Chapter 279

Bai Liu subconsciously wanted to push Spade away, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Xiaohe watching a play. Guy was embarrassed, turned away from Alex, and immediately woke up again.

He bowed his head down as if shy, put his head on Spade's collarbone, and buried his head in Spade's arms.

Bai Liu's breath was a little short, his fingers curled into fists, and he pursed his lower lip twice, when he spoke, his voice was already very calm.

"...Before you do something like this next time, tell me first."

Putting Spades on Bai Liu's shoulders and putting his hands together, he hummed lightly, as if aware of Bai Liu's emotions, he subconsciously said: "Should I also ask first this time?" you?"

"I'm sorry." He apologized sincerely, "Are you angry?"

Bai Liu burst out laughing suddenly, he looked up at Spades, his eyes saw Spades and paused.

The hot air is in the dark eyes, which are dark, bright and hard to see. There is a vague self hidden in those eyes, and it seems that there is a white Liu who is missing someone.

Bai Liu put his head on Spade's heart, and he could still smell the smell of blood left here.

He just emptied two magazines in spades and dug his heart out.

The emotions that surged up slowly fell down again.

Bai Liu closed his eyes, let out a breath slowly, he still had that kind of loose smile on his face: "You haven't changed, what did you do first apologize first."

When Sieta was with him, the most he could say was sorry.

This person has an inexplicable desire to survive, and every time he is keenly aware of the signs of a surge in Bai Liu's anger, he apologizes in time——

——‌‌Dare to do it next time.

"Forget it this time." Bai Liu got up from Spade's arms, and smiled. Guy Alex nodded and said hello, and glanced lightly at Spade next to him, smiling very friendly, "But I hope there will be no next time."

Spades: "..."

I always feel like I've made a mistake again.

The two of them followed Gay to the base camp in the other direction, and they had to take a long train on the way there.

But this is a very strange railway, only a few tens of miles away, and it can only go to and from small towns on the front line.

Sitting in the carriage, Guy explained helplessly to Bai Liu and the others: "Strange, isn't it? It's rare to build a railway like this, but because this war has been fought for a year and a half, it has been stuck in this position and there is no way to advance. Later, in order to facilitate the transportation of soldiers and supplies, such a strange railway was built."

Bai Liu looked away from the dense jungle outside the car window—it is not an easy task to build such a railway in such a humid area.

It took so much effort to build such a line, it can only be said that the commander's plan for this battle was not small.

Bai Liu looked at Guy: "Why are you stuck here for a year and a half?"

Guy sighed a long, long sigh: "Because there is a very important strategic location more than 20 kilometers ahead—Pluto Lake."

Bai Liu raised her eyebrows: "Pluto, the king of Hades in Roman mythology? Why is this lake called that?"

Gay explained: "This place has a lot of rainfall in summer, and the average annual precipitation can reach tens of thousands of millimeters at most."

"During summer, this lake, which is at the lowest point of the whole area, is due to a large amount of precipitation, and the water level rises rapidly, causing flash floods, which drown many residents living nearby every year. , so the people here call this lake [Summer Rage Death], and named it Pluto."

"Not only that." Alex added with a serious look, "Once the water level of Pluto rises, the water from its lake will overflow, automatically filling up many surrounding river channels, and automatically forming a piece of Pluto in this dense rainforest. With Tuo as the center, there is a network of criss-crossing rivers."

Guy took a deep breath: "In this kind of rainforest where it is difficult to build transportation channels, the river is like a sky-high railway. Once someone occupies Pluto before the rainy season, whoever can use the river to send boats here A large amount of materials are transported around the area, and the weapons are the soldiers, occupying a strong advantage in war."

Bai Liu understood: "That is to say, whoever occupies Pluto before the rainy season will win this war."

"But if that's the case, you've been here for a year and a half, and you've experienced at least two rainy seasons." Bai Liu asked thoughtfully, "Didn't you decide the outcome of these two rainy seasons?"

Guy smiled wryly and shook his head: "We occupied Pluto the year before last, but there was not much rainfall in that rainy season, and the transportation range formed by the river was relatively narrow."

"We lost our advantage on the battlefield during that rainy season, and let the opposite party occupy Pluto. Just in case, our side expanded the conscription that year."

Guy looked at Alex with complicated eyes: "...Alex came to the front line at that time."

