Mass Effect world, Starlink New New York City.
"Sir, all the equipment has been sorted out." The young adjutant stood in front of Zhao Min and reported.
"Then...let's get lucky." After Zhao Min finished speaking expressionlessly, he turned around and left the office hall. This place used to be the "New York Branch of Dawn City Co., Ltd. in Xinglian". Now it has been moved away, leaving only empty workrooms and randomly scattered papers... Even if hundreds of years have passed, this scene seems to have never changed.
When twelve small transport ships took off from the top of the building, the adjutant sitting next to Zhao Min looked very unwilling. When the transport ship passed by Sunset Street, she finally couldn't help but said, "Sir, is it possible for us... to come back?"
Zhao Min looked at the surging crowd of protesters outside the window and did not answer this question.
The Starfleet after the war was in ruins - not just architecturally. Compared with the home stars of other races, the Earth has not even been directly invaded. No Reaper warship has ever landed on the Earth. The facilities on the Star Alliance home star can be said to be the most perfectly preserved.
This "ruin" is the human heart...
In this war, a total of 210 million people from the Star Alliance took to the battlefield, with 74 million casualties!
The focus is not on the casualties - after all, as long as they are covered with flags, buried on the desolate Pluto, and fired a few times - the total cost does not exceed five stars. In addition, all pensions and disability benefits have been paid in full, so that the families of these people will not have any complaints... After all, even if they want to delay and deny the money, it will only be done after a few years when things calm down.
The big trouble now is the surviving soldiers... there are too many of them! Although these people are prime-age labor force, Star Alliance does not need so many now! Because all the colonies have been "temporarily" lost, mankind currently has only the solar system where the labor force can be accommodated... Although the top leaders of the Star Alliance hope that all these people will die gloriously, the war has ended in a way and speed that they did not want to see. That's it!
Then the 140 million active-duty soldiers left behind became a big problem.
At the beginning, these people were mobilized for various wars and promoted slogans - "Behind you is your hometown, we have no way to retreat!", "Every inch of Star Alliance land is made of blood!". "The country's life and death are based on the interests of the country, why should we avoid it because of blessings and misfortunes"... He was so excited that his blood was surging, and then he went to the battlefield. But when they came back, they discovered that this star alliance was still a star alliance of bureaucratic capitalism and big entrepreneurs, not theirs.
The sum of all the wealth they control. Less than one percent of Star Alliance. In this place they guard with their lives, they don't have an inch of land, not a penny of profit, no job, no social status... no one even takes them seriously. No. It should be said that society as a whole is gradually viewing them as a "problem." News networks promote their resistance behavior as "war trauma syndrome" every day, and they do not even have a channel to speak out.
These people quickly turned from heroes to cancer. The huge sense of loss made countless people begin to hate that they had ever defended the Star Alliance...
Of course, there are also contributions from some people in the Star Alliance. Bureaucrats took advantage of their positions to devour large amounts of war surplus materials; capitalists took advantage of abundant human resources to push wages to the bottom line; politicians jumped up and down, throwing blame everywhere... In this case. The "City of Dawn", which never took the initiative to intervene in the politics of various countries, became the target of taking the blame.
So a large group took the lead in shouting the slogan, "Support domestic products, reject Dawn!" Instructing people to gather together to burn all kinds of cheap materials with the City of Dawn trademark, and then double the price of their own goods and then distribute the goods at a 20% discount - but who could have known that the City of Dawn has long stopped wasting productivity on basic materials? . City of Dawn's current basic supplies all come from ordering from various countries - including that large group.
What's ridiculous is that in order to grab the order from City of Dawn, the large Star Alliance Group quoted only a quarter of the market price! It is completely using "patriotism" to plunder excess profits within the Star Alliance, and then make up for the loss of Dawn City orders. Not only that, but for the publicity of it. They even have to pay Shuguang City a "hush fee"...
The New York branch of the City of Dawn closed down, and hundreds of thousands of people marching in the streets cheered in unison, ecstatically, like a carnival. Zhao Min looked down at all this with a sneer. Speechless. These people have no idea that in exchange for a retreat from "City of Dawn", the price Star Alliance has to pay can even fill these twelve transport ships! In the end, this price will be passed on to those marching below.
The "City of Dawn"'s grand strategy was originally to shrink and then move to another world battlefield. It was basically following the trend. Zhao Min didn't know what she was angry about. Finally, she dialed Yakumo Murasaki's phone with some anger. "Hey, when will that guy come back?! We are fighting to the death with the Mona people every day. How long will he, the captain, want to be idle?! After we defeat the Mona people, he will come back to hold a celebration party. ?! Still waiting to attend our funeral!"
"How do I know? I just had a sex date with him. Even if you ask me about this kind of thing, I don't have an answer." On the other side of the phone, Yakumo Zi said without any restraint, "But I heard that he is there I opened another harem on the side, called Shuiyue Palace. It has mature women, lolita, and shota, and they also play role-playing games. Maybe they are too happy to miss Shu..."
"Farke!"
"Fake vomit."
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Lao Lu, who is still fighting life and death here, does not know that he has been viciously complained about, and even his grandma is included in his harem, including Xiao Lizi...
There was a reason why he avoided the war with the Mona people and concentrated on hanging out in the world of immortals. Since he accurately "predicted" that the number of Reaper fleets attacking the Spear Galaxy was 24,000, Lao Lu's confidence in his prophecy has greatly increased!
