Him and their stars.

Chapter 990 Every settlement has an old man worth talking to
"Our side has 142 dead, 12 missing, and 599 wounded. The number of enemy casualties is still being counted, but initially it should be more than 5000." Simon Vayali also reported: "The enemy commander is a The long-bearded demon psyker wanted to fight with his loyalists, but was beheaded by Meng Jiao and the marines."

Yu Lian said he was very satisfied.

Others might only see a powerful highlander psyker charging an enemy weaker than him, but Yu Lian could see Meng Jiao's decisiveness and efficiency.

That highlander boy is indeed a brave general, but he already has a taste of the bravery of a famous general.

As for student Simon Wayali, he is only a major now, and of course he did not command the three marine divisions that entered the tunnel, but he played a considerable role in coordinating and organizing the coordinated operations between various units and departments.In addition, after the army entered the hinterland of the star field, this was already the fourth stronghold capture operation.Although the military discipline of the marines is not perfect, it can still be regarded as strict discipline.

In fact, this is mostly due to the fact that Wayali is in charge of the military discipline department.

Everyone is growing up so fast!For a while, Yu Lian somehow felt a sense of accomplishment in developing success.You know, in another timeline, these two people are really not celebrities.

Yu Lian continued to listen to Simon's methodical report: "In addition, the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, [-]st Battalion, Hell Parachute Division, directly commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Winter, has broken into the bottom of the underground division."

"Oh, but did you find any black technology or holy relics of the enlightened?"

Simon showed a distressed expression, shook his head, and said, "It's a huge underground room with a hemispherical arc shape. The dome is about [-] meters high and the ground radius is [-] meters. But there is nothing else. thing."

"Indeed, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for such a large and regular underground space to be formed naturally, but there is nothing there, so that is really suspicious." Yu Lian ordered: "Let the first battalion E company set up a space in that space first." Outpost, deploy drones."

Simon nodded and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Winter's troops also found a vein of pyrite and kryptonite on the edge of the bottom space, and he has sent someone to block it."

How many blind boxes did Brother Richard open?Yu Lian was amazed.

"In addition, they also rescued a group of elderly people, more than [-] people."

"???"

"Anytime Company E arrives 10 minutes late, they're shot by the Marauder defenders," Simon added.

"!!!"

"The leader is General Lomba, who used to be the admiral of the Mazawi Republic's garrison fleet. Do you want to meet?"

It is natural to see it.If you want to find out the status of this dungeon stronghold, the entire planet, and even the layout of the predators, it is necessary to ask the locals.

While waiting, he also obtained the rest of the statistical data one after another.For example, this stronghold includes the ground and underground parts, and the confirmed population is [-] people, of which the trolls and long-bearded demons belonging to the "nation" of the predators each have [-] people, and the rest are naturally It is the slave labor of various races captured by the predators, and their descendants.

However, among the more than [-] people, they still retain their status as slaves.

The representative of the slaves, General Longba, explained to Yu Lian in this way: "This is natural. Although the Khan said that he wanted to establish a country of racial equality, we slave labor who were originally marked as livestock, How can she casually forget the hatred in the past? How could the Eruo warriors be willing to sit on an equal footing with us low-level animals? Perhaps her dream will not come true until we are all dead.”

This General Lomba was born in the Republic of Mazawi, one of the second-tier powers of the galaxy, and a loyal ally (xiao) friend (di) of the Free Galaxy Alliance. He has no border with the community, and the exchanges between the two countries are not too great.

The main race, the Mazaran, is a short but rather strong and stocky race.Because they evolved from cave creatures, they are born with strong climbing ability, environmental adaptability and sense of orientation.Because before the awakening of civilization, various ferocious beasts fought in the mountains of the mother planet, and a carapace that could resist sharp weapons grew on their bodies.In addition, their relatively short bodies are strong and flexible, allowing them to freely shuttle through the narrow passages on the ship.

They are probably a born seafaring people.If the overall thinking ability of the race is more rigorous, it may also have the potential to become the dominant race.

In short, this is also a simple and vigorous civilized race. Although it is about the same size as the Lazakai, it is much better than the latter.In Yu Lian's image, they are like a group of short but resolute warriors, like inconspicuous rocks on a mountain that can withstand storms and tsunamis.

But General Longba was the most crooked Mazaran that Yu Lian had ever seen.He bowed his short body and his deformed back, and his height only reached Yu Lian's waist.The color of the carapace is particularly dull, even with a sickly off-white color.

The Mazarans have a pair of chameleon-like protruding eyes, which are said to have evolved from living in the mountains and can capture more pheromones, but General Lomba's eye socket only has a fairly irregular and ugly scar left. At first glance, it was cut off by a knife that was not too sharp.

"The carapace and bones on my back were smashed by the manager of this stronghold, Warlord Gru Golden Tooth. He was the person in charge of the No. 4 working ship before." The old Mazaran squeezed out A smiling face: "I would like to thank your subordinates for killing him, it's a pity for me."

"What about your eyes?" Yu Lian asked in a low EQ tone.

Feifei, who was taking notes next to her, couldn't help but look up, and then buried her pretty face behind the notepad on the terminal.

General Lomba was stunned for a moment, but then smiled instead of anger, and said frankly: "It is the old palace minister. Because I tried to lead the slaves on the work ship to rebel twenty years ago, but I took the ship and went home. It was suppressed. There were six leaders of the uprising at that time, and the first five were hanged alive on the side of the ship to dry out, and because I was considered a mining expert, I barely managed to recover my life."

