Arknights? Colonization Ark!

These treasures stained with the blood of greed can be exchanged for a large amount of resources for the Integration Movement. No matter how much she hates these things, she must leave them behind.

But this time it was because of treasure, what about next time?

What could be the reason?

The same thing is bound to happen again. How can I stop it?

By force? By violence?

Aren't you taking the path that Kosice wants?

She believes that human nature is inherently good, and that so-called evil is merely an act forced by social circumstances.

But the scene before her shocked her cognition.

Tallulah suddenly remembered the infected people who were outside before.

There was a fire burning in their eyes, something that was not there in the numb eyes of the infected in the past.

They are believing in themselves.

Even if the trust is not legitimate.

If it were them, would this happen again?

Maybe not in the short term, but if there is no hope in the long run, numbness is only a matter of time.

what should I do?

Tallulah didn't know.

But she felt she needed to start making changes.

Three people died this time, and maybe more will die next time.

A large hand pressed down on Tallulah's shoulder, bringing her back to the real world.

Bozhukas said nothing. Looking at the two bodies, he understood everything.

It is common to see infected people stealing food and escaping, and looting property.

This is why he always carefully selects his shield guards and never accepts anyone who is not qualified to fill in the gaps.

But his management ability only goes so far. He can't manage too many people, otherwise he wouldn't be just a captain.

The heavy footsteps of the shield guards brought a sense of security, and with the patriots around her, Tallulah's heart finally calmed down from her previous frenzy.

"He's right, that's what I've always wanted to tell you."

Unlike when he spoke to outsiders, Bojukastie's tone when speaking to Tallulah was much calmer and less intimidating, more like that of an elder.

After this incident, Tallulah's understanding of the dark side of human nature deepened, which made her think more.

"But we don't know yet what his purpose is, or even where he's from."

Regarding this matter, the usually conservative Bozhukasti took a more open-minded view. As a former hero of the Ursus army, his strategic vision had not faded.

"The Integration Movement wants to protect the infected, so it needs food and space to operate. It's only a matter of time before the conflict between us and Ursus intensifies."

"And our strength is far from enough. We should try to have more contact with the other party and conduct limited cooperation. No matter what he wants to do in this land, he can't avoid the conflict with Ursus. This is our opportunity."

Tallulah listened to the other party's advice and thought about what Zhang Miao had said to her before.

Material, organization, ideas, reasonable rules and regulations and moral models.

It's not that Tallulah didn't think about these things, but she subconsciously equated these actions with Kosciuszko.

In the Duke's Mansion, Kosice taught her how to rely on power to rule the ignorant, to suppress the rebels with violence, and to connect groups with interests. She didn't believe in these things, and she hated these disgusting things.

She was also confused. Even though she rejected the path prepared for her by Kosice and resolutely chose to open up a direction of her own, she was like a person who overestimated his own abilities and waded into a thorn forest with bare hands. She was bound to be cut all over by the thorns. Even with the help of Yelena and the Patriot, how far could she go?

It's time to stop moving forward blindly, re-examine your past and make changes.

Or you can ask Alina, or...

Chapter 27: Dividing the Loot

"The total amount of Originium in this batch is 1746.3 tons. How about we split it % and % for this operation?"

Tallulah was dividing the spoils with Zhang Miao afterwards. The original plan was 80-20, but the information about the explosives and personal force that Zhang Miao provided this time were very helpful, so it was reasonable to give them a little more.

Moreover, this data was almost the same as the statistician's report, so Tallulah had no reason to object.

According to the agreement, Zhang Miao should pay Tallulah 24448.2 tons of grain, and he did not intend to play any tricks on the types of food. Instead, he came up with a classification that everyone could accept. In addition to the normal flour and rice, there were also considerable meat and canned fruits.

This was not a small number for the integration movement. Receiving so much food at one time put a lot of pressure on both the venue and the manpower.

If they were to bring all of them back to the Reunion at once, it might cause unrest.

They must first build a warehouse of at least 2,000 square meters, and arrange absolutely trusted personnel to manage it, which takes time.

