Chapter 447 Where it all began

   In the vast valley.

  Escorted by more than a hundred heavily armed soldiers, the mighty alliance mission of hundreds of people marched towards the depths of the valley.

   "...The city of origin is ahead! The capital of the Great Rift Valley, the destination of our trip!"

  The man who spoke was wearing a gray power armor, which looked somewhat similar to the dragoon power armor in the NPC shop, but it was completely different upon closer inspection.

  His name is Ma Kai, and he is the captain of the patrol in the vicinity.

  When he heard that the alliance mission was carrying the captives of the legion, he immediately volunteered to serve as the guide of the escort.

  Because they only fought against the Legion last year, the vast majority of people in the Great Rift Valley didn’t have a good look at the Legion.

   At least they soldiers.

  Then the enemy of the enemy is naturally a friend!

   Noticing the pair of unfriendly gazes, Antonyt's eyes were full of tension, and his face had been pale from just now, as if it had been painted with a layer of paint.

   On the contrary, Piman, the commander of Camp No. 530 who was captured together with him, had a calm expression on his face at the moment.

   It didn't look like a prisoner, but like a picnic accompanied by a group of bodyguards.

   "...take it easy, my friend, we're in the Rift Valley, there's nothing to fear."

  Antonite glanced at him and said nervously.

"What's the meaning?"

   Piman coughed lightly, and replied in a very soft voice.

   "It literally means that the most dangerous part of the road has passed."

   The one who wants them to die most is undoubtedly the Bugra Free State.

   After all, if they are allowed to go to the Great Rift Valley, those merchants and the legion will definitely not be able to do business.

   And the alliance definitely doesn't want them to die, including the Great Rift Valley, at most they will be locked up for interrogation, and they will be asked and answered at that time.

  In fact, along the way, they encountered at least five or six attacks.

   It's just that the soldiers of the Alliance are really ruthless. They just fought against them in Camp No. 530, and they crossed nearly a thousand kilometers all the way. When they were separated from the supply line, their combat effectiveness was not affected at all.

"be honest!"

   Unexpectedly, two prisoners were whispering there, and the soldier next to them immediately glared at them, and then looked at their comrades in arms.

   "Separate these two guys."

"yes!"

  The recruit with the gun nodded and was about to step forward, but before he could get there, Piman had consciously slowed down and left Antonite.

   The front of the line.

  Walking next to Ma Kai was an ambassador from the alliance named Wu Huaide.

  This man previously served as Shuyu's secretary at the Alliance's embassy in Boulder City. After Shuyu was transferred to Ideal City, he took charge of the embassy's related work for a period of time, and was then transferred back to the Alliance to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

   This trip to the Great Rift Valley was his first visit as an ambassador to represent the alliance, and his expression and speech were somewhat reserved.

  But in the words of managers, this is not a bad thing.

  The strength of the Great Rift Valley may be on the same level as the Enterprise Legion, and different from them, it is in the River Valley Province.

   It is better to adopt a cautious and diplomatic attitude when meeting with a strong neighbor at your doorstep for the first time.

   "Before I came here, I thought the Great Rift Valley was just a valley, but I didn't expect my imagination to be conservative." While speaking, Wu Huaide felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

   Ma Kai smiled.

   "Haha, you are right. This is a valley, but it stretches for hundreds of kilometers and looks a little bigger."

   Is it just bigger?

   The players who followed around couldn't help complaining.

   It took them two full days to walk here from the north of River Valley Province, and then it took them another half day to walk here from the edge of the valley.

   Not being able to fast travel is such a shame!

   "Speaking of which, does the name City of Origin have any special meaning?"

   Hearing the ambassador's question, Ma Kai replied with a smile.

   "No particular moral, just because this is where it all started."

   "Where did it all begin?"

  Wu Huaide didn't quite understand, and when he was about to ask in detail, he had already arrived at his destination.

   Ahead is a towering giant gate.

   Rather than saying it is a door, it is more like a dam, embedded in the middle of the valley.

  The black crowd of hundreds of people stood in front of the giant gate like ants under a big tree.

  The boy on the construction site and Brick looked up and looked around, scratched the back of his head with his hands, and said with a puzzled expression.

   "Isn't there a holy shield in the Great Rift Valley? Why didn't I see it?"

   Debt squinted at him with big eyes.

   "Do you also use an umbrella on sunny days?"

  The construction site boy and Brick were stunned.

   "What... mean."

   "He means that the thing will only unfold when it is in war, and it is usually closed... I guess it is also."

   Interjected, the regiment commander glanced forward while paddling on the edge of the water, and the towering giant door was slowly opening.

