Ark Journey

Chapter 50: Destruction and Construction

Now, the Patriot was standing on the lifting platform with a group of people waiting for the signal to attack.

There are no new recruits in the current team, and they have only received a few days of training and are not yet ready to face high-intensity combat.

Looking at the images from the external monitor, Xue Zhi's clone in the team said:

"The mine isn't very big, I hope the attack goes smoothly."

The patriot beside him said:

"You don't actually have to come with me. My men and I are more than capable of dealing with those people. There are still many things in the city that require your wisdom to handle. They are things that rough people like us cannot solve."

"You think too highly of me, Patriot. Rather than trusting me to handle those problems, you should trust Tallulah and the selected cadres. I am just as rough as you. And if I come along, it will definitely reduce some of your casualties. Even though we haven't encountered any enemies yet, we will definitely encounter many in the future. You know the role of veterans in forming new troops without me telling you."

Actually, Xue Zhi had another purpose in coming along, which was to gain some points. Ever since he had the idea of building a city by hand, he felt that the points were not enough. This time when attacking the mine, he was going to send another clone to try to use the architect's workbench to scan the city and get a blueprint for future use.

My current points have reached about 700 million, mainly because I haven’t used them much since I got here, and the things I bought were all cheap.

After hearing this, the patriot shook his head. He felt that Xue Zhi was a little too modest.

"I think you have the ability, but it's up to you. Get ready for a fight. The mine is very close."

"Ah."

A mine stands on the pure white snowfield.

The lookouts on the periphery discovered that the mobile city was slowly approaching.

A sentry put down his telescope and chatted with his companions:

"Great! Someone finally came. Do you think we can get some wine and other food from there?"

"I hope so, but those people up there are really mean-spirited. The prices are so much higher than in the city."

"What else can we do? Apart from the mobile cities that come to collect Originium from time to time, the teams that come to deliver supplies only once every six months can bring some delicious food."

"Yeah, there's nothing to complain about. Being able to eat enough in the snow is a happy thing. Those infected people can't even get enough to eat."

"Why should a group of workers who are replaced as soon as they disappear need to eat enough?"

The sentry suddenly looked a little strange after hearing what his companion said.

"Maybe, but I always feel that they are also human beings, at least..."

Another sentry quickly stopped his companion from speaking, and he even looked around carefully.

"Brother, stop your dangerous thoughts. I don't want you to be thrown into the mines after being discovered by the commander. Just talk to each other. Don't say it in front of the commander."

The sentry wanted to say something, but the moving city not far away, which was beyond the prescribed distance but still approaching, made him alert.

"But...wait, why is this city so close!? This is against the operating rules!"

"what!"

boom!

The sound of the explosion masked the two men's confusion.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the attack, the Patriots, who stepped onto real land before the mobile city came to a complete stop, destroyed the wall of the mine with one blow. The continuously collapsing wall brought down the tower along with it.

"Warriors, follow me and charge."

"Yes!"

After the battle began, one of Xue Zhi's clones flew down from the city with the landmark and the architect's workbench.

After leveling the land, inserting the three landmarks, and making sure they could see each other and completely surrounded the city, he began to lay the stones.

"I hope it works. After all, this is a big thing that's over a hundred meters long."

Soon, Xue Zhi, who had finished everything, landed on the ground and turned on the landmark. In an instant, a huge red box suddenly appeared and surrounded the entire city.

"Hey, it works."

On the architect's workbench, the red box turned into a yellow and black construction line.

Energy pipeline laying. Because the blueprint for this time is very large, Xue Zhi replaced a lot of fuel engines for energy. Currently there are 128 engines. At the same time, he will increase the number based on the news from another clone participating in the attack to ensure that the mobile city will not wait for him.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the thick white lines representing energy appearing in the pipes and the architect's workbench starting to work.

"Hopefully soon."

The battle went smoothly, as there was not much resistance in this not-so-big mine.