Alex nodded, his expression was gloomy: "The enemy occupied Pluto during the rainy season last year, and the precipitation was also very good... Their battlefield advantage has continued until this year, and we have been retreating steadily. , just resisting, receiving more corpses on the battlefield every day than the day before..."

"The superiors continue to increase the intensity of conscription to fill the front line, so that we must not lose, we must win..."

Guy patted Alex on the shoulder and sighed: "This kind of thing, how can we not turn to kill it."

He smiled bitterly: "On the battlefield, the only thing we can do is die."

Alex lowered his head, his voice was very low: "I sometimes feel that it would be nice if we lost and the war would end..."

Guy's expression froze, he looked left and right, and knocked Alex on the head helplessly: "Don't say this kind of thing on the train, if you hear it, you will be punished."

Alex still bowed his head, his fists on his knees were clenched tightly, and he didn't speak.

Guy hugged his shoulders hard, put his chin against Alex's head, and said in a soft and gentle tone: "It's okay, the war in this rainy season must be over."

Alex silently squeezed Guy's hand.

"This rainy season, the war must be over, why do you say that?" Bai Liu looked up at Guy.

Guy was silent for a moment: "You will be cleared up when you get to the army point."

After saying this, Guy looked out of the train in a daze, holding Alex tighter and tighter, his eyes reflected the swaying green shades of war.

"... There is a proverb in my hometown that says that the time a lover spends together is more precious than gold." Guy muttered to himself.

He smiled and turned his head to look at Bai Liu's spades, the flames of war in his eyes were all faded, and there was only a charming and moist light like an old photo, and there was a smile on his face that couldn't be concealed ‌ envy and pride ‌ happiness.

Guy laughed heartily: "Then when the four of us stay together, aren't we the richest people in the world?"

After jumping off the train, Bai Liu and his party could see the crowds of people joining the army from a distance.

Someone stood on the table with a loudspeaker and yelled angrily, someone held up a recruitment poster and yelled to distribute it around, and someone was lying on the ground with a dirty ballpoint pen that he didn't know where to pick it up, and was filling out the document of being stepped on. He picked up the registration form.

The whole scene was chaotic like a pot of porridge.

"It seems that there are quite a few recruits who came to report today." Guy clicked his tongue twice, "It's not easy to get two registration forms in this kind of scene."

"It's time for us to show our friendship." Guy grabbed Alex's hand who hadn't reacted yet, blew a cheerful whistle, and rushed into the crowd. "I'll help you get the registration form!"

Ten minutes later, Alex sat on the floor gasping for breath, his face was deformed by being squeezed, and Guy excitedly waved the registration form to Bai Liu and the others: "I got it!"

Guy took out two pens from his pocket, put the registration form in front of Bai Liu's spades, and guided them to register with a smile.

When Bai Liu just got the registration form, he noticed that there was something wrong with it - there was a place where the option had been crossed out in advance.

It is very obvious who made this fork.

Bai Liu looked at Guy, and he tapped the cross with a pen: "What is this? Can't I choose?"

The smile on Guy's face faded a bit: "This... this option is whether you are willing to join the commando."

"Commando?" Alex's puzzled voice came from behind Guy, "Has there been any organized raids recently? Why haven't I been notified?"

With a loudspeaker on the table, the person suddenly raised his voice: "Everyone, our general has assembled thousands of heavy artillery and pulled them to this small town, and will continue to send them to the front line today."

The man was very emotional, spitting and waving his arms:

"I believe we all know that if we lose this rainy season, we will be buried in the hands of Pluto, the god of death! The heavy rain in the past two days has already indicated that the enemy is very likely to have the opportunity in this rainy season." Huge advantage."

The noisy crowd below fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look at the person standing on the table.

He continued sadly: "Aren't we going to lose this glorious war like this, and give our free land to those shameless and unsatisfied slaves on the other side of the lake? ?!"

"Haven't we given them enough rights?!"

"Employing people from poor and backward areas like them, they are paid daily wages and three meals a day. They also demand that they own property, exchange their labor for land, and demand that they be the same as us. Your Excellency!"

"This group of people who rely on us for food, dare to say that the land that depends on us to develop and become rich is originally theirs, and we want us to return it to them!"

"Shameless!!" The man yelled loudly, with an angry expression on his face, "They really have a backbone, why didn't they open their mouths to drive us out when we first started to help them develop?"

"After we signed the agreement and got their consent to own this land and turn this land into a wealth of wealth, these greedy guys are going to claim ownership." Banner kicked us out!"