   And when the door opened halfway, all the players present showed expressions of surprise—even shock.

   Rows of concrete houses are located on the hillsides on both sides, and the top of the **** is a long glass curtain wall, inlaid on the mountain. There should be a lot of caves inside, but it is completely invisible from the outside.

  In the middle of the valley, there are steel bridges and corridors interlaced, and the elevators on both sides of the mountain railway connect the upper and lower floors.

   What is shocking is not these, but the center of the rift valley is a bottomless abyss.

  The mountains on both sides of the abyss are also inlaid with square concrete buildings, forming a large-scale building complex.

  Since there is only sunlight shining down at noon, the street lights on both sides of the road will be on day and night from the halfway up the hillsides on both sides.

   This is a city buried in a mountain depression, and at its feet are buried trillions of tons of hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, etc. produced by the electrolysis of seawater, as well as many mineral elements, and are preserved in solid form.

   What surprises the edge paddle is not its background setting, but the architectural layout here.

   After being silent for a while, he finally couldn't help but spit out something.

   "Aren't they afraid of landslides?"

  Even if there is no landslide, rain or something, this rift valley is simply a natural riverbed.

   Not to mention that they built such a big gate, the whole thing is a man-made reservoir.

   Kakarot said with a subtle expression.

   "Maybe...it's black technology."

  The technological content here does seem to be much worse than that of Ideal City, but you can't just look at the appearance.

   Along the way, at least they saw more than a hundred powered armors and various types of exoskeletons.

   At least in terms of combat effectiveness, no one dares to underestimate them.

   These people are not inferior to legions, and naturally they are not inferior to enterprises.

  A man in a brown gown stood at the entrance of the giant gate, nodding slightly to show respect.

   "Welcome to Origin City. I am the Secretary-General of Your Excellency the Great Rift Valley, Yang Wei, who is in charge of external contacts."

  "Ambassador of the Alliance, Wu Huaide," walked up to shake hands with the man in the brown gown, Wu Huaide made a sincere representation, "Our visit this time is mainly for matters related to Luoxia Province."

  Yang Wei nodded, expressing his understanding.

   "I have reported your matter to Mr. Chief, please move to the lounge and wait for a while, and then he will personally meet you."

   "Thank you very much."

   "You're welcome, please come with me."

   As he spoke, Yang Wei then looked at Ma Kai who was standing next to Wu Huaide.

   "Leave the guests to me, those two captives from the legion, you take them to where they should go."

   Ma Kai grinned and said.

   "Good!"

  The transfer of captives was completed quickly.

   Piman did not resist, and calmly followed behind the approaching guards.

  Antonite is the same.

  Although he has a frustrated expression on his face, he is a smart man, knowing that being honest and obedient at this time will save him some trouble.

   There are more than 300 players left in the Death Corps who have successfully walked here. In name, they belong to the soldiers of the alliance. It is impossible for everyone to meet the leader of the Great Rift Valley together.

  It can't be justified in terms of emotion and reason.

  Following the manager's instructions, Wu Huaide selected the players with the highest contribution points to follow the secretary-general to the lounge.

   While the others followed the captain named Ma Kai, they moved to the temporary camp prepared by the Great Rift Valley for the alliance to rest.

  It's getting late outside, and it's time to go offline.

  Although it's a pity that we can't see the next plot, but there is such a thing as the official website forum, and we won't miss any key information.

   The command was temporarily handed over to Kakarot, and the group followed Yang Wei and took the elevator up to the floor at the top of the Great Rift Valley.

  The structure here is completely different from the one below. The wide halls and corridors are entirely made of alloy, resembling a space capsule suspended on a high orbit in a sci-fi blockbuster.

  Through the floor-to-ceiling windows arranged on one side of the corridor, you can directly overlook the depths of the valley.

   While walking through the corridor, the construction site boy and Brick suddenly spoke.

   "I seem to understand."

   "What do you understand?" Lie Dao glanced at him sideways.

   "It feels to me... like a space colony in a sci-fi movie."

   Several players around were stunned.

"What?"

"Don't you feel that way?" The boy on the construction site and Brick scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "The buildings below the Great Rift Valley are not on the same level as the sense of technology here, but the quality of life is justified. And In terms of structure, I always have a feeling that those buildings... are like eggs laid by this space capsule."

   "Pfft... your metaphor hahaha." Liao Dayan couldn't hold back his laughter.

  Drawing on the edge of the water showed a thoughtful expression.

   "Hmm... Maybe it's really possible."

  Drum Shampoo nods thoughtfully.

   "I think it makes sense."

