Terra Martial God and Merit System

A large number of immigrants have impacted the original Ursus people, and the discrimination against the infected cannot be eliminated instantly.

If all this is really successful, it will be the initial realization of the so-called "equality".

"That's enough." Luo Chen put away the device, "It's about time."

"Are you going alone?" Kal'tsit asked, "It's dangerous to go to Sammy. I'm warning you for the last time."

"What's more, you suddenly fell into a coma..."

"Don't worry." Luo Chen replied, "I can already handle that situation."

Everyone in Terra United is very busy, and coming here would just be a drag. It would be easier if I went alone.

Moreover, Luo Chen discovered that the evil demon seed's devouring ability became stronger with each coma.

During the battle at Saint Steed Castle, if it was his original self, he would have fainted on the spot. But he held on and did not faint until he found a safe place.

In this case, Luo Chen would not bother others. Going alone is also an option.

What's more...the situation in the north of Ursus has always been complicated.

After Ursus was liberated, the Far North Legion had an ambiguous attitude. After receiving the supplies, they ostensibly chose to join the Terra Union.

But Luo Chen actually doesn't trust these people very much.

However, Helag is organizing a new round of recruitment activities and cannot send people to the north for the time being.

It's a good opportunity for me to go there and warn these people...

Luo Chen packed up his other equipment, said goodbye to everyone, and headed north alone.

Chapter 335 Protection Fee

By a campfire, several people wearing old Ursus military uniforms were drinking.

There was a dead pack animal nearby, and goods were scattered on the ground. Some boxes were open and filled with wild vegetables and dried meat commonly seen in Sami.

Some of these ingredients were taken away and put into the steaming pot in the center. Everyone sitting together had red faces and kept mumbling:

"drink!"

"Come...drink more!"

"Oh, *Ursus swear*! Our Ursus wine is really good. Another bottle, please!"

"What Ursus? It's the Terra Union!"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's my fault, it's my fault!"

"I'll toast to—"

"To the Queen!"

With the beginning, everyone raised their glasses.

"To the Queen!"

"To the Queen!"

"Respectfully--"

"boom!"

However, before the toast was finished, an extremely abrupt gunshot was heard.

The head of an Ursus soldier holding a wine bottle exploded. Along with the appearance of a bullet hole, a string of red and white substances mixed with brain matter and blood rushed directly into the cauldron in front of him.

A good pot of soup is now stained with a strange color.

But no one cared about it, they just stared at the bodies falling. Someone yelled "Enemy attack". Everyone tried to get up and run to a safe place.

However, the gunshots have never stopped since they appeared.

As soon as a few people got up, blood spurted out of their heads and they fell to the ground, deader than dead.

The remaining few people seemed to have discovered something, and one of them shouted - "Don't move, whoever moves will die."

Then everyone's bodies froze, and they looked at each other, and everyone could see each other's panic and horror.

"You guys..." Along with the sound of stepping on the snow, a figure appeared in front of them, "Damn it..."

"This is..." Someone raised his head slightly, and when he saw the armband on Luo Chen's upper body, his pupils shrank, and then he lowered his head and reported skillfully -

"I don't know how we offended you, sir..."

"Do you know me?" Luo Chen was stunned.

His current attire was somewhat different from before, mainly because he had changed his coat to an Integrated Sports windbreaker.

After all, Luo Chen wanted to keep a low profile, so the identity of the Integration Movement was the most convenient. Of course, this could not be said to be a disguised identity, because his documents were indeed all real.

"You are joking..." The other party lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at him. "Who doesn't know the clothes you are wearing..."

As soldiers guarding the northern border of Ursus, they had seen truly terrifying beings. Of course, there were also those weirdos wearing full body armor and gas masks.

He still remembered that when these disaster relief teams showed up, many people had evil thoughts - after all, if their superiors didn't send them supplies, they would have been so poor that they had to eat tree bark.

Finally, under the leadership of an internal guard, they robbed the disaster relief supplies. They thought they could escape unscathed, but a man wearing a black windbreaker and a red armband appeared and stopped them.

The battle of the inner guard who they thought was absolutely unbeatable came to a standstill. Or... they won, but not completely.

Even though that figure's heart was pierced, he was able to get up as if nothing had happened. This is even more monstrous than a monster.

Then the enemy reinforcements arrived. The three red armbands came together and suppressed the inner guards.

Negotiations are always based on reasonable strength, so after being suppressed, Neiwei chose to negotiate.

Then they accepted temporary assimilation and swore allegiance to the "new queen" of Saint Stein Castle. Until now...

He didn't understand one thing - why did the red armbands attack them? Aren't they all from the Terra Union?

"What are you doing?" Luo Chen asked bluntly. He had just killed all those who were particularly evil-hearted, and now these people were among those who did not deserve to die so much.

Which means... we can still chat.

"We... are on a mission!" The surviving soldiers looked at each other and someone whispered.

"What mission? One that allows you to rob the Sami people's goods?" Luo Chen said indifferently.

