At the bottom of Manila Fortress No. 5, the defensive wall composed of a huge number of Oliha Gang allows the Metal Hall to stand at the forefront of the fight against alien creatures. After decades, it remains reliable.
Since it is a bridgehead built by the Federation using "legendary metal", it will naturally not be destroyed by the depth bombs launched by the Tropic of Cancer. But the power system of Fortress No. 5 was scrapped in the explosion that night, and is now torn apart in the ruins above the defensive wall. Therefore, all the weapons in the defensive wall are paralyzed and cannot be used.
Fortunately, someone gave me a pillow when I fell asleep. The BTS mode information shared by Fiona could just solve the defense problem after the ruins of Fortress No. 5. According to Joseph's conservative estimate, with nearly two thousand soldiers and prisoners working at full capacity, it would only take half a month to completely clear out the ruins and initially build the fortress power system, and restart the automatic intelligent defense of the defensive wall. The probability that another wave of alien beasts will happen in this half month is not high. To take a step back, even if alien creatures invade, the scale and harm will not be as large as the slime monster incident and the long-throated bird. the extent of the incident.
So, Joseph decided to take the gamble. On the third day after the destruction of Fortress No. 5, a Xumizuo equipped with a Shenwu processing plant inside floated all the way from a naval base in Mindoro Island to Manila Bay, and then dived firmly into the seabed. Also built by Oliha Gang, the super ocean drilling probe disintegrated all obstacles above the metal hall and penetrated the top layer of the defensive wall.
Subsequently, within twelve hours, the engineer company completed the construction of a vertical passage using the top breach of the defensive wall and the center of the bottom of the Xumizuo as the two end points for the circulation of divine mist and personnel.
It cannot be said that what Joseph said in the video remote meeting that day was just to fool other cabinet members. His previous plan was actually to have Boca Rodriguez go to Manila. The latter's superpower "Imperial Capital" is really a civil engineering weapon, but when he thought about the existence of Boca Rodriguez, he just walked away and Singapore No. 30 was behind. With the fortress facing the terrifying possibility of being stolen by alien creatures, Joseph decided to use the prisoners from the two counties as cannon fodder to last for half a month.
As of today, September 2, more than 400 prisoners from Ten Thousand Islands County who were dispatched have completed four things: first, they assembled a simple elevator in the metal hall; second, they cleaned up the ruins of the fortress. The corpses of humans and animals left in the metal hall during the battle; third, they comprehensively inspected the defensive wall and blocked the leakage in the command room; fourth, they established a jungle 260 meters below sea level. Law small society.
Respecting the strong is the only rule here. The hundreds of prisoners in the metal hall are divided into three classes based on the size of their fists: the king, the king's lackeys, and the untouchables. But in fact, to put it bluntly, there is really not much difference in material conditions between each class: everyone is thrown into this place, just like a different prison; the so-called kings are those prisoners who have high force value and speak with their fighting power. , eat and drink like everyone else, they are all synthetic food transported down from the Xumizuo.
This is not the first time that the setting of synthetic food has appeared in this game. The first appearance was in the first chapter. Yun Ming ate it for dinner before going on a mission. The so-called synthetic food, you can think of it as a protein block with a very high energy conversion rate, which is very good at staving off hunger. You can eat one piece for half a week.
Another advantage of it is that it is easy to absorb and does not cause the phenomenon that people should defecate after digestion in the large and small intestines. It fundamentally solves the three urgent problems of human beings.
To sum up, synthetic food is a war invention of great strategic significance. In the middle and late stages of the Fire War, food synthesis technology was developed by the United Nations (not the United Nations in our narrow sense, in this parallel universe, the United Nations in the ten years from 2011 to 2021 is actually the predecessor of the Federation) from the military to the private sector, and the synthetic food produced saved the world. Countless lives.
Today in 2049, the people of the Federation can only see words like famine and starvation in the dictionary. Even the poorest people can buy a piece of synthetic food at a low price as their rations for the next few days.
In addition to the poor, soldiers, policemen, or people like Yun Ming who work as mercenaries to earn a living are also consumers of synthetic food. Unpalatable taste is the only disadvantage of synthetic food, but for people who have to perform tasks, the feeling of eating the same food is definitely much better than holding in feces and urine.
Each of the dispatched prisoners was given two pieces of federal standard emergency military rations, which not only provided energy for human activities, but also prevented the harsh environment of sewage flowing across the metal hall. It really killed two birds with one stone.
Let’s talk about the prisoners themselves. Although the most capable head prisoner has gathered people and formed a small group, in this special space on the bottom floor of Fortress No. 5, class privileges are in vain, and at most they don't have to work with their hands. Therefore, several villain leaders made a concerted effort and decided not to create a split. They came to a human resources optimization plan such as "You can use my henchmen as you wish, and your little brother must also respect me."
The life at the bottom of the fortress is very boring. The extremely creative prisoners came up with novel ideas. With the permission of several leaders, a simple handicap was opened in the metal hall...