But Zhang Miao didn't have time to wait for them to finish the repairs, so they discussed the terms of the transaction again.

The final result was that Zhang Miao took away half of the source stones and paid them 5,000 tons of grain first. He would continue the rest of the transaction until their granary was completed.

There is no doubt that they made a fortune on this trip. With the price of only three people, they got enough food to support thousands of infected people for several years. If it was moss, it would be enough for them to eat for many years.

Although Yelena still had a cold face, her two long ears that kept moving revealed her active heart.

At this point in the transaction, it can be said that a good cooperative relationship has been established between the two parties.

In the future, when we are active on this snowy plain, there will be opportunities for us to continue to cooperate.

Moreover, although Zhang Miao could only get less than 900 tons of Originium at a time, this was enough. If the experimental deduction in Lexington was correct, plus the data obtained today, it would be enough for him to dismantle the cold fusion reactor and replace it with Originium energy when he returned.

This thing is far more than just a high-energy mineral.

Tallulah's mind was also not on the food that was about to be obtained. She was more concerned about the future direction of the Integration Movement.

It is difficult to turn a big ship around.

If you fail to correct the route in time, you will pay an unimaginable price when you want to change the route when problems arise in the future.

The destruction of the ship and the death of many people are considered minor consequences.

But she had no idea what to do.

She wanted to ask, but was too embarrassed to speak because of what happened before.

Zhang Miao noticed the hesitant look on her face, but even if she asked, she would not have an accurate answer.

Because he himself didn't know what the world was really like, and now he had only lifted a little bit of the veil to realize how bottomless the water was.

Even if that civilization is not as good as the Federation, it is definitely not too far behind. Judging from the several documents and news found by the micron robots in the industrial zone, they may have big problems.

In this world called Terra, relics of ancient civilizations have been discovered in various places, just like an archaeological team digging for antiques all over the galaxy.

The difference is that one is in archaeology, while here it is in restoration technology.

Even if the Federation wanted to observe the evolution of civilization, it would not destroy its own scientific research planet for material.

They also left the alien colony ship here and didn't bother it for ten thousand years.

All signs indicate that they may have suffered a sudden attack at the time, and were forced to perform a galaxy jump without any preparation.

Maybe they are already dead, and these sub-races are their descendants.

Judging from the map we got, this palm-sized area is divided into a bunch of countries. Obviously, they were forced by natural disasters to drive mobile cities around, and they still have the mind to fight internal wars.

These people must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

If it were other people, they would now be thinking about either building a spaceship and running away, or finding a way to come up with a source neutralization protocol to stabilize the ecosystem.

As a result, these hanged guys are still playing their own games here and fighting every few days.

I can't figure it out. I really can't figure it out.

...

When everything was ready, the group set out on their journey back home.

This time it was much easier than the last time. A convoy of dozens of large and small vehicles drove on the frozen ground in the dark night. The soil of the frozen ground in winter is comparable to high-strength concrete, and even mining trucks can travel on it as if it were flat ground.

But this time, Zhang Miao was the only one in his car, but that was exactly what he wanted.

"Lexington, what are the results of this data sampling?"

The micron robot is not used for monitoring, that is just for convenience. The main purpose is scanning and sampling.

"Captain, you actually let a girl drink that kind of stuff. You're really perverted. However, Tallulah didn't do it very often. The nanorobots in her body didn't capture enough samples of nerve impulse signals, so we can't analyze the specific data yet."

"But our guess is correct. There are indeed a large number of Originium atomic compounds in their bodies. And according to the 337 samples collected on site, different sub-races have slightly different tolerances to Originium. The infected people they mentioned are even more different from the normal state. The specific situation requires taking the samples back to the laboratory for testing and analysis. Of course, it would be even better if there were living people."

"Forget about the living body. I'm not some crazy scientist. How's the scanning job done by the robot?"

It was a pleasant surprise to encounter this weird thing called the mobile city. I originally brought the robot out just to collect information and blood samples from this world, but I didn't expect it to be so useful.