The boxes scattered on the ground and on the pack animals all had the Terra Union logo on them. The goods inside showed another thing - these things all belonged to a certain tribe of Sami. Perhaps they felt that the box was good, so they continued to use it after receiving the supplies.

Luo Chen knew very well that the Terra Union would not issue a robbery mission. So the actions of these people were very meaningful... They must have done it themselves.

"We...we just..."

"Click." Luo Chen slowly and methodically changed the bullet. "Just what?"

"Sir! We will tell you everything."

Seeing Luo Chen like this, they immediately backed down.

"We're here to collect protection money!"

"Protection fee?" Luo Chen was stunned when he heard this strange name. He thought of many possibilities, but this one was not one of them. "What protection fee?"

"As long as you are within the borders of Ursus, you have to pay." The soldier said tremblingly, "This is the rule."

"I have some impression..." Luo Chen thought of this matter.

Because of the loose tribal nature of the Sami, there is no such thing as a "border" between them and Ursus.

The reason why this thing can appear now is because of Ursus’ endless desire for territory.

Many Ursus troops, under instructions, attacked the Sami tribes many times.

Because most of the Sami tribes were nomadic, after repeated attacks by Ursus, they conceded that they could not temporarily reside in the areas bordering Ursus in the south.

In this way...the so-called border appears.

In order to expand the territory more conveniently, the Imperial Parliament of Ursus even made a very ridiculous law: "Anywhere a member of the Ursus pioneer group or border guards stands is Ursus's territory."

Once this law comes into effect, they will be able to carry out some pretty ridiculous tasks.

For example, legally looting caravans and collecting "protection fees".

This so-called protection fee is to protect the person who receives the protection fee from being robbed by the Ursus army.

But Luo Chen really didn’t expect that...even though they were temporarily recruited, they still dared to do such a thing.

Really...have I been living in idleness for too long?

"You shouldn't be the main team." Luo Chen said calmly, "Where are the others?"

"Your Excellency, we are just running errands... This is not our fault at all..."

"Bang!" Luo Chen shot him dead, then pointed at another person. "Answer my question, don't talk nonsense."

"I know, I know." The soldier said with sweat on his forehead, "I will take you there now..."

"You two remaining ones." Luo Chen looked at the other two, "Go find the Sami people you robbed, and you stay here and watch. Return all the things to them when the time comes."

"And strip the dead bodies clean. Give them all the valuables as compensation."

"Ah?" The two men had the same expression, both confused.

"Bang!" Luo Chen fired a shot into the sky. "If you don't do this, you will die today or in the future. I say it."

"Got it!" The two of them shuddered and answered immediately.

Chapter 4000 Little Penguin ()

"It's 43 degrees below zero... the wind is... very strong. The aftermath of the cold storm has not yet passed."

At the scientific research station in Colombia, a girl from Liberi with the name tag "Vienta Magellan" on her chest was looking at the display screen in front of her.

"The station is currently in a stable state... Let's check the supplies again. Winter will arrive in a few days, and we will be completely isolated from the outside world."

Magellan muttered as she reorganized her supplies and came to the entrance of the research station.

Through the transparent glass on the double doors, she observed this world wrapped in ice and snow.

"Although it's not snowing, it still looks beautiful." Magellan said with emotion, "Hey...the little black dots here are..."

She frowned, turned around and put on her winter clothes.

Climbing up the ladder, Magellan arrived at the top-floor observation tower.

She leaned closer and saw the true appearance of those black spots——

"The Ursus army? How strange... They were here a few months ago." She stood up in confusion, "Are they here to check on the situation?"

"Well...please invite them in and sit down." She slid down the ladder, took out a pile of canned salmon from the cabinet, but after thinking for a moment, she put them all back.

"Let's negotiate first..."

Magellan started a drone and brought out a pile of documents from the room - the Ursus government's expedition permit, expedition route confirmation, and ice field map drawing commission.

With these...all problems can be solved.

There was a knock on the door.

Magellan came to the door and pressed the switch of the loudspeaker, "Excuse me, is it..."

"Usa...No! The border guards of the Terra Union." A muffled voice came from the other side, along with a unique sense of fatigue.

"It's time to pay....girl."

"Terra Union?" Magellan was obviously stunned for a moment, "I...I don't have Ursus' money."

"This thing of yours is too much of a hindrance." The other party insisted, "It does cost money."

"But this research station is not mine. A few months ago, when everyone was here, the section chief should have negotiated with you..." Magellan tried to reason.

"So you're not going to give it to me?"

"I really don't have any money from Ursus..."

"What about the supplies? Depending on the price, you need to pay..."

"No!" Magellan shouted in a rare stern tone - "For explorers, camps like observatories are the nodes of their lives. Once the observatory stops operating, the explorers who have come here will lose their resources and may even lose their lives!"

"....." There was silence for a moment. "Are you kidding?"

"I have official documents from Ursus." Magellan shouted, "You can't..."