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The ground suddenly began to tremble slightly, as if invisible waves were coming from afar. Everyone reacted by looking up at the sky to see if there were any "disaster clouds". Before a natural disaster begins, atmospheric Originium particles will condense and form eerie disaster clouds that look like dark clouds.

"Ah, an earthquake!" The tremors reached their peak a few minutes later, and the earth undulated like waves. The not-so-sturdy lampstands collapsed with a crash, and the houses in the infected settlement were also leaning to one side. Unsecured tools and objects bounced and fell to the ground, making a series of cracking and colliding sounds.

"Look at the sky!" The clouds seemed to be torn apart by some force, forming countless triangles pointing in a certain direction. The wispy clouds resembled a jagged ring encircling a certain point, with their long, thin ends extending into the distance.

After screaming and warning for a long time, the mining gravity bomb at the cargo hold floor finally detonated. Xia Lin did not set it to "waste disposal" but "mining detonation". After detecting the surrounding Covenant equipment and cargo ship structure, the built-in scanner automatically paused the detonation program and started alarming.

After approximately five minutes of continuous alarms confirming the absence of Covenant personnel, the detonation procedure resumed.

However, instead of completing the normal detonation process, it was a destruction process to prevent the Covenant Graviton Device from being lost.

Graviton degeneracy begins, and a miniature gravitational black hole appears at the center of the degenerate gravitons. Initially, the outer shell of the spherical bomb collapses inward, and then everything inside the cargo hold flies along a spiral trajectory toward the gravitational center, while the keel of the spaceship creaks.

The sturdy interstellar alloy can temporarily withstand the weakest tidal forces, but it cannot withstand the rocks and ground outside the ship.

The rocks cracked with a crisp sound, and debris, including scaffolding, buildings, and barbed wire torn from the ground, surged toward the bottom of the warehouse.

The earth trembled and roared. As the rock tectonic plates fractured and the warehouse began to collapse inward, the geological stress was violently released, turning into a massive earthquake.

The earth cracked open, and the air howled as it surged toward the ground. Amidst the howling winds and countless flying debris, even the Akur, which was undergoing repairs on the edge, was sent flying toward the bottom of the pit, crashing heavily onto the cargo hold before being buried by dust, mud, and rubble.

After everything was over, the excavation site had turned into a strange hemispherical rock block, with cracks in the surrounding ground in many places. Various sites had been fused with the rock in a water-like manner, pressed firmly into this spherical rock.

According to the normal detonation process, Ursus should theoretically witness the "earthquake" scene, with the crust within a five-kilometer radius being turned up and twisted towards the center. Magma would be attracted and break through the crust's barrier to gush out, and the entire ground would float, crack, and become a giant magma pool in the magma spring, just like a lava planet.

The spherical mass of material, compressed into a small ball by the adsorption, will quickly fall into the lava lake after the explosion and disappear completely. However, a normal mining bomb should be air-detonated, not buried underground.

The tidal force of an airburst directly tears a mountain and the surrounding crust apart, turning it into a pile of rubble, which is then pulled by a gravity tractor towards the mining processing ship on track—this is the correct way to "blast mountains for mining".

It is typically used on mining planets where the minerals are of low value and not worth mining through planetary pyrolysis. It is also used on a small number of colony planets containing high-value rich mineral veins, where geological terraforming is carried out while mining is being done.

However, this is only the lowest-powered destruction process, which can only create a loose rock sphere with a diameter of less than 300 meters, and due to geological stress, induce a major earthquake of about magnitude 7.

For the Terrans, earthquakes are a minor problem. Most of them don't have permanent buildings on the ground, so earthquakes don't cause them much damage. Houses that survived the tremors of a moving city are obviously unlikely to collapse in an earthquake.

"Alright, it seems the bomb exploded normally, but the power was much less than I expected..."

Xia Lin looked at the ring-shaped sawtooth clouds in the sky, a unique celestial phenomenon produced by gravity weapons within the atmosphere.

"The Ursus people behind are still chasing us; they don't seem to have any intention of giving up..."

Although the distance between them gradually increased, they continued to pursue relentlessly and constantly used radio to call in other Ursus troops in the surrounding area to intercept them.

"Actually, you shouldn't have destroyed all of those bombs; you should have left one lying around on the road..."

"Then we'd be the biggest terrorists in Ursus' history, and I never expected our attacks to be so weak."

