Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

Shortly after it left, the ship's power pipelines broke free of old carbon deposits, and the sound of the turbine system overcoming long-term decay and struggling to resume operation spread throughout the giant ship. She was panting, struggling, and wailing, but in Amidst this wailing, this giant ship took its first leap forward in decades.

"Raise the sails! Stutifila will sail on her final route. Dario, my child, tell me, is there a port in Iberia that can berth this Fool!"

"...I'm sorry...No..." Daario felt mixed emotions at the moment. The once prosperous navigation technology and the once glorious country of thousands of ports were now reduced to the point where they could not provide even a reluctant ship for the ships returning from the voyage. The extent of the shelter that can accommodate it.

"Then tell me where the nearest land is!" But Captain Alfonso was not discouraged at all.

Dario told the old captain the exact location of Glenfalot, and then watched in silence as he took out the compass and sextant.

"I will drive her to the beach at Glenfalot and try my best to save this ship. She is the last legacy of that era. Even I cannot bear to let this great and glorious relic be lost to me. Being buried with a stranger as a failed commander-in-chief is not the ending she deserves! And I think modern Iberia will need this gift from the old times to some extent. Children, be kind to her and protect her, even if you have to Pay the price with blood! Don’t let me down!”

The whistle that had sounded only a few hours ago in 60 years once again sounded a high-pitched cry. Along with the trajectory left by the impact of the propeller on the water, this time, Stutifila truly embarked on her own return. Countryside journey.This final journey home.

The Stutifila is a giant ship with a displacement of well over [-] tons. Even though it uses a lot of advanced metallurgical technology from Agor, it has a structural strength that even exceeds that of the battleships and super aircraft carriers of the Cold War era.But even if we hit the beach at the speed of our current sick state, there is almost no possibility of resuming sailing. However, this is the best way to preserve this precious heritage for future generations. This is an extremely sad ending. , is also the choice of the Iberians themselves, and it is also the best choice for them.

"The Golden age will return again~!" Alpha took out a Spanish guitar, plucked the strings, and played a song from a Spanish folk song, written for the Fool. At this moment, she had no right to interfere with this. The choice made by the legend of old Iberia, all she should do was to see him off.

87. It’s time to wake up, this is not a game of house!

Saint Carmen and Mayor Thiago stood on the seaside square of Granfalo with mixed emotions, looking at the huge stern ship in the distance, loudly and loudly sounding its whistle, towards the land that had been destroyed by that scene. Shallow seas washed in from the bombing cleansed offshore.For the two old men, the meaning of the ship's current course is obvious, and the steady progress of the near-Earth vehicles flying around the ship with the identification signal of the Star of Life means that this Flooding is carried out under human control.

"The Stutifila...she really hasn't sunk yet..." Mayor Tiago, who had already understood the truth of what happened back then through Carmen's narration, finally chose to let go of what happened back then, looked at the ship. For people of his generation, there was a lot of emotion in his heart about the giant ship that only existed in old legends.

"The Tribunal only knew that she might still be floating on the sea, but they didn't expect that she had been floating so close to us." Facing Mayor Tiago, Carmen finally decided to selectively reveal some possible Make the news public.

He also remembered that before Alpha went to sea, he had discussed an issue with himself, that is, in the face of this war with the Haihei, whether the Inquisition should continue to strictly keep secrets from the people as it did in the past.

Before Alpha raised this question, Carmen had never thought about it from this perspective, whether civilians should also be exposed to and understand the challenges and threats the country is currently facing.

"I must say bluntly that your war thinking is still in the knightly stage of feudal society. It seems that the victory of a war depends only on the few elites who control the armed forces, and the troops and retinues attached to the elites. , faced by these people who only account for a very small part of the entire country's population. Maybe you can boast that this is a protection for the ignorant and blind people at the bottom. But I am curious, do you have Have you ever thought about why the Deep Sea Church can penetrate your lower society so easily."

At that time, Carmen shook her head. Even though Kelsey next to her kept winking at Alpha, not wanting her to continue the rather trespassing topic, Alpha continued to speak freely without caring.

