AWB Chapter 380 What is this thing?
Chapter 380 What is this thing?
Eternal Era Year 4: 2334 AD.
"Captain, the T682 sensor team has reported an observation data to the bridge: a [safe civilization] has been detected 15 astronomical units away from us."
Zhang Beihai sat back in the center of the bridge, on a semi-circular chair covered in liquid metal, looking as sacred and solemn as an ancient monarch.
But at the same time, this chair is like a shackle, binding him tightly to his entire being. As long as his eternal life continues, he will be imprisoned here for another day.
Zhang Beihai's original space force uniform had long been lost and was nowhere to be found. The uniform he was wearing now was the third version designed after the establishment of the Human Alliance.
Compared to the Earth Alliance's old uniform, the Human Alliance's uniform is more imposing, and its design was inspired by and modified from the German uniforms used during World War II.
The original Earth pattern on the chest has been changed to a badge symbolizing the unity of humankind.
Upon hearing the adjutant's report, Zhang Beihai snapped out of his reverie. Normally, most of the fleet's decisions were handled by Chu Yan, who was stationed on the flagship. Only when Chu Yan was unable to make a decision would the adjutant report it to Zhang Beihai, who was in charge of the rear.
The so-called safe civilization is a civilization that has built a dark domain and achieved self-castration. They have voluntarily given up the opportunity to compete for the Central Plains and used the dark domain to neutralize themselves, in order to pray for peace for a generation.
However, this approach is no different from that of the former Mahatma Gandhi, which is truly laughable as it involves handing over the power of life and death to outsiders.
"As usual, just execute the destruction command by default."
Zhang Beihai's voice was devoid of any emotional fluctuation. After years of fighting, the Human Alliance had destroyed at least dozens of civilizations. Starting with the destruction of the Trisolaran civilization, the entire Human Alliance had been doing the work of cleaning up the universe.
Whether the other party is an unintelligent indigenous person or a civilization that has explicitly declared its safety and thus self-censored, the UN Human Rights Council has no intention of letting it go.
The people in this fleet are all humans who grew up during the Crisis Era. Their hatred for extraterrestrial civilizations has long surpassed simple interests.
Even if destroying the enemy brings no benefit to themselves, the Human Alliance will still use beam weapons to carry out a massive purge of those civilizations' home planets.
It has nothing to do with any personal gain; it's simply a form of revenge against the entire universe.
"Buzz!"
With a slight tremor on the deck beneath their feet, a beam of red light shot out from the flagship's main cannon, heading straight for the dark area.
The Black Domain is not immune to attack. Rather, the Black Domain system established by these lower civilizations is incomplete and has certain flaws. Even a small amount of annihilation reaction can force a chain reaction to occur inside these cosplaying black holes.
In this situation, if you want to eliminate them, the only difference is that it's a bit more complicated than eliminating ordinary civilizations.
While the Human Alliance cannot currently perform dimensional attacks similar to those of the Singer, they can certainly detonate the entire Dark Domain using annihilation reactions.
Under the red light, the gravity within the dark domain was disrupted, and the massive gravitational tides tore all matter in that area to shreds like toilet paper being shredded in a washing machine.
After waiting for about four hours, the dark abyss dissipated, and that civilization was blown to pieces.
Then, the array of nanorobots pounced like hunting dogs and began tearing apart the remaining food.
After recovering all the surviving metal from that planet, the fleet set off again, heading towards the trajectory that Luo Congmin had pre-set for them.
"Earth, your former master is about to return."
……
Mechanical Earth.
Felix's efficiency was astonishingly fast as ever. From the time Lin Xuan gave him the task to the time he organized the crowd to riot, it only took two or three hours. By the time the area where the municipal districts were located, two or three thousand people had already gathered.
Holding up signs, they demanded an explanation from the municipal representative, Mechanical Earth, regarding why the resettlement funds for veterans had been embezzled.
This scene actually looks quite abstract: a group of homeless people who can't even get enough to eat are holding up signs, demanding that the government pay demobilization and resettlement fees for the government soldiers who once oppressed them.
Moreover, they chose Revelation III, a planet located on the periphery where the Starfire organization was most rampant.
It's really hard to guess who's behind this.
Therefore, the municipal authorities were already used to this scene. No matter what these guys were doing causing trouble for, their nature hadn't changed; they just wanted to embarrass the Mechanical Earth government.
Therefore, there's no need to pay attention to them. As long as these guys don't have weapons, what does it matter how much trouble they cause?
If provoked, the sentry towers on both sides are not to be trifled with. A volley of fire would fall like wheat being harvested, no matter how many ordinary people there are, without the protection of powered armor.
What they didn't know was that five of the most troublesome people had already quietly infiltrated the crowd.
"Captain White, are we really sure we'll be okay with just this many people? If not, should we try contacting the Divine Realm again?"
Su Zilin was still a little worried. Ever since Lin Xuan discovered that the mysterious force in the shadows didn't seem to want them to leave, she completely gave up and led them straight towards the municipal district.
