Fang Zhou, just tell me whether the mission is completed or not.

"Next, the Empire will assign you new tasks."

“Lermontov!”

"Here!" Luo Chen stood at attention and answered. "Sir, I..."

Luo Chen's arrival, full of energy like a new recruit, immediately cheered up everyone at the headquarters.

They thought that this blow would make them unable to recover and affect the empire's subsequent missions.

But judging from their momentum, it was clear that they had regained their spirits.

The man at the headquarters praised with satisfaction:

"Okay, very spirited!"

"As expected of an elite who can keep a bitter face and resolutely refuse to betray the Emperor even when the fake Reunion Movement is holding a knife to his neck."

"The Empire will recruit 100 new infected soldiers for you. After a month of training, you will head north to join the vanguard of the Reunion Movement and help them set up a temporary logistics camp."

"By the way, did you have anything to say just now?"

Upon hearing that he could also obtain a troop, Luo Chen instantly gave up the idea of ​​reporting Stuart for making up his experience of leaving the city.

I originally thought that there can't be two tigers in one mountain.

He could take the initiative to expose Stuart's weak will and usurp the command of Stuart's team.

But now that the Empire is going to give him a new army, there is no need for him to take the risk of killing Stuart.

"Report to the commander! I will definitely complete the Empire's mission."

"Very good, Stuart."

"I'm here, General!" Stuart took the communicator from Luo Chen.

headquarters:

"You should also take a month off and wait a month."

"Go to the villages in the eastern mountains of Chernobyl and steal their food in the name of the integration movement. Kill a few people and steal a few women to entertain your men."

"Your team suffered heavy losses this time, and people are restless. The Empire does not want any chaos to occur."

Stuart frowned slightly when he heard this, a little puzzled.

But what puzzled him was not the command from the headquarters to kill civilians and rob women.

But why wait a month?

"Sir, why do we need to rest for a month first?"

"We don't need to rest to deal with those unruly people."

"We can start today."

The headquarters also paused when they heard this question.

But he was not shocked by Stuart's inhumanity.

After all, they are a group of unruly people who can't even live in a mobile city, so just kill them.

The reason he paused was because the imperial tax collectors were going to collect summer taxes this month.

He felt that if he said this directly to his subordinates, it would make the headquarters lose face.

It's as if their military is afraid of the Ministry of Finance.

After thinking about the wording for a while, the commander slowly replied:

"It is the order of His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor is going to collect military expenses this month. In order to avoid conflicts, the Ministry of Finance requests that we not launch any operations against the village this month."

"So it's the order of His Majesty the Emperor. Then I will take my men here to rest for a month."

After hanging up the call, Stuart complained directly to Luo Chen:

"Your Majesty, we have fought so hard for the empire for so long, and now it is so difficult to even get a woman."

"I found that since I was infected with the mineral disease, our status has become almost the same as those unruly people."

"We are no different from those unruly people." Luo Chen corrected him. "We are just still valuable to be used by the empire."

"Ah...it seems like that's what you said."

Stuart turned his head and looked at the yellow lies flying in the sky outside the window, muttering to himself thoughtfully.

"But I don't know how many infected people would love to have this opportunity."

"We should be grateful that His Majesty the Emperor has given us a chance to atone for our sins."

Atonement?

Luo Chen sensed a hint of cult brainwashing from Stuart's words.

Then I think back to the time some time ago when those Ursus spies scolded the Ursus emperor Sima.

The emperor of Ursus has apparently become a symbol of faith in the hearts of the Ursus people.

Or maybe it is a political tool used by the new and old nobles of Ursus to brainwash the lower classes.

But no matter which one.

Luo Chen felt that this distorted world view needed to be cured.

"Your Majesty should indeed be thanked."

"It's a pity that such a wise Majesty is surrounded by a group of despicable people who deceive His Majesty's ears."

Luo Chen told a riddle that was not clear in meaning, but it aroused Stuart's curiosity.

"Who are you talking about? This is a military camp, you should be careful with your words."

Luo Chen raised the corner of his mouth, glanced at the soldiers in the communication tower, and then whispered to Stuart:

"It's because this is a military camp that I can't tell you directly, but I'll analyze what the headquarters said, and then you'll understand."

"What's the deeper meaning of what the commander just said?"

