The blue light patterns alternate between light and dark, making the entire space look like a beautiful scene under the shallow sea. But there is neither the sea nor the creatures swimming here. What is there are just humanoid machines arranged in a battle formation.
In fact, by human standards, they should be called aliens, not alien machines. But still using human standards, for the most elite warriors with impressive records, they are often described as killing machines.
Standing in formation here are the soldiers of the fourth civilization. Just standing can exude a suffocating pressure. This is not intentional, but a real momentum that has been tempered. It's not a master of kings, nor a fierce warrior, but an aura that makes people instinctively think of the word "killing machine" just by looking at it.
Compared with the Earth civilization that has successfully gone through several games, the Fourth Civilization has spent countless lives in exchange for the survival of the civilization until now.
It is not a civilization that specializes in warriors. In fact, if you want to put the words describing the characteristics of a civilization such as economy, culture, and entertainment in order, then the words related to combat may have to be found in the backward order.
A civilization like this, which is completely unsuited to a game of destruction, should have been completely destroyed in the first game. But there are always countless possibilities in the universe. The enemies that the Fourth Civilization encounters for the first time are even more fragile than them, whether in terms of technology or mentality.
But even so, the opponent is an attacking civilization after all. In a cruel and strange war, while shedding tears, she pulled the trigger on the fourth civilization to plunder lives... In some respects, such an enemy makes it more difficult for the fourth civilization to deal with than the ferocious enemy. . After nearly all the game participants participating in the novice tutorial were wiped out, they barely managed to win the first game.
It has to be said that the first game of defensive civilization completely copies everything in real civilization, which is a very effective way to encourage people. In addition to the huge losses suffered by the game participants themselves, the surviving game participants also saw a planet where life was almost completely extinct. The words "dead bodies everywhere, like hell, and rivers of blood" are no longer adjectives, but expressions of facts.
Because they were the first to adapt to combat, the survivors who were not eliminated by death returned to reality with the memory of their civilization being destroyed, and used their own power to prevent the fragile civilization that was no different from the game from being destroyed.
The Fourth Civilization advocates fairness, but there are too many factors that can break fairness, especially the game of destruction that strongly intervenes in the process of civilization and has the power to obliterate fairness and even all things. In the face of this force that is too powerful to resist, the fairness advocated by the fourth civilization can only compromise, and it can only compromise.
While the vast majority of people are still walking on the ordinary path of life, on the other side opposite to reality, some people are beginning to be forced to become warriors, either for themselves or for the sake of the entire civilization.
There is no shortage of excuses in the game of destruction. Once you participate in the game, it is no longer clear whether killing and destruction is for yourself or for civilization. Even if one blatantly advocates the former, in essence, one's own survival is indeed the basis of civilization's survival. And no matter what kind of despicable things a person who uses the latter as his slogan does, as long as it does not directly endanger the survival of civilization, no one can accuse him of doing anything wrong.
This game that tightly binds individuals and civilization can easily change the thinking of any civilized individual. Therefore, warriors are not only warriors, but also leaders who completely change the thinking of the entire civilization to adapt to the game.
“If you don’t kill, you will be killed.”
"We must protect our home."
"I hope to give my loved ones a happy life."
"We cannot see people we value being killed by invaders in front of our eyes."
"The other party made the first move."
"Our enemies are aliens that are completely different from us. Killing them is not killing at all."
From the perspective of civilization itself, there is nothing wrong with these words. What's more, those who can refute these words have always only existed from the perspective of staying away from the matter, and in this game that involves all people in civilization, regardless of gender, age or age, rich or poor, good or evil, , moral standards are unified as never before.
If you want to survive in the game of destruction, you can only adapt to your own silent clamor. The fairness of the fourth civilization has been transferred from the fairness of all things to the fairness of becoming a warrior and protecting civilization without any hindrance.
There is neither excuse nor pressure, and there are countless coveted exchanges. All the forces in the universe that push living things forward are gathered in the game of destruction, so let alone the fourth civilization that has common thinking to a certain extent, as long as it is It is absolutely impossible for civilization to escape the control of the game of destruction.
After a few hard-fought victories, the similarity of thinking brought about by fairness allowed the Fourth Civilization to complete the change in thinking faster than other civilizations. It omits the process of individual confusion and struggle and goes directly to the direction of collective choice.
This is both an advantage and a tragedy. Because of fairness, they have gained the fastest growth, and because of fairness, they have lost the difference between warriors and those who need to be protected.
