Arknights? Colonization Ark!

At daybreak, after saying goodbye to the villagers, Zhang Miao drove away, just as they had come, except with one more person.

The village chief looked at the direction their vehicle was heading and muttered to himself:

"I asked them to leave Kazdel. Why did they run to the battle area?"

Chapter 76: Arrival at the Tower of Babel

The car headed south after leaving the village.

The area of ​​Kazdel is not very large, about 300,000 square kilometers, and the total population of various races living here is probably several million.

There is no mobile city, but there are quite a few small industrial land ships. However, they are old brands and they are not fast and have many problems.

The original plan for this trip was to wander around and find the oldest shapeshifter in Kazdel according to Bozhukas, but now it seems there is no need to waste time.

Zhang Miao sat in the driver's seat and handed over the driving rights to the program, while contacting Lexington who had just assembled the server extension at Longmen.

"Lexington, help me arrange for someone to look up all the information about the ocean, whether it's legends or myths, anything that has anything to do with it."

Maybe in those paper books there might be the scales and claws of Guan Xu, Dahai and Hai Si, at least we should know when the seafood disappeared.

Soon, a beautiful figure appeared in front of him that only he could see.

"Roger that, Captain."

Lexington replied and then asked

"That Koschei...Kasheina has been following Tallulah around all the time, and she's been touring the city every day. Do we need to restrict her movements?"

Zhang Miao originally arranged for someone to contact this legendary undead evil god, on the one hand to let Tallulah face this former nightmare. Even though the possibility of Tallulah having problems now is very small, he does not want to take the risk that Alina mentioned at all. It will always be a hidden danger if it is not eliminated one day.

The second aspect is that Black Snake was also an immortal about whom he had accurate information before he set out, and he was also the most recent one.

In order to prevent Black Snake from causing trouble, there are countless weapons pointed at his head almost 24 hours a day no matter where he is. As long as the other party has any problem, he will be crushed to ashes immediately, and Tallulah will be put in solitary confinement directly.

But the possibility of this happening is not very high, because Bozhukasti said that Kosice must rely on his real body to have an impact on the outside world. He was finally able to enter the city. If this body was destroyed, Kosice would never have the chance to come in again, so he had no reason to act recklessly.

"Convert their chat history into text data and send it to me."

"receive."

Lexington seemed to remember something and asked

"Captain, do you need to seek help from the Emperor and Governor Wei regarding the issue you just mentioned about Dahuan and Haisi?"

The penguin...

Honestly speaking, Zhang Miao only believed 70% of what he said, and always felt that the guy was hiding something from him. But this was also human nature, and after a brief thought about Lexington's suggestion, he gave up the idea of ​​asking them for help.

"Forget it, the emperor has said everything he should say. Behind Wei Yanwu is Dayan, and Dayan does have a fairly long coastline. If there is any problem in the sea, they will definitely know about it. But the relationship between Wei Yanwu and the Emperor of Dayan seems to be a little delicate, and Longmen is not by the sea, so let's not add fuel to the fire of this governor."

The relationship between the two parties is not very harmonious to begin with, and he may not necessarily help you if you go to him. He may even associate it with something bad.

After receiving the file, Zhang Miao directly set the location sent by Bozhukas and let the vehicle automatically move towards the destination. Then he glanced at Skadi sitting in the trunk. She was holding her sword and staring at the power armor opposite, but unfortunately no emotion could be seen in her eyes.

Just in case, he deliberately swapped the positions of the two, so that Skadi sat away from the freezer and sat opposite it.

Now it seems that she is still upset about the injury.

But does this kind of fool really have a vengeful mentality?

In her mind, this kind of thing might not be half as important as going home.

Yelena was still there with her head down reading those academic papers on Originium. This kind of stuff was too obscure and difficult for her to understand at the moment, so much so that both her upper and lower eyelids were trying to free her from this impossible task and fall into a baby-like sleep.

But in fact, these scientific research articles released are not Terra's top technologies. Countries nowadays do not have the spirit of overcoming difficulties together. From national enterprises to personal studios, they value their research results more than anything else. They hide their technology for fear that others will take it away. Moreover, thanks to the current situation of military competition, the first place for all technologies is always the weapons testing site.

Technology that cannot be weaponized is meaningless.

This concept has almost become the first principle in all countries, and it has been practiced to the extreme in Colombia.

Human experiments, who cares?