Xia Lin rolled her eyes. The Hercules was in pretty good condition, but the tires were not so optimistic. Its tires were not designed for racing in the wilderness, but for use in the smooth environment inside the ship.

"Aren't we the biggest terrorists in Ursus' history?" Ivan retorted. They had successfully annihilated most of Ursus' armored division and escaped from a heavily besieged area. Now, Ursus' military force chasing them numbered at least 100,000, and that was only because Ursus dared not spare more manpower due to border conflicts and defense pressures.

“That makes sense, but how far are we from the coastline you mentioned? I don’t have a map…”

"I don't have any either. Anyway, if I run southeast, I'll eventually get there."

Two weeks later, after a full two weeks of pursuit, the last vehicle in the land fleet finally broke down and stopped. They could only watch as the vehicle, which had been running almost nonstop for two weeks, disappeared below the horizon of the wasteland. The Ursus military had to admit that they had completely let those damned rebels get away.

The strongmen slowly advanced northwest along the coastline. This time, no one was chasing them, so they could relax a little.

It has to be said, these Ursus people are really amazing. They were hanging in the car for two weeks, surviving entirely on liquid nutrient solution, and they still had the strength to speak.

They had almost no time to rest along the way. They could only let people get out of the car to take care of their personal needs when they had enough distance between them, and then get back in the car and continue running. As the chase became closer and closer, when they were only surviving on liquid nutrition, even personal needs could be largely ignored.

"How much longer can Dad hold on? I'm a little worried about him..."

"At least six months. You need to have confidence in my skills..."

"Aren't you a veterinarian?"

"But aren't you beastmen?" Xia Lin felt that perhaps his major was actually relevant, especially since the Patriots seemed to have more beasts than humans. Wasn't veterinary medicine a perfect fit for him? Although his veterinary license never involved such strange creatures.

"Can these devices really save Dad?"

"Theoretically possible," Xia Lin said, but she didn't dare to make a guarantee. No one can make guarantees about medical matters, and it's not impossible that the patient might not survive.

"There are autologous cloning devices here that can replace your father's crystallized internal organs, as well as some artificial organs that can replace the burned parts. Most importantly, there are devices for producing sterile nano-coatings, which are essential equipment for dealing with whole-body burns from industrial equipment."

Patriot's injuries looked terrible, but they were still within the scope of the Covenant's response to industrial accidents and injuries. It was just that Xia Lin himself lacked confidence in performing the surgery.

Since few city routes pass by the coast except for the Iberians, Xia Lin and his group didn't see many people along the way. It wasn't until they turned west and re-entered the northeastern territory of Ursus that small-scale mobile villages began to appear.

Since they estimated that everyone was on the wanted list, they avoided these villages and settlements to avoid being discovered by the Ursus people that the group had sneaked back.

When they stepped into the northern snowfields once again, fine snowflakes began to fall from the sky, signaling the imminent arrival of winter.

For more than a month, Ursus has stopped clearing northwards and instead continued searching southwards and eastwards, establishing a new blockade line around the snowfield. The previous "excavation site incident" caused the Ursus military to lose face and completely lose face.

An entire army group, along with the forces of other legions, blocked the site for more than two weeks, but failed to capture a single person. In addition, the excavation site and ruins were completely destroyed, and a large number of troops and an armored land-based ship were lost.

This sparked a wave of public opinion in the international community, with everyone discussing whether Ursus's military strength was merely a facade, and what kind of guerrilla force and tactics were used to achieve such a feat.

The ensuing consequences were that infected individuals in various countries were also encouraged to use violence and weapons to resist, putting the entire society on the verge of sitting on a lit powder keg.

Upon receiving this news, the Emperor of Ursus angrily smashed everything at hand, and immediately recalled the two army groups stationed along the Sami line to their homeland. He also established a blockade line along the entire northern snowfield—only allowing people to leave, not enter!

He was convinced that the rebels would find a way to circle back to their stronghold in the north, back to the snowfields they knew so well that Ursus would never send a large force into.

To further restrict their activities, the emperor closed most of the mines in the north, leaving only those near the south as bait to lure the infected people. The infected were then moved to the southern region to build the blockade.

Besides capturing these terrifying terrorists to wash away their shame, the Ursus military also had another objective: to acquire the powerful weapon in their possession. With a weapon capable of blowing up the entire excavation site and ruins, the Ursus army would become the most powerful military force in the world, and the whole world would have to submit to the iron boots of Saint-Germain and the Ursus nobles.