Having witnessed the previous attack, the municipal district was now under heavy security, with a large number of police officers gathered there, and even their weapons and equipment were much better than when they had come before.
Although Lin Xuan distributed ammunition and weapons to Felix and his hundreds of brothers, it was still ridiculous for them to fight against the government of an entire planet with just that few people.
As for the others, they're just following the crowd. As soon as the gunshots ring out, they'll scatter like birds and beasts. They're not worth relying on at all.
Lin Xuan didn't speak, but her gaze kept sweeping over the patrol teams, and she already had her own plans in mind.
"You did a pretty good job last time, but the commotion you made in the end was still a bit too small."
His words left everyone in the Thirteenth Squad speechless.
Brother, there are only four of us in total. What kind of trouble do you expect us to cause? Do you think we're all like you, going to the space station and blowing up the aircraft carrier, leaving Mechanical Earth still recovering?
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, seemingly feeling that the time was right, and then looked at Lin Qi.
"Are you all ready?"
The latter nodded slightly.
"The radio station we hacked last time is still working. I've made some technical upgrades, and the drones responsible for filming have arrived at their preset positions. Now, with just one word, the entire mechanical Earth will focus its attention here."
"Very good. Next, I will only demonstrate it to you once, so that you can see what real sabotage behind enemy lines should look like."
As Lin Xuan spoke, she unfastened the backpack on her back and took out two metal square boxes from it.
When they saw what Lin Xuan took out, the members of Team Thirteen couldn't help but twitch their lips.
"Holy crap, napalm!"
"You don't actually want this thing..."
"Shock level from Su Zilin +99!"
"Shock level from Ding Cunxu +99!"
……
Before the group could recover from their shock, Lin Xuan pulled the safety pin and threw the object forcefully over the heads of the crowd in front of her.
The protesting crowd suddenly felt a collective panic, as if something terrible had flown up above them.
Some people looked up at the sky and saw a metal box tumbling and flying towards the densest part of the crowd.
Then, just as they were about to land, they were in mid-air.
"boom!"
A blinding white light erupted from inside the metal box, accompanied by a deafening explosion. Everyone below felt as if their heads were about to be blown apart.
But before they could even react to what was happening, they felt something sticking to their faces and bodies.
Some people instinctively reached out to touch it, only to be met with an intense burning sensation that made them scream in pain!
After the metal box shattered, a gelatinous mixture of gasoline splattered in all directions like demonic tentacles. Flames spread at an alarming rate, instantly engulfing the crowd in an inferno.
Screams erupted one after another. The group was already standing close together, and now, being in the autumn and winter season, their down jackets were on fire almost instantly.
When they discovered that the people around them were on fire, they tried to disperse, but were pushed back by the crowd and also got covered in napalm, and then caught fire as well.
Panic and stampedes spread like a plague throughout the crowd in an instant. Everyone frantically tried to escape, but the more they tried to run, the less they could get out.
The person in front fell to the ground, and the people behind stepped on his body and tripped over him, and with the flames burning, the chaos gradually escalated.
This entire scene was captured by drones high in the sky and broadcast live to every street and alley of the entire mechanical Earth.
"What's going on?"
"My God, it's Revelation III again. How many riots have they had this month?"
"My God, those people look so pitiful, they're covered in flames!"
The internet monitoring department also discovered that someone was trying to hack into their network immediately and took immediate action to remove the relevant videos and live streams.
Having learned from his previous experience, Lin Qi changed the live stream projection range to hacking in batches, and pre-loaded their network system with a large amount of junk information to confuse the audience.
This greatly increased their workload; just checking the key points took them quite a while.
Lin Xuan looked at the burning crowd without a trace of pity in her eyes. These people wanted to cause trouble because of the trend, but they didn't dare to actually join the Spark Organization. Their true thoughts were nothing more than wanting to be the ones who could reap the benefits without sowing.
Supporting the Spark Organization involves a lot of struggle, while supporting Mechanical Earth brings money. However, I want both the Spark Organization to fight for my welfare and the government to provide me with high subsidies, so I choose to stand in the middle, flexible and adaptable.
Lin Xuan naturally wouldn't let them have their way. Otherwise, even if he led the Spark Organization to a successful revolution, the fruits of the revolution would ultimately be stolen. It would be better to let these people contribute some of their remaining energy in advance, well... in a physical sense.
The city defense troops, who were originally separated from the burning crowd by a cordon, were somewhat bewildered.
"What's going on? Did something just explode?"
"I don't know, should we save them?"
"Save my ass! It's better if these lowly people die. Their lives are less valuable than fire extinguishing spray. Do you have too much money to burn?"
“That’s true… I think we should just use machine guns to mow them down. That would alleviate some of their suffering. Does anyone want to donate money to buy them an euthanasia bullet? I’ll contribute one.”
I'll pay one dollar and fifty cents.
The soldiers chatted and laughed, watching everything before them with great interest, unaware that danger was already approaching.
"Brothers, follow me! These bastards in the city defense forces are using Molotov cocktails on civilians! They're insane! They're going to kill us all! If you don't want to die, grab your weapons and fight them!"