  Big Eyes of Debt: "...?"

  No matter what the origin of this facility is, the group finally reached the door of the lounge.

   There are many tables and sofas in the empty room, surrounded by bookshelves, with many books that look old.

  According to the general nature of this game, high-value information is either hidden in books or in the mouths of NPCs, and players need to collect it on their own.

  However, the people standing here are all "illiterate". Everyone's listening and speaking skills are passable, and reading and writing are very average. We can only rely on the offline translation function of VM to get a general understanding.

but…

   It is also an option to take pictures first, and then sync to the official website when there is a signal.

  Plucked the book from the bookshelf, flipped through the edge of the book in his hands, and finally flipped back to the cover.

  When he saw the badge printed on it, he was slightly taken aback, with a strange expression on his expression.

   "Is this the badge of the...corporate?"

   "There are legions and colleges too," Standing next to another bookshelf, Debt Big Eyes took down two books and flipped through them, "...I didn't see the Church of the Torch."

  Drum shampoo machine: "Maybe the Torch Church doesn't have a face? After all, it has only been established for more than 20 years."

   Debt big eyes frowned.

   "But why is there a mark of the Legion Enterprise Academy? Forget about the academy, both the Legion and the enterprise have fought against the Great Rift Valley, right?"

  The construction site boy and Brick scratched the back of their heads.

   "I see that the settings on the official website are concentrated. The legion, enterprise, and college all belonged to the post-war reconstruction committee, and the headquarters of the post-war reconstruction committee is in the valley province..."

   Halfway through speaking, he suddenly stopped.

  City of origin...

  Where it all began.

  Adam's apple moved, and the construction site boy and Brick whispered in an uncertain tone.

   "...Could it be right here?"

  Looked at him with pairs of eyes, feeling a little flustered looking at him.

   "I'm guessing...don't laugh at me if I guess wrong."

   However, no one laughed at him.

  Includes big eyes on debt.

   Staring at the book in his hand, frowning, he swallowed unconsciously.

   "Maybe...it's really possible."

  …

   While the players were collecting clues in the lounge, no one noticed that the alliance ambassador had been invited to the next room.

  Although they followed all the way, they still missed the key main plot.

Sitting on the sofa.

  Wu Huaide looked at the old man with gray temples and drowsy eyes with a cautious expression.

  From the previous pleasantries, he has learned that this old man's name is Ge Yan, and he is the chief of the Great Rift Valley, and his status is similar to that of the manager of the alliance.

   But it is different from the tall, mighty, heroic, and vigorous managers.

  His eyes are cloudy, his face is wrinkled, and he looks like he is suffering from Alzheimer's.

  Although it was a little impolite to think so, Wu Huaide couldn't help but have this idea in his heart, and he felt a little proud.

  The old man sat very quietly, his eyes kept looking at the young man opposite him, but the gaze didn't seem to stay on him, but passed through him, looking at someone who wasn't there.

  After a long silence, he seemed to get the answer he wanted, and his dry lips finally moved.

   "...I have already learned about your affairs. I have sent an investigation team to the Bugra Free State. I promise to give you an explanation within three days."

  The Buguera Free State is a vassal of the Great Rift Valley. If the leader of the Great Rift Valley speaks, the business of those profiteers and legions will inevitably fail.

   Didn't expect it to be so smooth, Wu Huaide's brows relaxed slightly, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

   "Thank you very much."

  The old man smiled lightly and said.

   "I can't afford to say thank you. This incident was originally our mistake. I should say sorry to you at that time, and I have caused you so much trouble."

   Unexpectedly, the old man's attitude was so sincere, and Wu Huaide couldn't help being moved.

   If the Great Rift Valley can be persuaded to send troops to deal with the Legion, it will undoubtedly bring this war to an end more quickly.

  Although this was not a task entrusted to him by the manager, he decided to give it a try.

   "Speaking of which... Actually, there is one thing I don't quite understand." Taking advantage of the good atmosphere of the conversation, Wu Huaide found a suitable entry point and said.

  The old man looked at him kindly.

"What's up?"

   "The deployment of the Legion in Luoxia Province is obviously here. Why do you... let them do this?"

  Looking at the old man in front of him, Wu Huaide continued in a sincere tone.

   "Once they complete this supply line, more soldiers will be sent to the front line, and you will inevitably have to fight again. Why not join us now to eradicate future troubles once and for all!"

  After hearing these words, the old man was silent for a while before speaking.

   "The legion came after us, and we let them behave...both statements are inaccurate."

   Seeing that indifferent expression, Wu Huaide couldn't help clenching his fists resting on his knees.