The Fourth Civilization hates fighting more than most civilizations. It has completely given up on everything worth enjoying in reality. It mechanizes the training of combat skills, the mechanization of familiarity with weapons, and the mechanization of combat... It is constantly pushed by the consciousness of the entire civilization. There is no way to see the finish line.
This fourth civilization will still laugh because of happiness and cry because of sadness, but other than that, there is no emotional place that can distinguish an individual from the entire civilization. It is infinitely close to the social form of the lizard people. Therefore, the fourth civilization Civilization is powerful. Especially the warriors who, in addition to thinking and training, have experienced games on the verge of despair and survived until now.
Although he did not understand the order he had just received, he still prepared for battle efficiently, and then lined up and waited.
Under the detection of high-precision sensors, the vibrations from the top of the head are getting stronger and stronger, which means that the Boom Beast is rapidly approaching downwards, but the magnetic balls are all arranged around it, and none of the long-range weapons are aimed at the top of the head.
According to the order, other people will deal with the Boom Beast dug out of the ground. At this time and place, what needs to be guarded against are threats from around the underground world. The soldiers of the fourth civilization will question orders, but they will never fail to execute them, and the person who gave the order this time is unprecedentedly careful. After asking the soldiers to obey the order, he also used the time before being attacked to explain the reasons for the current arrangement.
Blue light patterns flashed rapidly on the arm of the commander of this team of fourth civilization warriors, conveying orders and instructions that inspired hope. After the commander made slight modifications, his deliberately cold voice echoed in the area. In the midst of a battle array filled with killing intent.
"Our enemy only exists here underground. We only need to stick to our current position to win the final victory. Maybe it will be one hour, maybe two hours, maybe ten hours. Although I don't know how long it will take in the end, but What is certain is that those of us who are defending here are convinced that as long as we fight with all our strength, the time required is definitely within our limits."
As the commander finished speaking, the vibration above his head miraculously began to subside. Except for the commander, the only moving soldier quickly compared the readings on the sensors, nodded slightly to the commander, and then returned to the queue.
Although he didn't say a word, and the other warriors didn't turn their heads to see his actions, the similarity of thinking allowed all the warriors to know under what circumstances no special explanation was necessary - the threat above their heads was indeed gradually fading away.
The commander's words, and the fact that they almost came in response, made the eyes of the soldiers hidden under the armor become brighter and brighter. The fact that the warriors of the fourth civilization kill for survival does not mean that they are willing to make themselves targets of killing. After being set to defend the goal of victory, the soldiers already know the meaning of the following battle. Even if they cannot improve their combat power, they can prevent themselves from becoming weak due to confusion. But now, with the confirmation that the threat above them is fading away, the meaning of the battle has changed from fighting for victory to fighting for survival.
The former is a collective goal, which requires countless prices to be paid in exchange for it. The latter is the ultimate goal of the fighting individual. When the astonishing number of booming beasts no longer approach, the so-called defense becomes less tragic and more hopeful. Make what the commander calls "within the limit" a psychological possibility.
The warrior's body is as silent and resolute as steel, but the fighting spirit exuding is changing from suffocating and heavy to leaping and burning flames.
"My words now are not just to make you fight desperately. Allies from other civilizations have confirmed that our hostile civilizations are hiding in the space we are in now. Although we do not understand this technology, we are In the previous battles, we have been exposed to too many technologies that we cannot understand. And before we understood it, the enemies using these technologies were defeated by us, so this time, we still don’t need to understand, as long as we know, this technology It requires a huge amount of energy, and it is enough that the enemy cannot avoid it for long. The only thing we need to do is to hold on until the enemy emerges from the space they are hiding in, and then kill them."
"The protagonist of this battle is our civilization. Among the eight points that need to be reached to achieve the goal, only people from our civilization exist. Do you know what this means?" The commander knew that no one would reply, but still paused for a few seconds. Then he continued to shout in a high-pitched tone, "This means that as long as one of the eight points fails, we will never have another chance. Not only are we responsible for the life and death of our own civilization, but there are also other things on our shoulders. The future of the fourteen civilizations. The fourteen are also likely to save our civilization in the future. So this victory may also mean countless victories in the future..."
The commander vaguely felt that something was wrong with what he said now, but before he had time to think about it, new information came through.
"The commanders of the other seven points also said the same thing as me, especially this sentence - there may be losers in the eight points, but it must not be us..."
After the sensor reaches the set warning threshold, it suddenly emits a harsh buzzer. Soon, even without using the sensor, you may clearly feel the vibrations coming from all directions.
The commander read out the last message he received verbatim.
"The enemies hiding around us can see our every move, so... don't be underestimated..."