"Because in Iberian society, the Iberian government, the Iberian Tribunal, all these authoritative institutions and representatives that can represent social orthodoxy and the country, have never been indifferent to the people at the bottom. You are strict In your opinion, blocking all knowledge about the Sea Heirs and the Deep Sea Church is to avoid providing publicity for their teachings and to prevent them from expanding their influence with the help of your education. But the fact is exactly the opposite. The authorities are indifferent, especially you. Never say why, they will only arrest anyone you think is a deep-sea cultist from anywhere, but the behavior of not giving any explanation to those believers and those around the suspect is itself an extremely high-pressure act that puts everyone in danger. A repressive reign of terror.”

Seeing Carmen's solemn expression as she was deep in thought, Alpha continued to fire without mercy, "As the ancients said, killing without teaching is called cruelty. Your long-term efforts to eliminate the deep-sea cultists will have a negative impact on the society composed of the vast number of people in Iberia. , did not play the positive role it should have, but instead caused long-term panic among people. Compared with a tribunal that never explains, never makes sense, conducts secret trials, and conducts secret executions, a court that is willing to provide help and promises future benefits and expectations , and even uses the power of the sea heirs to paint a beautiful ideal picture for its believers. Who do you think the people living in dire straits will choose?"

"But that's Hai Heir!"

"Even if they are heirs, Carmen, if you are ignorant, starve to death directly, or die in the trial of the Inquisition in the future, which one will you choose? I want you to ask yourself, have you really listened carefully to what I said before? What I told you?"

"what……"

"The war between humans and heirs is a cruel inter-species competition, a life-or-death war."

"Of course I will keep it in mind..."

"No, you don't understand what I want to express. This ecological and biological concept may not be easy for you to understand, so let me ask another way, if Iberia has a neighboring country , your two countries have basically the same land area, similar populations, and the technologies mastered by factories and scientific researchers are also similar."

"...Well, a very ideal hypothetical model."

"Then I ask you to imagine now, if Iberia and this country have a blood feud for generations, the kind of blood feud that cannot be resolved through politics and interest exchange, and now a war is about to break out between your two countries. Iberia remains The current situation, but that neighboring country, all the people in their country know that Iberia is their enemy, everyone is willing to join this Patriotic War, and they can clearly understand and realize that they are in this war Where they should be, soldiers, workers, doctors, farmers, and officials all perform their duties. They go to war with the current Iberia, who do you think can win?"

Carmen shook his head. He did not believe that such a country could exist on this land. However, as he has been in a high-level position in Iberia for many years, he was concerned about the operation of the country, the current situation of Iberia, as well as national strength, population, etc. We all have a fairly clear understanding of the key elements.He looked at Alpha's very serious eyes, and finally decided to abandon all stubborn perceptions of reality and think about it in the hypothetical situation she had preset for herself.

Iberia will surely be defeated in such a war... Iberia still has hundreds of towns and millions of people, but since the passing of the golden age, the Iberian government's central execution capabilities have also declined. With no return, most city-states have regained a considerable degree of self-control and turned into a mess.And suppose that a country with hundreds of towns and millions of people could unite under the banner of one voice and one will...

It is impossible for Iberia to fight against it unless it can regain the glory of its golden age more than 60 years ago.

On this land, such a country has never appeared before, and all the wars that have developed to the present...

"The wars that have taken place on this land now are just grievances and conflicts of interest between royal powers, nobles, and conflicts of interest between several powerful families that represent ancient inheritance. This way. The battles in Iberia today are enough to easily deal with the tens of thousands of disciplinary troops and hundreds of elite inquisitors with powerful combat capabilities maintained in order to deal with the current threat of the Haihei."

"But, going back to the very beginning, the war between humans and Hai Hei will never respect the rules of the game between nobles. Hai Hei is not a beast, but a civilization that exists in another form. For you, It must be understood this way, and this civilization, for its own survival and its own reproduction, its entire ethnic group has devoted itself to this war with humans."

88.Iberia’s last chance

The sea heirs that attacked and penetrated Iberia are not the main population of this species at all. Otherwise, based on the biomass that Terra's vast ocean can support, even if the sea heirs only account for one percent of it, they Any harassment-level offensive is enough to completely submerge the entire Iberia.

The Agor people in the ocean relied on their strong technology and industrial strength to hold back most of the descendants of land civilization. However, they did not master the method of breaking the situation and turning defeat into victory. They used biotechnology to create eccentric weapons. The Deep Sea Hunters, the so-called killing of Poseidon, bought some insignificant time for them to eventually perish under Hai Si's offensive.

There is no need to go deep into the ocean to investigate, just getting some information from the mouths of Gladia and the captured Ulbian is enough to draw this conclusion.