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The blinding effect of Hun was not only applied to the three of them who had sneaked in, but also to the entire elevator car. Therefore, when Hun, Bai Fei and Diego took the elevator to the bottom of the fortress, no one noticed the elevator. Changes on the side.
There is a saying, even if they are unconscious and use no skills, the criminals probably will not care about the movement of the elevator, because the lively competition has attracted everyone's attention.
"Uh... I thought that there would be a hard fight as soon as the elevator door opened, but I didn't expect that the bottom floor of the fortress would be such a harmonious scene." Diego poked his head towards the crowded place.
At this time, the Fuxing infiltration trio had already exited the elevator and were hiding in a remote corner of the metal hall, away from the crowd.
"There's no harmony at all... this is just a death match." Bai Fei fully felt the criminals' character: "The black boxing competition in the underground world is nothing more than this."
What unfolded in front of the three people was a bloody fighting conference. The scene was very lively and the atmosphere was almost like the Super Bowl.
At the bottom of the fortress where life is boring, there are a group of criminals who want to "have some fun." After brainstorming, a gambling handicap was opened. The content of the game was unarmed fighting without any rules.
They used broken masonry and twisted metal to build a high platform more than one meter above the ground. The platform was smoothed as much as possible. This... was the arena for the "players" to compete.
Those who are sent to this high platform are forced to fight one-on-one. On the high platform, life and death are linked to winning or losing. There is no surrender or surrender. The moment of truce is when the opponent dies. The people in the audience were happily watching the game and placing bets, feeling as comfortable as the ancient Roman nobles sitting in the Colosseum.
Those who control the metal hall on the ground floor of the fortress and organize and host the death competition are the top criminals I mentioned above, a total of four people. Since I really don’t want to name such a trivial character, I’ll just use the physical characteristics of the four names. They are: One Eye, Scarface, Pirate and One Ear.
Just by listening to their names, you know that there are at least three disabled people among these four people, but that is not true... because these four people are more or less missing some parts, and the "pirate" whose nickname sounds the soundest is the one who is missing. Missing arms and legs is the most serious. His right arm, left leg and some internal organs are not made of flesh and blood, but sophisticated mechanical prostheses and artificial creations... Yes, this man is a mechanical transformation person, and the degree of transformation is not low, already at a second-rate level. The combat power is equal to that of an average tiger-level ability user.
As for the other three... they are directly tiger-level ability users.
Let us take a look at the beginning and end of the establishment of this small society based on the law of the jungle from a God's perspective: After hundreds of prisoners finished taking care of the metal hall, the soldiers in Xumizuo began to distribute weapons to them. The bad thing about this was the distribution of weapons. Hundreds of sets of equipment were transported down by the soldiers in the elevator. As soon as the elevator door opened, the contents in the car were confiscated by the above four people and became private property. Originally, if the prisoners were each armed with a gun, the superiority in force between the esper and the modified person would be basically eliminated. Unfortunately, the four people did not react slowly and took control of the weapons and equipment immediately, completely controlling their military strength. In your own hands.
More than half of the more than 400 prisoners in the metal hall have not received weapons and equipment. They are the untouchables of this lower-class society and the main force participating in the bloody arena. In order to survive, these people were forced to step onto a high platform and fight to the death with equally desperate opponents, just for the food they should have; while the king and lackeys in the audience leisurely enjoyed everything the untouchables had, including the few remaining s life.
"I guess when Joseph decided to let the prisoners build a defense line with their flesh and blood, he definitely didn't expect something like this to happen." Hun pointed to a corner: "Did you see the mountains of supplies over there? The federal army The standard backpack is full of clothes, food, drinking water and weapons. Under the current situation, it is obvious that the distribution is not in place."
Bai Fei's eyes stayed on the No. 5 well floating in mid-air: "I didn't expect that in this environment, we have to abide by the 28-20 law. They really don't think it's weird to do black boxing next to the alien passage. What’s the matter?”
"Well, Joseph is using them as a one-time combat force. There is no need to tell them what they are going to do. I'm afraid he didn't even tell them about Well No. 5 and what monsters might emerge from the other side of the well."
Indeed, I guessed it right. If One-Eyed Scarface and others had known that they might be facing alien creatures, they would have distributed their equipment and everyone would have been armed.
"Okay." Bai Fei shrugged: "What do you want to do with these prisoners? Commander Galicia."
Galicia is Hun's surname, and her real name is Galicia Benita. After Benita took over as a cadre of the Renaissance Organization and was codenamed "Hun", this name has not been mentioned for a long time. Not many people in the organization know the original name of Hun, but at least Bai Fei knows it.
"Hmm..." Hun didn't think for long: "Diego."
"exist."
"Clearance."
"yes."
After a brief and concise dialogue, Diego walked out with his sword in hand. The gorgeous and exquisite European rapier and Spanish left-hand sword were unsheathed and ready to go.
The ability "Sword Heart" is activated.
Skill activates.
[Beast Style Sword—Double Carp]