Guy explained to Bai Liu in a low voice: "This rainforest has a lot of wood, minerals, and water resources, but the residents living in this area are very poor, so I first found this land. These residents signed an agreement to give them jobs and property for the next 100 years, so that they can have enough food every day and obtain permanent ownership of this land."

Bai Liu paused slightly.

He felt that what he did was black enough, but he didn't expect there to be something even darker—exchanging the land he already had for cheaper labor.

This is no longer a lot of money, this is no money.

Guy sighed: "As you can see, this is a bad check, but the aborigines didn't realize it at the beginning, and they really didn't even have enough to eat, so they all lost their money." agreed."

"They built a large number of factories here, relying on the land and this labor force to obtain a lot of wealth, but the factory wages for residents are getting lower and lower, and the working hours are getting longer and longer. The less they treated these residents as one thing, and even trampled on these residents as slaves to make fun of them, disputes broke out.”

"During the quarrel, an aboriginal resident killed a factory manager. In order to vent their anger, the factory manager, friends and relatives imprisoned all the aboriginal people involved in the dispute in an abandoned factory. Burnt to death."

Guy was silent for a long time: "A week later, the war broke out."

"At that time, no one expected that they could fight for so long—these indigenous people knew the terrain very well, and many people in the international community were helping them, saying that this was a real battle. During the War of Liberation and Freedom, many volunteers from other countries joined them.”

Guy smiled desolately: "Hey, you can't believe it, I originally wanted to be their volunteer army, but before I signed up, my family sent me here first. "

Bai Liu's eyes stopped on the person who was still standing on the table and gave an impassioned commentary: "There is another version of this story, right? The cause of the war I saw in the recruitment advertisement is not like this."

"Yes." Guy looked at Bai Liu appreciatively, "The domestic official version is that they selflessly help the residents here get rid of poverty, obtain education, and the people are free, but They were first attacked by this group of greedy and degenerate indigenous people, and even killed a factory director who had selflessly helped them during the dispute."

Gay looked at the conscription advertisement posters scattered everywhere on the ground, and exhaled: "Do you know what the most complicated situation is? This recruitment advertisement did not tell lies, and the factory manager is indeed innocent. ‌."

"That's a nice man." Gay looked nostalgic, "Although he is not from aristocratic background, but after coming here to see the situation, he wanted to help these people from the bottom of his heart Build your own factory and get out of the control of those so-called [upper class people].”

"He mingled with these aborigines and helped them with everything he had, even when he was opposed by his family and friends."

"But some natives didn't believe him, and felt that his hypocritical behavior was to further oppress them, so during the dispute, this person was suspected by a person who had always held a grudge against him. The natives were shot indiscriminately."

"There is a lot of publicity about this matter in China, and many people came to this battlefield because of him—they feel angry and angry, and feel that such a good person should not die like this, including Alex."

"Their intentions are good, but they are a little naive. They thought they came here just to apologize, but the war is far more cruel than they imagined."

Guy was silent when he said this.

Bai Liu glanced at him: "You know this factory manager, right?"

"I can tell you, but this is a little secret between us, you can't let Alex know, he's jealous." Guy blinked his eyes and laughed, but But there was a smile on his face that couldn't hide his sadness, "He is my first love."

"I'm lucky. Both boyfriends are so good."

Someone on the table shouted loudly, overpowering Guy's voice: "In order to end this war that has lasted for a year and a half, sanction those greedy and low-spirited enemy troops before the full rainy season comes. , Two days later, we organized a raid, for which we selected the best quality veterans and formed an elite assault team."

"They will undertake the most dangerous assault charge after two days of shelling. Let us applaud the brave soldiers in this assault team!"

He took out a long list, and every time he read a name, a soldier stepped onto the high platform surrounded by cheers.

Guy looked at the list and waited quietly.

Alex seemed to realize something, he turned his head to look at Guy in disbelief, then turned his head suddenly, looking at the list with a look that almost burned through the list.

"Guy Davis!"

Alex subconsciously grabbed Guy's arm. He looked at Guy with red eyes, his throat was dry, and he couldn't speak a word.

Guy smiled and opened his hands finger by finger, and whispered softly in Alex's ear [the war is about to end, baby], it was deafening Amidst the screams and whistles, Guy walked through the bustling crowd onto the commando platform.

Alex chased Guy without thinking, but the cheering crowd blocked him, making it difficult for him to move.