   "Isn't that true?"

  The old man looked at him calmly.

   "It's what you see, but not all of it."

   Before the young man in front of him could speak, the old man continued.

   "Let's change the subject. How do you think we can end the wasteland? Build a lot of houses? Build a lot of schools to pass on knowledge? Or produce a lot of weapons? Or let the residents live in a prosperous era?"

  Wu Huaide opened his mouth and looked blankly at the old man in front of him. He didn't recover for a while, and he didn't understand why he suddenly said this.

   Seeing that the young man did not answer, the old man continued speaking at a gentle pace.

  "These things are actually very important, but which one to do first and which one to do later must have a corresponding plan."

   "We need to remove the slime mold and radioactive substances on the surface, and revive the decayed atmospheric environment... This is the foundation for the continuation of our civilization, and it is also the general line of the post-war reconstruction committee."

   "To complete these tasks, we need a strong army, technicians who are responsible for recycling and preserving civilizational heritage, and production personnel who produce industrial supplies and daily necessities."

  “But people are not machines, everyone will have different ideas, even if we are all for the same goal, there will still be differences on many issues.”

   "Is this related to... our previous topic?" Wu Huaide couldn't help asking.

"Of course it has something to do with it," the old man nodded. "Whether it's the legion, the academy, or the company... they all belonged to the post-war reconstruction committee. Even though conflicts and differences made us part ways, we still haven't forgotten our jobs. Those jobs It's like a sophisticated machine, still going on in an orderly manner, just in a different form."

  Wu Huaide: "Including detonating a nuclear bomb? Is that part of the job???"

  The old man coughed lightly.

   "That thing... really went too far."

  Wu Huaide couldn't help but continue to ask.

   "Even if the Legion tries to conquer you?"

  However, facing the aggressive tone, the old man just smiled lightly.

   "If the entire legion intends to conquer us, it is not an expeditionary army. Moreover, those people have already been dealt with by us."

  Wu Huaide stared blankly at the old man in front of him.

  It's completely different from those young soldiers outside.

  The old man didn't seem to have any hatred at all, and he didn't even take that war to heart.

just like…

  That is just a side effect of antibiotics, and it is completely acceptable for the treatment of diseases.

   "I don't understand..."

  Looking at the confused face, the old man replied in a very soft voice.

   "That doesn't matter, it's enough for your manager to understand. If he came out of the shelter, then he must understand what I mean."

  Wu Huaide couldn't help feeling angry. Although he knew that such emotions should not appear on diplomats, he was a survivor of the River Valley Province, and even more so, a refugee who was displaced by the collapse of the expeditionary army.

  He hated the Legion as much as he hated the Bonechewer Horde, and now that anger has reached here.

  That calm expression, as if the war was just a trivial matter that had nothing to do with the overall situation, and the price paid as a long-term plan was completely acceptable.

  What is methodical progress?

  What is a different form?

   All in the plan of the Post-War Reconstruction Commission.

   But the only part of the plan he didn't hear was himself.

where is he?

  Where are the survivors who lived neither in the Rift Valley nor in Boulder?

  It would be fine if the old man didn’t mention the manager, but he also mentioned their manager...

   Taking a deep breath, Wu Huaide restrained the anger in his chest, knowing that now is not the time to act emotionally.

  He does not represent himself.

   But Alliance!

  Even though he knew he was talking to a duck, he still couldn't help raising his voice and made a last effort, trying to wake up the old man who didn't know if he was asleep or pretending to be asleep.

"The Legion not only intends to destroy the alien species, they even intend to destroy everyone except the Willanters! Is this part of your salvation plan? Where are we when the Willanters rule the world? Give the nose Are you going to have a lift operation?"

  The old man shook his head.

"That was the idea of ​​some Willant people, like a tumor in the muscle. This is a mistake, but I believe it is not all. Among other things, their marshal is not a Willant himself. As the leader of the legion , how could he approve of this crazy idea?"

  "Of course, I don't agree with many of his actions. Ending chaos requires violence, but his connivance of violence is indeed a bit too much."

  Wu Huaide had a surprised expression on his face.

   It is not because of the old man's sentence itself, but the information contained in this sentence.

   "The marshal of the legion...isn't he a Willant?"

"Yes."

"how do you know?"

  The old man showed nostalgia on his face, although that nostalgia turned into a soft sigh.

   "Of course I know, after all, I watched that child grow up."

   "And... the Willanters came later."

  Wu Huaide looked at him blankly.

   "...?"

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   (Thanks to the leader of "Tang Zhang" for the reward!!)

  (end of this chapter)