And things have developed to such a point. If the country of Iberia, especially the Iberian Tribunal, still stubbornly believes that it can win this battle without relying on the broad masses of the people and relying solely on the elite troops they have cultivated. Words of victory in the war.Alpha didn't mind taking over Iberia before the Heirs, lest the millions of people and the biomass contained in agricultural products that could feed them, as well as various technological creations, would end up being cheap to the Heirs.

During this conversation at the seaside square, Alpha had no intention of waiting for Saint Carmen's answer. She just very generously threw away all the conclusions she wanted to tell him, and then expressed regret for his misfortune and anger at him. He shook his head and left with an undisputed expression.Carmen had mixed feelings in his heart, and then he stood on the edge of the seaside square higher up, watching Alpha split the sea into two with a wave of his halberd, and fell into deeper silence.

"Abandoning the broad masses of the people like worn-out shoes, one day you will have to pay an unimaginable price, even if you are actually on the same side of humanity as they are. Internal conflicts are always more acute than external threats. Think about it Carmen, I really don’t want things to get to the point where I need to fight another preventive war.”

……

"Alpha..." Looking at the giant ship rushing towards the beach, Carmen couldn't hide the complicated tangle in his heart. He could hear the increasingly noisy noises coming from the isolation area. His powerful hearing and perception even allowed him to distinguish clearly. The words of those people.The people did not think that Stutifila was a precious legacy of the golden age. Among the rumors and speculations, he only heard two theories.

Some people think that it is the Haihe's activity lair, while others think that it is the Agor warship that came to take revenge.

"What on earth have you seen..."

"Do you need me to appease the people?" Mayor Tiago, who looked equally complicated beside him, sighed.

"Go... tell them about Stutifila and the old times. Explain as much as you can."

After hearing Carmen's arrangements, the old mayor walked with a heavy heart and heavy steps towards the isolation and resettlement area in the square, where the noise was the loudest.

……

No matter how Carmen thinks about the series of questions raised by Alpha and what decisions he plans to make, after all, those things cannot directly have a broad and far-reaching effect at the moment.Carmen knew that Alpha deliberately stated everything in plain words, wanting to tell herself that Iberia still had a chance to save the situation, or at least be more prepared to face challenges. time.

Carmen also remembered Alpha saying that she would use a war to fight for 50 years of peace for land civilization. He believed that she would put these bold words into practice, but even if Iberia had 50 more years...

The truths that Alpha told were both profound and simple. Before this, even Carmen, who was most worried and struggling about the fate of the Iberian country, had never thought about it.Now Carmen is chewing on those theories that are too exciting for an old man like him, but even if it is just a rough taste, the truth behind them is also presented to Carmen.

If we do not rely on the vast number of people in Iberia, then even if we give Iberia another 500 years, we will not be able to reverse the current situation.The seemingly glamorous and powerful army and the rigorous tribunal are actually weak from outside. They have no ability to utilize the resources of Iberia. It is even said that what they maintain now is just a glamorous cover.

However, Alpha did not say how to do it. Judging from her expression, she seemed to have no hope that she could understand what she said, or she simply didn't care whether she could understand what she said.

I have long been an existence in the existing system of Iberia. It is even said that my life has been extended by the Tribunal at all costs and my life has been maintained to this day. Is it still the courage and strength to reorganize the state religion into the Tribunal as it was back then? Said something else.

I have been fighting with my life to stand up for Iberia, but because of this, I became the biggest beneficiary of that change, standing at the pinnacle of power, and extending my life...

Alpha is metaphorizing to himself that Iberia needs a complete change, but by that time, he can really...

Saint Carmen was silent, watching the giant ship getting closer and closer from far away on the horizon. Her high bow crushed the wild waves sweeping the sea, under the storm clouds condensed by the mechanical behemoth. , advancing without hesitation amidst the violent ocean currents, launching his own and final charge back home towards the coastline of Iberia that had retreated countless times.

Until the giant ship was getting closer and closer in his field of vision, until the huge impact sound and the trembling roar filled the sky resounded in his ears. The wail of metal deformation and the shaking of the ship's hull shook the place. A land that has long since shed all its tears.

Carmen raised her head, looking at the last legacy of the golden age, and at the countless waves crushed behind her.Thousands of sails passed by, but the waves remained the same.The waves remain the same, and the warriors who ride the waves never give up fighting the sea for their lives.