The people on the table applauded and said warmly: "Next, let us welcome the general to commend these brave people!"

A majestic middle-aged man in a brighter stand-up collar military uniform clapped his hands and smiled and walked up to the high platform kindly.

He rewarded the soldiers one by one—hanging a medal worth less than five cents around the necks of the men who were about to die for him.

After hanging up, the handsome general turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Please remember their faces. If they die, they will die for the most just thing in the world. Well, they are the martyrs that all mankind should commemorate."

"This assault was initiated by me. I know that this assault will have very painful consequences, but it is to severely punish those inferior people..."

Alex gritted his teeth and looked at the eloquent general: "He suddenly launched this assault for his military exploits."

Bai Liu looked over and cast a questioning look.

Alex took a deep breath, and tried to keep calm and explained to Bai Liu: "This general was born as a commoner, and he entered the military/political management by marrying the daughter of a high-ranking official. He has always been called a nobleman. The class looks down on it, but it has secured its position by constantly fighting wars."

"But compared to war, I think he is better at politics/politics."

Alex looked up at Guy on the high platform, breathing heavily.

"The raid at this point in time is just for the good report after the defeat. After all, the raid caused casualties to the enemy before the loss, so we can use the tragic sacrifice of these veterans to publicize and attract more people." How angry that people have joined the army."

Alex's eyes were red: "They have already deceived many people with such tricks."

On the stage, the general continued to speak:

"They are the assault team that undertakes the most important mission, and only the most elite soldiers can enter..."

Someone below raised their hands and asked, "Can't recruits enter?"

The general laughed: "No, but your enthusiasm is worthy of a reward. You can enter the second or third assault team and be responsible for mopping up - the soldiers who enter the first assault team need high overall quality Just do it."

Someone raised his arm, his voice was not loud, but steady and penetrating: "I think I have such qualities."

All eyes are focused on the past.

This man is very tall, even among the soldiers who have been screened and enlisted, he is a head taller, and his hands are raised to be conspicuous, especially the one he is holding in his hand is not cheap at first glance. Fei ‌Silver left/wheel.

Tang Erda raised his hands helplessly, he had just received an order from Bai Liu, saying that he was asked to join the first assault team, he might as well take the risk.

Bai Liu smiled at him from a distance, raised her hand and made a "Come on, I believe you can do it!" gesture.

Tang Erda: "..."

This person is really a bit of a spectator and doesn't think it's a big deal.

The general seemed dissatisfied with such a recruit provoking him, his voice and expression became gloomy: "——war is not a noble shooting/shooting game, you must go through a lot of training if you want to join the assault team, at least, you have to master high Accuracy equals shooting skill."

He glanced contemptuously and dissatisfied at the silver left wheel in Tang Erda's hand - this kind of weapon is only brought by the children of big families who are free and rich battlefield.

"You have such a gun..." The general laughed and sarcastically raised the medal in his hand dignifiedly, "Young man, I understand your longing for honor, but I think you can't It is more suitable for riding a female/horse to hit a fixed target ten centimeters away..."

Tang Er turned the gun and loaded it, lowered the dark goggles on his head, raised his hand with condensed eyes, and shot the general on the stage, piercing through his hand exactly. that medal.

The general on the stage paused as if frozen, it took him a long time to let himself tremble, and his hands slowly loosened the punctured medal.

The medal fell to the ground, and everyone around looked at this recruit with outstanding guns/skills in shock.

Tang Er put away his gun lightly: "Am I qualified to join the assault team now?"

"-Yes!" Guy on the stage blew a whistle as if to coax, he raised his eyebrows, scanned Tang Erda from top to bottom with his sparkling eyes, and laughed loudly, "Okay Young man, your figure is as good as your gun/skill!"

Tang Erda hesitated for a moment, then calmly said thank you, and then heard the system prompt:

[System prompt: ‌You need to increase the favorability of the plot NPC Guy with you. 】

[System prompt: If the plot NPC Alex's favorability for you drops sharply, you will be excluded from the first-line quest]

Tang Erda: "???"

what happened? ? ! Why was he excluded from important tasks? !

Tang Er turned his head to look at Bai Liu in the crowd in bewilderment, pointed at himself, then shook his head, indicating that he could not enter the first-line mission.

Bai Liu's eyes slowly moved to Alex who was staring blankly at Tang Er hitting him.

Careless.