"The industrial model of the entire industrial block has been built, and the structure of its transmission system and engine has also been analyzed. If you want to build one for fun, we can design a big one at any time."

"Forget it. I have no interest in this special creation under special circumstances."

If you can't live on the earth, live in the sky. If the situation gets worse, just change to another planet. Moving trees can bring life.

Its Originium engine is what Zhang Miao values. According to data calculations, its mass-energy conversion efficiency is probably higher than that of his six cold fusion reactors.

However, there are too many meaningless redundant structures. It seems that this engine is also a black box technology for them. They only know how to use it but don’t know the principle.

As long as Lexington streamlined it and redesigned it, it could replace his reactor and save even the cost of repairs.

If the principle can be analyzed, it may help Zhang Miao to make a big step forward in his research on Originium.

In addition, Zhang Miao was playing with a miniature robot in his hand, which was the tracker he placed under the can that he gave to Yelena.

Chapter 28: Dark Tide

Coincidentally, according to the robot's detection, Yelena and her team's base was not far from Zhang Miao, only about 60 to 70 kilometers away, and it would take less than half an hour to drive there.

In addition to Yelena and Talullah, there is also a girl named Alina in the village. Although she cannot fight, she plays an important role in Talullah's heart. She is usually responsible for taking care of the children in the village, teaching them to read, and doing some logistical work.

After two days of wiretapping and secret filming, it was basically confirmed that there were forty or fifty villages of varying sizes connected to the entire integration movement, with an estimated population of more than seven thousand people. Not all of them were infected, but there were also many ordinary people among them. Moreover, the infected people were scattered among each other, supplies were extremely scarce, and starvation to death was common.

Zhang Miao suddenly regretted setting the price of the source stone so high. If he had known that the other party was so poor, he could have lowered the price.

Maybe even if it's 1 to 5, Tallulah will accept it.

But this time we weren't going to their base.

Even now, they still wouldn't take Zhang Miao with them, and would still exchange supplies on the same open space. Zhang Miao's gang also arranged a batch of trucks carrying 2,000 tons of food from the colonial ship to Huihe, and like the mining convoy, there were more than a dozen stealth matrix drones following them as bodyguards.

Everything was incredibly easy, the operation went so smoothly.

His intuition told him that there must be something deeper here that he didn't know about.

The surveillance cameras left in the industrial zone also showed no signs of any garrison troops coming to support, and the time had long exceeded Tallulah's estimation at the time.

No matter how slow it is, it shouldn't be delayed for so long.

But these have nothing to do with him. Even if the other party has a big plan, the spearhead is not directed at him.

.....

A large amount of supplies were piled up in the open field, and people from the Integration Movement came and went, carrying food one by one to their transport vehicles.

Maybe during the battle many people were thinking of slacking off, but when it came to moving food everyone put in their best effort, wishing to get it all at once.

Yelena was also among them, and she was happier carrying large amounts of food by herself than eating it.

The shield guards crouched in front of a truck loaded with large boxes, and did not move an inch from it. Their eyes hidden under the masks examined every infected person who passed by.

Tallulah and the Patriot, who were supposed to be watching all this, were not here. Instead, they walked to the periphery together to keep watch.

"The food problem has been solved, but we are still facing a bigger problem..."

She did not continue speaking, but Bozhukas knew that she still firmly believed that her past actions were not wrong, but she began to feel confused about the direction of the future.

What happened today at least made her begin to realize that she could no longer continue to indulge the members of the Integration Movement to be free and undisciplined, which was a good thing.

Freedom needs restraint. Since you are a warrior, you must have iron discipline.

Sudden changes may cause many people to have a rebellious mentality and choose to leave.

It would be a heavy blow to the integration movement, which had yet to grow, but in Bozhuocasti's eyes, it would be worth it.

Talulah doesn't care about the so-called power, nor does she want to rely on it to command the infected. She will gladly accept anyone who wants to join them, and will never stop anyone from leaving.