"Hahahaha!" Carmen looked up to the sky and laughed. The Iberian saint pulled out the sword from his waist and used it to smash a rock in front of him. Then he raised his head and looked at the giant ship, the mast on the bow of the giant ship. They are already close to where they are, casting shadows on themselves.

"Old age cannot be an excuse for me to give up the fight. For Iberia, I will go through it even if it means mountains of swords and seas of fire."

89. Black technology and diving suits

"Are you ready to hit the water, everyone?"

At the beginning, on the sea where the Fool was wandering, there was a floating platform created out of thin air. Alpha looked at the people around him.The near-Earth vehicle has delivered them new equipment for operations and combat in the sea. The auxiliary robots and arriving staff are busy installing new equipment for all personnel who will participate in the operation.

The Grand Inquisitor and the Little Inquisitor also received a set of equipment, but the equipment they received was not powered armor. The powered armor equipped by the special operations forces requires a long period of training and running-in before the users can wear it safely. Use, and they now, obviously don't have that time.

Therefore, Alpha specially asked the transport fleet to send two sets of UEG government's heavy-duty power diving suits from the manufacturing base in Siesta. The set of pressure-resistant diving suits was designed using a force feedback structure instead of a neural connection structure. Compared with the technically complex military power armor, it is very easy to get started and is more suitable for people without any experience.

After Xu Yu helped the little bird Elini get into the diving equipment that was a little too big for her, she made a final inspection of the armor on her body.

Alpha's modification design for this set of power armor based on sky garden technology for underwater activities is so radical that it is difficult for ordinary people to understand. When replacing the underwater combat module, the armor needs to remove all protective equipment and armor. Assemblies, only the innermost power suit and biochemical lining are retained, and then the underwater combat modules are re-draped and installed.

The added external structure is almost integrated with the electronic muscle bundles of the power suit that fit the body. The touch is close to some high-molecular polymers, but the surface is smooth and has unexpected elasticity and plasticity.Alpha has not given any explanation at all for the nano-reconstruction technology used in this new armor shell. After it is installed, it will not only integrate with the power layer and buffer layer of the power suit at the bottom of the power armor, but also change the entire power layer. The nature of armor.

This unknown nanotechnology will temporarily turn the entire set of power armor into a part of the user's body without side effects. Through fully automatic and intelligent deformation and flow field control, magnetic flow control devices throughout the body, combined with the installed underwater propulsion detector and detector modules, as well as a motion-assisted control AI that is so perfectly designed that users will not even notice its existence. The complete architecture from hardware to software allows users to operate quickly and freely even on the seabed. movement and perception.

People with ordinary physical functions like Xu Yu and Doctor, with the help of new equipment, can keep up with the movements of powerful deep-sea hunters like Skadi.

In order to drive this series of powerful functions, the power armor has been replaced with a new energy backpack, and the original filtration/short-life internal circulation life support device has been changed to an oxygen circulation regeneration breathing system suitable for activities in the ocean.

The originally calm and heavy armor has changed in appearance to an elegant and smooth streamlined shape, and the overall appearance is more compact, but the protective performance has not been reduced at all. Even because the current armor material itself can release a nano-grid shield suitable for underwater use, It also has extremely high self-healing and combat-injury rescue capabilities for users, and actually has stronger protection and endurance performance.

However, even if this set of things is made by Alpha, it still has a fatal flaw, because the active editable nanometer tissue will inevitably decay and deteriorate, and an excessively high power output peak will cause Pressuring the energy frame of the original power suit, the installation of this set of modifications will reduce the service life of the entire power armor from hundreds of hours to 24 hours.

This turned the power armor, which was already very precious and quite a few parts even required Alpha's own manufacturing, from a durable consumable into a real consumable.

While reading these parameters, the doctor looked at Alpha's painful eyes. He knew very well that this equipment looked extremely beautiful, but if no improvements were made, this operation would become its final swan song.Alpha has always been very domineering, but he will not waste his precious resources where unnecessary.

Wait a moment……

The doctor suddenly realized something. Alpha was squandering resources in a place like this, wishing that everyone had a chance to go into the water. The number of people who are going to go into the water now has even begun to add a lot of unnecessary pressure to the security of her and her intelligent machine army. .Does this mean that just below the sea where Stutifela has been wandering for more than 60 years, there is something that she thinks everyone must go and see?