After breaking through here, the people who had been waiting outside to collect supplies rushed in.

Part of the battle sequence returned to the mobile city first, suppressing the released infected people and some surrendered and incapacitated soldiers.

The Ursus soldiers would be thrown into prison, where their predecessors would tell them about the current situation and what they should do.

The infected people will live in a newly built large house for two days. During this period, the cadres and personnel responsible for this matter will provide them with psychological counseling, clothing, food, bathing, etc.

After this, there will be something like a grievance meeting, and the infected will identify which soldiers have committed the most heinous crimes. Then the Integration Movement will give them the punishment they deserve based on their crimes.

Finally, these people are supplemented to various places according to their talents. Because of Ursus' policy towards the infected, no matter who is infected with the ore disease, there is a high possibility that they will be thrown into the mine. So saving people here is to some extent like opening a blind box, and an SSR may pop out.

Only after going through all these things can one be considered to have officially joined the Integration Movement.

Xue Zhizhi, who was listening in on the process of new members joining the team, felt that Tallulah had learned a lot. Grievance meetings were an indispensable part of the CCP's grassroots approach.

After almost cleaning out the mine with all kinds of tools, the personnel responsible for collecting supplies reluctantly let it go.

The body of the deceased was placed in the mine after the dog tags and some things were removed. Xue Zhi then lit a fire and burned the things that could not be taken away here and the body into ashes.

On the other side, Xue Zhi finally finished the blueprint of the mobile city before the battle was over.

"It's time to go home."

After dismantling and storing all the equipment, Xue Zhi flew back to the mobile city.

The heavy snow fell again, soon dyeing the earth white again, and the huge city quietly hid its body in the wind and snow.

Xue Zhi, who had already obtained the blueprint, rubbed her hands in front of a large group of people without caring about her image.

"Let me see how many things are needed to build such a huge mobile city."

Although most people have returned to work, there is still enough space above to accommodate a one-meter-square device.

Many people are curious about Xue Zhi's behavior.

"Leader, what is this?"

“You can think of it as a library of drawings.”

After inserting the blueprint into the machine, Xue Zhi called up its operating panel.

"let me see......"

After the list of required materials was refreshed, Xue Zhi fell into silence as she looked at the long list.

"Can I just have the base?"

He tried to keep only the basic skeleton of the mobile city without all the buildings on the top layer. The materials needed were finally much less, but still frighteningly much.

After saving this blueprint with only the base, Xue Zhi sighed and said as if to comfort herself:

"That's fine. After all, it's the size of three aircraft carriers. It doesn't matter if we use more materials."

Chapter 51: Brother, Vanilla Mud

That night, in Xue Zhi's room, Alina, who came to drink with him, sat on both sides of the table in the room.

But after just two sips, the two of them squeezed together.

Sitting on one of Xue Zhi's legs, Alina leaned sideways and gently pushed the snacks on the table aside. A small laptop was placed on the empty desk, and several documents were displayed on the desktop.

"There have been a lot of things going on recently, but everything is still on track."

"Good."

Xue Zhi took a sip from the wine glass. Besides talking about love, they would also talk about serious matters while "drinking". At this time, Xue Zhi was usually the only one drinking, because alcohol could not interfere with his thoughts at all.

Sliding the touchpad, Alina slowly showed Xue Zhi all the work she had done in the past few days.

Ever since I taught Alina how to use a computer a few days ago, she has fallen in love with this powerful tool. Although she still uses the cute two-finger Zen when typing, it is much better than when Xue Zhi first taught her.

Xue Zhi, who was reading the work report at a glance, asked about the things she didn't see while holding a glass of wine.

"How is everyone's control of the drone monitoring system I set up?"

Currently, the central command tower has been transformed into an information and office center, with a large number of personnel and equipment moving in, including the drones released by Xue Zhi. A few days ago, he took the time to set up a server in the lower space to store and analyze the various data obtained.