So one day, he said to the sky, "Prophecy, please tell me what it takes to easily defeat the Mona people?" Then he released the "Chuqing" sword vertically like a god g--at this time he Like a hundred-year-old child scratching his head, his surroundings are filled with various models! It can be said that it has everything, enough to make a "god" choice. There was a "pop" sound - the extremely heavy "Chu Qing" sword fell down and hit his foot hard!
Because of this, Lu Xing was lame for a week.
Then one day, he held the scepter of Savras and said again to the sky, "Magical scepter of Savras, tell me what it takes to defeat the Mona people?" At this time, he was standing The very center of the City of Dawn is surrounded by a huge deep space fleet, and all war weapons are here! Then there was another "pop" - the "Chu Qing" sword fell from his belt and hit his foot again...
The miserable Lu Yuan finally determined one thing. The key to defeating the Mona people does not lie in those huge warships that are often dozens of kilometers long. What makes him very confused now is that if the prophecy is really successful, then the way to defeat the Mona people is the "Chu Qing" sword? Or his feet...that's a painful question.
Use the Scepter of Savras to make accurate predictions. There must be a price to pay - so most people who abuse this prophecy of the scepter end up miserable. So Lu Yuan didn't dare to use it too much. What if he lost the c? ! So he could only hide the question of "sword or foot" in his heart. It was painful (fractured foot) to carry this secret alone. He came to the world of Xianxia and prepared to improve his strength again - he could feel it. , the decisive battle with the Mona people is not far away, and the time left for him to improve his strength is actually not enough.
Even though Lu Xiaoer seemed to be living in a haphazard way every day, he actually knew it very well. In terms of martial arts, he has reached the limit of the human body, and in terms of swordsmanship, he is even more skilled. If he wants to move to the next level, he no longer needs new swordsmanship, but more opponents of equal strength to polish him! And the road to magic has come to an end. At his level, the enemies he needs to face are all that kind - if he doesn't have dozens of immunities on his body, he will be embarrassed to say hello to others!
on his spell list. Except for a few legendary spells and spells attached to the power of the world, most of the magic under the eighth ring will be ineffective against current opponents, and will be completely reduced to toys to tease the soldiers. As the research on magic goes deeper, it actually turns into an analysis of rules, laws, and the power of the source sea. All cultivation paths have begun to reach the same goal here.
In this regard, it is the Eastern magic system that goes even further. Unlike magic, which aims to control energy, magic seems to have chosen to control the rules of the world from the beginning - such a more difficult path. Therefore, although Eastern magic is not as colorful as magic, its effects are often more surprising. A simple example is to change the weather on a large scale, which should be an eleven-ring magic in Toril... but was blocked by Sister Mi. But in the east. It seems that many earth wandering immortals can do it.
Of course, this is just a rudimentary idea of Lu Yuan. He is no longer the same person he was when he first entered Baldur's Gate. He is still a blank slate, so he easily accepts the concept of magic. Now Lu Yuan is already a master of the three disciplines of swordsmanship, boxing and magic. The research on these three systems is unparalleled in the pluralistic world! Therefore, his knowledge and vision obstacles are piled up as high as a mountain!
Not to mention that relearning the fairy art system is so advanced, Lu Yuan and Lu Dbin have been arguing for ten years about the small issue of "should the flying sword be held in the hand when using sword control?" For this reason, people’s brains are often beaten into pieces, and as a result, no one can convince anyone... This shows how difficult it is to tear down the entire knowledge system and rebuild it!
But finally the hard work paid off. Lu Yuan first used a series of 2b behaviors - such as pretending to be stupid, such as working as a waiter in a shop, such as teasing (playing tricks on the teacher) (making two children) - and finally emptied his mind.
Then the first spark of "turning stone into gold" bloomed; and now, the Five Spirits Immortal Technique is the second! The original version of the Five Spirits Immortal Technique was the power of elements controlled by the Elemental Demon God. This is so similar to the plastic energy system in the magic system! But when the five gods used rules to manipulate the power of elements, the power was a hundred times that of plastic magic! Therefore, Lu Yuan instantly realized that he had finally found a breakthrough in the magic and fairy system...
At the last moment, Lu Yuan condensed five fireballs as big as a basin and flew out quickly, magically bypassing the Earth God who was blocking the way, and then hit the Vulcan God hard in the face! This life, which was born from the combination of the spiritual power of heaven and earth and the spiritual power of fire since the birth of heaven and earth, was stunned by the sudden attack.
How many years...how many years has it been, he mumbled meaninglessly, how many years has it been since he was fooled by someone! "It tastes really good!" He said as he tasted the flame. It was different from all the flames in the world, with a... "salty taste?"
"Who is Xianxian?" Lao Lu said innocently.
"Hahaha~ Nuwa, I accept your deal!" Vulcan laughed loudly, "Let's have another fun fight! Get over here and die!"
After he finished speaking, six blazing wings suddenly bloomed from his back, a crimson armor served as a hood, and then a huge flaming sword appeared in his hand. With a red light that cut through the deep space, he swooped towards Lu Yuan with thunderous force! The flames all over the sky spread out even bigger wings behind him, heading towards the landing far below the hood!
But the next moment, there was only a loud sound of "touch!", the flames scattered, and the entire void shook violently! Then Vulcan rolled back with his face covered at a speed faster than the charge...
Lao Lu raised one foot high on the spot and struck a Huang Feihong pose!
"It's okay to play with fire... fight with me, you're not good enough!"
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ps: There should be more today. Lao Lei will try his best to make up for what he owed earlier. (To be continued.)