What the military fears more now than these people jumping out and making headlines one day is that if they pull off a heist, they can go into hiding, even selling their weapons to Rembitox merchants who will sell or buy anything for a price. After turning the money into cash, they can get plastic surgery and change their identities in places like Lungmen or Siesta, and then achieve financial freedom and live a carefree life.

If these people continue to cause trouble, continue to attack mines, and destroy cities and ruins, they will eventually become the biggest piece of trash on Terra, an enemy of the world. This is actually less frightening to the military, as they can handle it even if the military raises its flag and declares independence.

However, the most terrifying thing is that they would finish one job and then stop, divide the money and go their separate ways. What's even more terrifying is that they would transform themselves into Victorian privateers or Iberian explorers, using these weapons and forces to gain an official position.

That would probably be the worst news of the year for Ursus. In fact, things were already bad enough; the Emperor didn't even bother to hold a proper Rebirth Festival this year, and it was only because the Queen insisted that they should cover things up with a grand celebration at this time.

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Chapter 41

Ursus established numerous outposts in the north and stationed personnel at each outpost.

At the same time, a large number of combat squads were dispatched to patrol and search the area. These squads, selected from mine guards, Sarkaz mercenaries, and some third-rate garrisons, had only one mission and role: to act as live surveillance cameras.

However, both the high-ranking military officers in charge of the blockade and the Emperor of Ursus knew one thing: this approach was better than nothing, merely a way to show that Ursus was not a coward who would not fight back after being slapped in the face, and to put on a show of the Northern Angry Bear's strength and temper while bargaining.

"The Crown Prince recently accompanied a relief convoy to the 'Ground Zeroes' to comfort the victims. According to statistics, tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers perished in this attack led by extremist terrorists and former Ursus rebels. Faced with the corpses scattered across the wasteland, the Crown Prince wept and stated that the royal family would do everything in its power to eliminate these terrorists and avenge the dead..."

"No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the explosion at 'Ground Zeroes.' The Ursus government explains it as an attack on the excavation site by a group of former rebels, which damaged the ruins and triggered the explosion. Governments reiterate that the ancient ruins are the wealth of all Terra, and no organization or individual may arbitrarily excavate or damage them. They condemn any act of vandalism against the ruins..."

"Nonsense!" Ivan wanted to throw the radio in his hand, but after thinking about it, he couldn't bring himself to do it. They had spent a lot of money to get this radio, and only he and a few others had it, which was used to understand the political situation and military movements in Ursus.

“Keep listening. Speaking of which, I’m also receiving more radio signals. Should we relay them?” Lux’s radio receiving system is not the kind of toy Ivan has.

"Frequent clashes have occurred on the Sami border. Small groups of imperial aggressors are invading our homeland. All Sami youths and compatriots, take up arms and resist!"

"The Victorian authorities called on both the Ursus Empire and the Sami to exercise restraint and remain calm in order to maintain stability in the Eastern Sami region. The Victorian government offered to provide an opportunity for both sides to communicate and mediate."

"Kill those aristocratic hyenas and maggots! Hang all the scabs and their bosses on the lampposts! Rembiton belongs to the working class!" Ah, this…

Xia Lin never expected to receive such a radio communication. Could this be the so-called "call of the times"?

"It sounds like the Empire is preparing to invade Sami to save face. By the way, where is Sami?"

"A small country in the southwest of Ursus, mainly engaged in agriculture and forestry, with a snowy climate. We fought a war there before..."

"Sounds like a combination of Ukraine and Finland..." Xia Lin scratched his head. So this is an alien version of the Crimean War?

What are Ukraine and Finland?

"Ah, our two small countries, one was swallowed up by the European Community, and the other by the Russian Federation. To be honest, if there hadn't been some unexpected events, one of them was on the verge of death, and the other was already dead but not quite. In the end, they both came back to life. Isn't that interesting?"

"More incomprehensible terms and phrases." Ivan had given up on investigating the problem further.

"The Lungmen market remains largely stable. Governor Wei stated that reforms will be implemented to Lungmen's financial exchange business to adapt to the needs of the new era. Experts claim that the Lungmen coin may experience a decline due to these stringent regulatory policies..."

"Lungmen Dollars?"