Alina thought about it and added verbally:

"Yes, it is not difficult to master drones. We have also found many experts who are good at using drones to take up this position."

She is currently Tallulah's secretary, responsible for organizing large amounts of data and the status of various institutions.

Xue Zhi's position is rather strange. He plays a huge role in a large number of events and has extremely high authority, but he hardly participates in political affairs and does not hold any position. At most, he just makes some suggestions. Most people don't even know how to call him, and in the end they can only attribute the word "leader" to him.

So far, I have finished reading all the parts where progress has been relatively good, and the rest are the parts where progress is slow, or even where there is no progress at all.

"At present, there has been no major progress in the establishment of regulations and monetary systems. Xue Zhi, can't you go and help Tallulah?"

Having said that, Alina took her hands off the keyboard and hugged Xue Zhi's neck, pressing her pink lips together.

Xue Zhi put down the wine glass and hugged Alina's slender waist and sighed. Recently, some people in the integration movement had too many fantasies about him.

"I can't do anything about this, Alina. I'm a science major, not a literature major. If you ask me to kill someone, build a house, or research some technology, I can do it, but I have no idea how to deal with laws and currencies.

Moreover, if these things are not handled properly, it will cause great harm. I think it is better to let Tallulah try harder than for me to help. After all, she was trained as an heir by her father. The future Duchess can't be unable to handle such a small matter, right?"

If Black Snake didn't even teach Tallulah these things, then Xue Zhi's evaluation of this old thing would be lowered to another level.

Alina sighed after thinking back to her friend's burnt-out face and the gray hair that she often saw on and under the table.

"I don't really want to say it, but it seems like Tallulah can't handle that right now."

"Then let her push herself a little bit more. As the leader of the Reunion Movement, she must go through this process."

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Xue Zhi understands this principle.

Seeing that Xue Zhi had no intention of helping, Alina didn't say anything else. These were things they should handle themselves.

After putting away the computer, she took the wine glass and took a sip. Now that the business was done, it was time to relax with a drink.

Alina put down her wine glass and suddenly thought that Tallulah should still be struggling in the dormitory next door at this time. She just hoped that she didn't lose her hair again.

[Well, Tallulah, my good friend, I'm sorry I couldn't help you. ]

After letting Alina sit on her lap, Xue Zhi comforted her.

"But don't worry too much. There is still plenty of time. The integration movement is still far from the point where it will really need these things."

Looking at Xue Zhi's deep, clear eyes and handsome face so close to her, Alina blushed and gently pulled down her nightgown. She recalled what happened a few days ago when Xue Zhi taught her how to use the computer.

Most of the time Xue Zhi was a competent teacher, but because she was the student, Xue Zhi would touch her all over after each stage of teaching, and she herself could not help wanting to be intimate with Xue Zhi.

Seeing Alina suddenly become shy, Xue Zhi put her hand on her waist and laughed.

"What else did you think of?"

Their foreheads touched, and Alina, who had been hugging Xue Zhi's neck, bit her lips and whispered:

"You wouldn't know?"

Alina knew that Xue Zhi wanted to bully her again.

He used his arms to gently lift her body, and at the same time brought the two of them closer to the point where they could feel the slight lust in each other's breathing.

"I really don't know, how about Alina tell me?"

Although she said this, Xue Zhi had already slowly pressed her lips against Alina's soft lips, and she also answered this question with practical actions.

Their eyes were closed, but their five senses could tell that the other person was right in front of them.

A light and elegant fragrance filled the air around the small chair. The two of them had become somewhat engrossed in their company. After a brief separation, Alina gasped softly, her face very red, her little mouth slightly open.

They looked at each other and kissed each other again.

Under Xue Zhi's lead, Alina stuck out her tongue and tried to dance with him.

At this time, a pair of big hands reached into Alina's nightgown and gently stroked her smooth skin. As if it was still not enough, the hand quietly slid down and held her tail in the palm of the hand.