The death of a few people is nothing. The Colombian military, which lacks top combat power, has reached an almost crazy level of demand for various weapons. They dig up ancient relics everywhere, no matter whether they are from the Sarkaz or previous civilizations, and take away all the valuable ones. They are more like robbers than the Victoria Museum.

If they could defeat anyone who stood in their way, they would beat them to death. If they couldn't, they would spend money to clear the way. From the Arctic ice fields to the hot lands in the south, in just a few decades, their footprints had almost covered the entire continent of Terra.

Although their logic is somewhat radical, during the time Zhang Miao has been here, apart from Da Yan who only saw the tip of the iceberg, and Agor who couldn't see anything, they are the only ones who are ambitious. After all, only war will make those people invest money into scientific research institutions without hesitation, just to see research results.

Such a country that is at the forefront of the times stands out in the entire Terra.

And from what the Emperor said, it seems that someone in Columbia has already placed a bet. Although most of them have already given up, as nano-artificial intelligences, they will not die even if they are thrown into outer space. There are not many things on this planet that can threaten them, so why waste time on these Terrans.

They are purely having fun in the Terra world as if they were in an amusement park. They don't care about the life and death of the Terrans. The people they serve have become extinct. Now there are only two living people on Terra, one has no authority to manage them, and the other can't manage them even more. It's not that they will listen to you just because you are a fellow human being. At the very least you have to be an administrator.

But there are still a few special cases. I heard from the Emperor that people in Colombia are not giving up and seem ready to try again.

While Zhang Miao was thinking about how to deal with these strange guys in the future, he was getting closer and closer to the Tower of Babel. From a distance, he saw many figures walking in the connected camp over there, and the surroundings were bumpy, as if a war had just ended not long ago.

Chapter 77: Theresa's Melancholy

The place where the two armies fought and blood flowed yesterday was transformed into a temporary camp that afternoon, with large areas of temporary tents erected.

The canvas on the roof fluttered in the early autumn breeze, which was mixed with the lingering smell of gunpowder.

If it was a battlefield that ended normally, let alone being converted into a camp, the stench of rotting corpses and blood and the plague caused by the subsequent bacterial proliferation alone would be enough to kill a large number of people.

But with the help of those blood demons, the blood and corpses in the ground were quickly collected and placed, waiting to be burned after the work was done.

Although the missiles fired by Bozhukas caused many people to become frostbitten, they also stopped the bleeding of the Sarkaz who were originally seriously injured and fell to the ground, saving their lives.

There have always been only a minority of people who die on the battlefield. After the war, a large number of seriously injured soldiers often squeeze medical resources due to their huge numbers. Many people will die after not receiving proper treatment. They are the majority on the death list.

With the support of a large number of medical staff and medical supplies brought by Bozhukasti, Theresa's situation was greatly alleviated.

the next morning

In the camp, Bozhukas was accompanying Theresa on a tour.

From last night to now, it is almost noon. Theresa has not rested for a moment since she came out of Rhodes Island. She first went to the temporary hospital to accompany and comfort the seriously injured, and then came out to inspect the lightly injured in various tents.

This is not just a temporary show. Theresa has always been this kind of person. It is because of her example that many Sarkaz are willing to believe in the future she promised and devote their lives to it.

Bozhukas stood silently beside Theresa, who was sitting beside the bed of a seriously injured Sarkaz who had just been transferred from the hospital, and asked softly about the other's injury condition.

When the wounded man lying on the stretcher bed saw the identity of the person coming, his originally weak body was like being injected with a shot of adrenaline. He began to tremble with excitement and tried desperately to prop himself up with his hands, not caring that this would cause the wound on his chest to burst again.

"Your Highness, it is our honor to fight for you. It is worth it even if we are stabbed again."

Theresa stopped him from hurting herself and put his hand, which had nowhere to go, back into the quilt.

She whispered

"You're not fighting for me, you, and the rest of you."

Theresa said as she looked at the other injured people lying on the beds.

"You are fighting for the future of Kazdel. Your names will be engraved in the blood of the Sarkaz and passed down through the ages. Now, all you have to do is to cultivate yourself well and invest this strength into the construction of Kazdel in the future."

Her words not only failed to calm the wounded, but made them even more agitated. Theresa could only comfort them and then retreated.

"Your Highness, the victory in this war has made your position in their hearts even higher than before."

Bozhuocasti's voice remained low.

But Theresa was not happy with his praise.

"I never wanted my reputation to be gained through war, and if it weren't for your help, the casualties of this war would probably be ten times greater."