"Yes, it's the currency issued by Lungmen, an autonomous and open city of the Great Yan. Since they don't move around much and occupy international trade channels, merchants have always liked to use this stuff. I still have some here."

Ivan took out some small blue banknotes, which were basically the same as modern banknotes in structure. They even had anti-counterfeiting watermarks and a black metallic thread embedded in the paper. The denomination was a standard thousand-yuan note, with an abstract dragon head printed on one side and the denomination in large characters on the other side, which looked a bit like Chinese characters.

"One thousand yuan, it seems the purchasing power is quite low." As for circulating banknotes, the larger the face value, the more banknotes of that face value are needed in actual use, which means that the purchasing power of the banknotes is not high. It may take several thousand yuan to buy an item worth several hundred yuan or even tens of yuan.

In comparison, Xia Lin felt that the purchasing power of the star coins she used was quite high. Of course, the purchasing power of interstellar society's currency is not meaningful when compared with that of a backward place, but that doesn't prevent users from making their own comparisons.

"Fortunately, Lungmen Dollars can be used in many places, but Ursus's currency, apart from metal coins such as gold and silver coins, is basically useless elsewhere."

"Then it has become the de facto international settlement currency."

"Speaking of which, didn't you mention star coins before? Can I take a look? Can you even spend that stuff?"

“No, that’s not physical currency. You can think of it as some kind of merit or similar record. There’s no question of whether it can be spent or not, unless there’s a device here that can access my account.” Xia Lin gave Ivan a meaningful look.

If Star Coins can be spent, it means they are still on the Star Alliance interstellar network. Why would he need to manually manipulate this and that, and risk his life to search through wreckage?

People two centuries ago knew to order online and buy things directly. In interstellar society, there won't even be a courier service, and we'll have to stuff a bunch of industrial data into the terminal and then manually process it with equipment. Isn't that a step backward?

Fortunately, Xia Lin is the pioneer type of professional and brought the necessary offline equipment. Although the cloud blueprint library is completely destroyed and he has to create it manually, at least he has received training, has equipment, and is capable of doing it. If it were an ordinary Star Alliance citizen, he would probably be crying like a baby right now.

All the wealth, more than half of the skills and knowledge are on the cloud network, stored in interstellar society. This allows for convenient utilization of the achievements and wisdom of the entire civilization and society. But if it's left here and the network is cut off... it might not even be as useful as a fart spirit.

The blockade established by Ursus was useless to Xia Lin and his group because they did not take the "road" that normal people would think of. Their mechanical feet with suction cups switched from wheeled to walking mode, directly traversing the cliffs and mountains that the Ursus people considered difficult or impossible to cross, and successfully passed through the blockade into the snowfield area.

When Xia Lin returned to the farm, winter had already arrived, and the snowfield had turned from colorful to pure white in just a few days. The blockade and search missions in Ursus had to be terminated due to the weather.

In particular, the Academy of Sciences, after investigating the atomic bomb site, concluded that no weapon could have achieved such a feat, and the rebels did not demonstrate such power or force during the pursuit. Therefore, experts unanimously believe that this was caused by the triggering of some dangerous artifact within the ruins.

Furthermore, they reiterated that allowing these crude military men to lead the excavation and utilization of the ruins could very likely lead to similar crises again. Faced with dazzling data and detailed case studies, the emperor chose to trust these scholars rather than those military nobles who were eager to pick a fight with any enemy.

In fact, the emperor had realized that these people were not only a cancer to Ursus, but were also about to become a cancer to the royal family. When the national army was more powerful than usual in the hands of these dukes and marquises, the only reason the emperor was still the emperor was that their interests could not be unified and a person with power, status and prestige was needed to mediate.

This fragile balance of power was difficult to maintain indefinitely, so my grandfather created a council of nobles, which allowed some local nobles and honorary nobles without fiefs to wrestle with them, thus politically dividing their power.

The father began to promote officers from commoner and minor noble families on a large scale, attempting to establish a balance of power. However, these measures all failed.

Those who were mixed in were not fools. In the absence of sufficient violence to resist, they quickly succumbed to the military nobles, and the same was true for the minor noble officers. What the emperor could give, the dukes could give as well, and even more. So, to whom would they pledge their allegiance?

Therefore, we must now consider other means, namely, to establish a new army, an army and force that will never collude with these nobles. So who is the best target?

The answer is: infected person.