Luo Chen continued:

“The headquarters said that the Ministry of Finance requested them, but in fact it was the Ministry of Finance that forced the headquarters not to loot villages this month.”

"You said that the Emperor's mission was so important, but the Ministry of Finance could do such a thing, and in the name of the Emperor."

"Aren't these just a bunch of despicable people?"

"That bunch of parasites in the Ministry of Finance!" Stewart gritted his teeth.

"By the way, you and I know about this matter, so don't tell anyone else. Otherwise, if the Ministry of Finance hears about it, we might both be punished."

"I'm not afraid of them. I want to let all my brothers know their ugly faces."

Luo Chen responded to Stuart with a smile, his eyes flashing with determination:

"You are not afraid, but I am. Although the military camp in the wilderness is strong, people's hearts are unpredictable, especially in a place where power is intertwined like this."

"By the way, do you have the imperial laws, constitution, and religious scriptures?"

Stuart was stunned when he heard this:

"I don't have it here, but there must be one in this base."

"But why do you suddenly like studying? These legal provisions are very boring."

Luo Chen shook his head, wisdom gleaming in his eyes:

"That's not the case. Although the law is boring, if you want to truly serve His Majesty the Emperor and not be exploited by those parasites, you must have a deep understanding of the laws and constitution of the empire."

Chapter 139: There are treacherous officials in the empire who have tampered with the laws.

Accepted the new mission assigned by the empire.

Stuart accompanied Luo Chen to see the one hundred new soldiers assigned to him by the empire.

Although they are called new recruits, they are not actually new.

These people are all newly infected, and many of them are veterans of the Empire.

But according to the Empire's laws restricting the infected, if there are infected people among the Empire's soldiers.

To be expelled from the barracks and become a wandering infected person.

It is illegal for infected people to wander the streets of the empire and they can be captured by the gendarmerie and dealt with at will.

That is to say, unless you are a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Army, ordinary soldiers are infected with oripathy.

The fate is no different from that of other infected people.

They were all caught by the patrol teams and military police and then left to be dealt with as they pleased.

When the two arrived at the recruit camp, the scene before them made Stuart frown.

All the newly infected people were seen with their heads down, lying on the ground or leaning against the wall.

They were like zombies, lifeless.

Even when the superior arrived, there was no reaction at all.

See this.

"Look at what you look like. How can you serve the empire?"

Stuart pulled out the belt from his waist with a swish, ready to let them understand the rules of the military camp.

But before he could do anything, Luo Chen stopped him with the Imperial Constitution.

"Stuart, they have just been infected with the mineral disease. It is normal that they cannot adjust mentally."

"I think they need a lecture more than a stick."

"Also, thank you for walking me here, but from now on it's my own job."

"I'm telling you how to deal with these useless guys." Stuart nodded, and then shared his experience in commanding soldiers like a master: "Just fight them directly and they'll be done."

"They are not trash. They are the future elites of the empire."

Luo Chen looked at the listless and half-dead recruits and smiled sincerely.

He was very satisfied with the mental state of these soldiers.

If he is a soldier with strong will and full of fighting spirit, but severely brainwashed by the empire.

It would take him some effort to correct their thinking.

But aren’t these former soldiers, who have just suffered a blow and whose psychological defenses are on the verge of collapse, the best candidates to be instilled with new ideas?

"Elite? Just them?"

Stuart walked away with a puzzled look on his face.

Rather than watching Luo Chen reason with the soldiers, he would rather find a few people to drink with and then sleep with a girl.

In the empty camp, Luo Chen stopped in front of this group of soldiers who had just been infected with oripathy.

"Do you still want to go back to normal life?"

Luo Chen, with neat hair and clean clothes, looked at the dusty soldiers on the ground and asked.

"I can't go back, I can't go back anymore."

"We are the infected, our lives are over."

"I shouldn't have listened to that guy's orders. He did it on purpose."

The soldiers were all dejected, and there was no light in their eyes.

Their despair now is as great as their previous hostility and hatred towards the infected.

In Ursus, becoming infected means social death.

As soldiers of the Empire, they knew how miserable the plight of the infected was.

Many of them have the blood of the infected on their hands.

"You're giving up now? You have no parents, no wife, no brothers and sisters, no sons and daughters, no friends?"