"Uh, my subordinates told me, aren't you the admiral of the Mazawi Garrison Fleet?"

"Did your subordinates tell you that the main defense area of ​​my garrison fleet is the Black Rock Nebula in my country?" The old general showed a narrow smile.

Yu Lian let out an "oh".Of course he had heard of that place, a nebula close to the center of the Milky Way, with unstable stars, but rich in mineral resources, it was considered a relatively famous mining place in the Milky Way galaxy.

The old man continued: "In the society of looters in the silver heart, there are lawbreakers from all ethnic groups. Whether it's pirates and gangsters who are desperate, or politicians who have failed in political struggles and have nowhere to go, there are even bankrupts." What about businessmen and scholars who have done forbidden experiments. The warlords of the looters are willing to absorb these outlaws to enrich their own strength. However, more of them are ordinary slaves like us who have been taken away."

"You are really not an ordinary slave. A mining expert who has been an admiral of the fleet is a talented person everywhere. If you are really willing to intervene in the looters, any warlord will treat you as a guest of honor. Considering the current Khan You may have become a looter general." Yu Lian said.

"I'm not a warrior who would rather die than surrender. I didn't completely refuse to cooperate, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live today." The old man shook his head and said, "Even if the so-called galaxy nomads support war by war, they still need a minimum of labor."

Yu Lian nodded.Those huge workships that look like space fortresses exist for this reason.

Of course, in a society of predators, the children of warriors are still warriors, but the children of warriors also need to be served.Although population robbery is a systematic project of predators, it does not succeed every time.Therefore, slave laborers are allowed to give birth if resources permit.

It's just that when the children of slave labor grow up to be able to support themselves at least, their parents will force their children to learn all the work skills crazily.

There is no way, Yinxin's resources are limited after all.Children were regularly taken away if they failed to prove themselves useful to the gentlemen.As for where he went, old man Longba didn't say, and Yu Lian didn't ask either.

"In a sense, we really have to thank the Great Khan! After the Great Expedition, we finally have enough land, water and air to feed enough people." The old man squeezed out a rather ugly smile at Yu Lian : "In the past three months, more than [-] babies have been born in our city. I also heard that these children will be taken away for unified education when they reach the enlightenment stage. They will not know in the future I am a child of a slave, so I will only be a warrior of the Great Khan. As long as our generation is dead, the Khan's ideal may be realized."

Yu Lian sighed in his heart, and asked again: "The troll warlords here gathered old people like you for execution because of lack of supplies? Or are they worried about your prestige?"

"Yes." General Longba said: "If everything is calm, old people like us will probably fade away in time. However, you have led a large army to the city, so we who are still alive are a little embarrassed. "

"So, in this settlement, you were all on the same ship...um, colleagues?" Yu Lian asked curiously.

"Yes. We are all slave laborers on the No. 4 working ship, the Larbeca. The main work is space mining and initial processing." General Lomba said.

Yu Lian immediately understood.

To put it bluntly, no matter how you look at this settlement, it looks like a huge mine, and even the tunnels for entering and exiting are ready-made.As long as the miners are brought together, production can resume in a few months at most.

There should be many large settlements in this star field, and they should all be of similar nature.

"In any case, you are all safe. Please work hard and organize all the workers to go home and rest. I will allocate some supplies to you, at least it can last until the crops in the farmland over there grow up."

The old man couldn't help but be overjoyed.This time he came to visit Yu Lian with a handful of broken old bones, and that's all he asked for.

"They are all hard-working people. I am very satisfied if I can not be taken into a prisoner-of-war camp by your country as a plunder." He said with gratitude: "Powerful and kind general, the spirit of the universe will bless you."

"You are too polite. Those with weapons are predators, and now they are also prisoners of war, but you are just victims. Of course, the conditions are limited now, and you can only manage the law and order by yourself."

"This is what it should be. In addition, we have no complaints about your army's work that requires cooperation."

Yu Lian rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "There's no need to be idle. Just follow the previous production plan, you should live, you should work, and everything is ready. The produced concentrate can be collected, and I will help you Find a outlet."

The old man couldn't help but laugh.He and his "folks" are used to working as slave labor, but they really don't expect the dug ore to be sold for money, it's nothing more than expropriation by another owner.However, the other party's ability to speak like this already seemed very tender.

"So, what's your plan in the future?" Yu Lian asked again.

General Lomba really showed very obvious hesitation this time, and then said with a little expectation and a tentative tone: "The more than [-] people here are all slave labor. They have been together for so many years. We managed to survive until today by hugging each other for warmth... Some children were even born on the working boat. Although everyone comes from various ethnic groups, in fact, only when we are together can we feel a little bit like a fellow villager."

Yu Lian immediately understood what he meant, and said again: "After confirming your respective identities, contact your home country, and your identities should be restored."

The old man shook his head and said: "Some people don't dare to have identities, some people don't have identities, if some people regain their identities, it will cause trouble for people in the country, right?"

It seems that this old man has had some stories before.

Yu Lian thought, and then said: "Then, come and go as you please. Anyone who wants to go home can register with my subordinates and contact the country. If you don't have this idea, just stay."

"Leave?"

"Yes, as I said, continue to follow your previous production plan, eat, sleep, and dig. For the time being, you will self-govern, and I will provide security. After a while, a more professional municipal management team will be sent. At that time, everyone will be able to join the nationality of a community by the way." Yu Lian laughed and gave the old man a thumbs up: "Don't worry, people on Earth are also human beings, but unlike the coquettish sluts of the Alliance Empire, we really don't have The racism bug."

(End of this chapter)