"Some things are unavoidable, Your Highness. No one is perfect. You have done your best."

If the Demon King two hundred years ago had been Theresa, that war might not have happened at all.

Bozhukasti still vividly remembers that war, which was extremely brutal even in the entire history of the Sarkaz.

But Theresa obviously doesn't think so.

If I had done well enough, this war would never have happened in the first place.

She looked at the nurses who were still running around the camp. Perhaps their skills were still unfamiliar, but their willingness to come to Kazdel to treat the Sarkaz was already extremely rare kindness and courage.

The number of people arriving was still increasing, and not all of them were medical staff, there were also many odd jobs. They did not look very willing, and their mental outlook was very different from that of the medical staff. Bozhukas said they were labor camp inmates.

Labor reform, what an interesting term.

There were also materials that were constantly being transported here. Even though Theresa promised to settle the bill later, she was still shocked by the other party's efficiency.

From the end of the war yesterday to now, the transportation of supplies has never stopped as if it were free of charge. However, the rescue from Kazdel, which is so close at hand, may not arrive here until tomorrow. It will take a lot of time just to collect and count all kinds of supplies, not to mention the transportation.

The other party sent it from faraway Ursus.

The efficiency of material delivery is so high, and the efficiency of soldiers' delivery during wartime will only be more exaggerated than this.

"Do you regret going to Ursus now, Bodracasti?"

Theresa suddenly asked. The other party had been with her all night and told her a lot about his past.

Even Theresa felt sad about his experience. If he hadn't met Zhang Miao in the end, their future would have been ten thousand times more difficult, and there would have been no end in sight.

"Never regret. The past has made me who I am today. Even if some things are hard to look back on, they are still part of me. To deny it is to deny myself, and..."

Bozhukas thought of Yelena, the general who had no news from him, and his wife and children.

“It’s not all misery.”

His answer reminded Theresa of her past, but she quickly came out of it.

"you're right."

She had no time to dwell on the past.

"About when he will arrive."

Bozhukas told Theresa this morning that Zhang Miao was on the way, and the original inspection plan had to be interrupted due to some unexpected events.

Theresa only hoped that the conversation wasn’t interrupted by the Sarkaz they encountered on the road being too hospitable.

"We'll be there soon, Your Highness."

According to the location received by Bozhukas, Zhang Miao would be visible in about half an hour.

"Then what are you waiting for? I have heard his name from you more than once. Take me to see him right away."

Her curiosity was genuine. Bozhukas responded and took Theresa to the north of the camp, which was the direction Zhang Miao was heading from.

Zhang Miao didn't let them wait too long. In just a moment, an armored vehicle quickly grew larger from the horizon, and finally braked and stopped in front of her.

Even the people who came down surprised Theresa.

He doesn't look like an elite in a suit and tie, nor does he look like an aristocrat in fancy clothes, nor does he look like a skinny scientific researcher like a doctor.

But is it a "person" wearing fully armed power armor, exuding a murderous aura all over his body?

If the first person who came down surprised her, then the last person who came down made Theresa's eyes change.

Agor's deep-sea hunters, how come they are here? Bozhukasti never said this.

Chapter 78: Boring, I want to see a river of blood

"I guess you must be Her Highness Theresa. Bozhukasti admires you very much."

Zhang Miao's voice shifted Theresa's attention from Skadi who had just got off the car to herself. Only then did she discover with surprise that her ability to perceive emotions was ineffective on the other person.

If you didn't use your eyes to look, you would almost ignore the person standing in front of you.

Is this the effect of this armor?

Theresa put away her surprise at discovering the deep-sea hunter and humbly returned to

"This is nothing to be proud of. Compared to my insignificant actions, your broad mind that is willing to accept everyone is what I should learn from."

Her compliment didn't make Zhang Miao very happy. To him, it was nothing worth bragging about. He was just lucky to be born into a good family. If it were someone else, they might do better than him.

"You are being modest."

Compared to him, who stood on the shoulders of giants, Theresa and other martyrs who were in the tide of the times but could see further were people worthy of respect no matter where they were.

The two of them were not fans of drinking culture or pretentious politicians. They just boasted to each other. Yelena also stepped forward to say hello to her father whom she hadn't seen for three months.

Only Skadi was still following Zhang Miao closely, without saying a word, and giving off an aura of "keep away from strangers", as if nothing in this world could arouse her interest.

Theresa quickly got to the point. She was a sensible person and knew that Zhang Miao's purpose in coming here was not just for the Sarkaz.