"Boss, the deep and shallow equipment of all personnel involved in the next operation at sea have been prepared, and the data link has been connected according to the standard interface. Do you want to go through it again?" Koloff did not change the equipment for the submersible operation. Next, land Regarding the matters above, the Life Star needs him as its representative.He directed the team that had not come to continue the operation, but there were not enough manpower at the moment. As the first person on the Life Star to obtain the qualification of a power armor maintenance technician, he was also here for the preparation activities here.

"Well, well done, Koloff, take the support personnel and prepare to retreat. This place is about to become a battlefield."

Koloff didn't hesitate at all. Alpha's orders at this time were never wrong, and without the equipment for sea combat, he and the technicians transferred from Siesta could not play any role on this temporary platform.

The engineers quickly left this temporarily constructed floating platform under the orderly transfer of near-Earth aircraft. In the sky, the sound of the engines of near-Earth aircraft was still endless, but this time, the flying The aircraft have no cargo bays. These heavy-duty helicopters with four ducted fans are fully equipped with anti-sea weapons.

Alpha stood in the center of the platform and signaled everyone to get ready to go into the water, but now, it was not the time to go into the water.With the help of ocean currents and ripples, she greatly expanded her perception. The previous battle at Glenfalot and the massacre on the Fool could not help but alert more monsters lurking in the depths of the sea, even if they could not get the information. , the sudden disappearance of a large number of ethnic groups will also arouse their vigilance. At that time, Amaya and the heirs around her were obviously not doing anything.

"A large number of Haiji swarms are approaching. Be prepared for battle, but don't worry. Keshira and I will take care of it."

Alpha didn't want these partners to fall into a battle with the nearly endless heirs so soon, but they couldn't let down their vigilance because of this. The road ahead would not be peaceful.

The king whale Keshira jumped up from the sea and let out a loud whale song. Then the ocean tide intensified again, with lightning and thunder, and the wind and clouds moved suddenly.

"Alfa, can you prepare a submarine next time you come to the sea?" The doctor shrugged and complained, trying to dilute the tense atmosphere.

"It's being built, it's being built, there are sparks coming out of Siesta's slipway." Alpha also answered humorously, but Siesta's dry dock is currently building the second Dragon King. Whale, 002 Kraken, she has not completed the configuration of the submarine yet.

90.Ulbian

In Glenfalot, Ulbian and Koloff, who were wearing electronic shackles, stood on the promenade of the seafront square near the sea, looking at the ocean in the distance.I don’t know if the weather in this sea area is controlled by Alpha or her giant mechanical whale. It is gradually showing a wanton and crazy attitude. The cloud wall in the sky is gathering, condensing a huge storm that envelopes the entire area. However, that storm The wall of cloud is not close to the surface, it remains thousands of meters high, and not a drop of rain has fallen yet.

Not to mention such a strange phenomenon, the most amazing thing is that in the center of the eye of the storm, the clouds are almost illuminated by dense lightning, and the lightnings fall like a barrage of cannons crazily towards the sea, covering the sea area together. The light shines brightly.

At this moment, Ulbian had already put away his contempt for the group of people belonging to the Star of Life. He knew that they were under the leadership of Alpha, who had power that the Argor people could not even understand. It is far beyond the era of terrestrial civilization, and even surpasses Agor's scientific knowledge and corresponding technological productivity.And they take threats from the ocean far more seriously than they imagine.

What is stirring up the storm in the ocean at this moment is a powerful god and the terrifying beasts she raises. That round of bombings directly turned dozens of kilometers of coastline along Glenfalot into something that even the heirs could not cross. In the death zone, this kind of firepower is no longer something that mortals can bear.In front of her, Ulbian truly realized for the first time his own shallowness and arrogance.

"I'm talking about Ulbian," Koloff, wearing power armor, patted the shoulder of the man who still had scarlet lines on his body with his big hand with armored gauntlets, "Now you still want to tear apart our lives. Star?"

"No, I was too arrogant. I made such a decision rashly without any consideration." Ulbian admitted his problem cleanly. He thought that the Star of Life was a group of people. It is not unheard of for a lunatic to have mastered some of the ancestors' technologies and then arrogantly believed that he could fight against or even master the power of Hai Hei.

"I hope you have really thought about it clearly. You should be glad that you did not hurt the girls who were left in the car, otherwise I would not have a chance to chat with you."