctor shook his head. "You are very important, a recruit like you is always the core of a regiment, without people like you, many things will not be carried out, and many days will be difficult."
"And why do I want your help, it's a little bit at all, because I'm the Astral Army, and I'm the Imperial Guard."
"The gangsters and nobles here have planned an assassination attempt against Colonel Lane, I've had the chocolate given as a briefing, the Imperial Guard here is monitored by the nobles, they can't leave, they can only rely on PDF, but the complex communication environment of the nest capital makes it impossible for PDF to use their communicators."
The doctor cut off the gangster's life-supporting equipment and his main spine to make sure the man couldn't die again.
"But you've given me hope, the assassination that was already underway has been carried out by a soldier from another regiment, but I still need to test your loyalty and whether you're a... Soldier. ”
The second lieutenant did not understand. "I've passed the test?"
The doctor said. "TMD, turn on your communicator and tell your regimental commander that there is an attack on TM, I say so much to keep the Imperial Guard on alert, not to move you!"
The second lieutenant immediately turned on the communicator and whispered. "Commander, Commander, Boss! I'm a second lieutenant, and I got information in Chaodu, and the Chaodu gang is arranging an assassination kill, which will be carried out this afternoon! ”
The doctor washes the gloves. "Grab your stuff, don't wait for a reply, we'll go out through the secret passage at the back of the clinic!"
The second lieutenant nodded, and the two of them left as fast as they could, leaving only a room full of the smell of blood and a corpse, it turned out that the great soldier never left, but no matter how faint the betrayal was, it could not be forgiven, and now, evil is rewarded.
When those gang members walked into the clinic and looked at the cold corpse of the gang leader in front of them, they were dumbfounded, and at the same time, it also meant that a bloody storm of power and resources was about to be set off in this nest capital...
As for the assassination? It doesn't matter at all!
And at this moment, at the top level, the planetary governor watched the atmosphere here gradually improve, and the two young Imperial Guard officers had a lot to talk about, and they quickly exchanged information with each other and understood the difficulties of the world today.
First of all, Alan Bair understands that the Mandeville point of this world is blocked, the food that relies on a large amount of food imported from the agricultural world is gone, and the support of the Ministry of War will not appear, in other words, if they can't act in the short term, the middle nest will face the death of hundreds of millions of people, and the despair of cannibalism will also become a hotbed of chaos cults and rebellions.
If the orcs can't be dealt with in a short time, this nest will definitely not be saved, but most of the nobles in this world are not aware of this, but are full of dissatisfaction with the forced expropriation of this world imperial guard.
Alan Baier nodded. "It's all waste aristocrats, it's hard to have a soulmate, I'm a lucky person." He took a sip of Amset, and couldn't help but miss his old brother, wondering if he and his fiancée were married...
Colonel Ryan nodded. "Of course, they..."
Alan Baier suddenly felt his communicator move, he interrupted the words on the other side, and picked up the communicator...
"Commander, Commander, Boss! I'm a second lieutenant, and I got information in Chaodu, and the Chaodu gang is arranging an assassination kill, which will be carried out this afternoon! ”
Alan Baier's head didn't turn for a moment, but he immediately realized that something was wrong, and on the upper floors of the planetary governor's palace, an armed aircraft gradually climbed, and dozens of men dressed as servants began to shoot with automatic guns.
Alan Bair instantly pulled Colonel Ryan under the table, and activated his personal Void Shield, and in the fierce fire and strafing, the Planetary Governor was undoubtedly dead, and Alan Baier shouted. "The 113th Regiment of Flaxia, on standby at the gate of the palace! Bombard the spire of the palace with railgunade! ”
The captain of the 113th Regiment of Foraxia instantly climbed aboard the hammerhead sharks, and this attack actually bypassed them, and when she found herself hovering over her head with anger, the fierce artillery roared.
For the first time after the smoke of gunfire, Alan Bair thanked the ensign, the kind from the bottom of his heart, and for the first time, Colonel Ryan felt angry, the kind that wanted to kill 60 percent of the world's nobles and gangsters...
Bloody rain, bloody rain, before the greenskin comes, humans will wash themselves again, the good news is that the famine will be delayed for a long time because of the sudden increase in starch lumps, and the bad news is that many people will disappear into this universe, even if they are innocent.
(End of chapter)