Chapter 153 153 "The Circles Are Different, Don't Be Inflexible."

Chapter 153 153· "The circles are different, don't be inflexible."

On December 1, 2024, at 14:50 pm, Fashou time, the first wave of earthquakes quickly subsided after reaching its peak.

The stability of the triangle was not false, and the Qin family father and son came out of it intact.

But overnight, the world that had been riddled with holes by hail completely changed again.

If a huge hailstone can smash a ten-story building into nine floors, then a huge earthquake can directly destroy a nine-story building into one floor. This so-called "one floor" is still a ruin.

Before the natural disaster, Fashou was not at the junction of any tectonic plates, and records of earthquakes were very rare. Therefore, the earthquake resistance of the buildings here was very average.

In the face of this earthquake, which was not considered a huge one according to the predictions, the number of buildings in the city that was originally densely populated with high-rise buildings is only a quarter. Most of the building heights have been cut in half, and some fragile buildings have been cut in half. Buildings directly became ruins.

This is only the first game. It is foreseeable what this place will look like in a month. Not only here, I am afraid that the height of Blue Star's buildings will be reduced at an epic level, and the hard work of the architects will be destroyed. .

No matter how many storms and waves he had experienced, no matter how much mental preparation he had made, Qin's father still looked at this scene and remained speechless for a whole minute.

"Let's go, Duomian, we still have a lot to do." But he couldn't look any further, time was very important, he turned to his son who was still in a state of confusion and said.

The city has not yet completely turned into ruins, so it is even more important to seize the time to collect the materials that have not been completely buried.

In addition, it has been determined that there must be some survivors in this city, and the collection of supplies here will only become more and more difficult.

"Yeah." Qin Duomian responded suppressedly.

After closing the door of the building behind them, the two walked towards the area that they had not searched before, preparing to start today's work.

"Dad..." Qin Duomian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and pointed forward as he passed by the ruins of the park where he stopped briefly last night.

Father Qin followed his gaze and saw that the first man who appeared in the park last night was still in the park.

The other party had no reaction to the appearance of the two of them this time. After all, he was alive at the beginning, but he is dead now. The blood from the wound on his chest was dry and frozen. It was obvious that he had been dead for a while. .

The backpack and even the hat with the searchlight on his head that was almost worn out, everything that could be called supplies were gone.

"It would be great if he died in our hands. The things in his backpack are enough for us to live for at least one more week. It's a pity, it's a pity." Qin Duomian heard his father mutter to himself regretfully, "Duomian, wait and search Be careful when walking, pay attention to the ground, and be sure to speak up if there are traces of other humans.”

Qin Duomian turned around to check his footprints in fear. Fortunately, due to the special road conditions, he and his father did not leave any obvious traces.

"Um."

Slightly relieved, Qin Duomian nodded, grabbed the dagger in his pocket, as if this could give him a sense of security, and followed his father closely.

Blue Star has completely turned into an era of plunder where the weak and the strong prey on each other.

Before the Era of Natural Disasters, Qin Duomian hated the secular order because it hindered too much of his fun.

But now, he misses it very much.

…

The southeastern national boundary line of Fashou, Pingkunbao Town.

This is the place in Fashou that was least affected by the earthquake.

But the country of Fashou is not big, and there is no inland area like Dongguo or Beimaoguo, where the earthquake disaster is negligible.

Therefore, even here, after this first round of earthquakes, its appearance has changed drastically.

However, before the earthquake, a large area here was forcibly razed to the ground by the army in advance, and a large number of scattered temporary camps were set up.

With sufficient preparation, the impact will not be significant.

In the core area of ​​the camp, surrounded by many soldiers, Malna, the current leader of Magic Hands, sat in a slightly shabby but hard-won room in the era of natural disasters, waiting for the arrival of the secretary who reported the situation to him.

Marner's eyebrows were gloomy and his mood was visibly bad. After all, he had been in a state of stress for a month and it was really difficult to show a smile.

Soon, his bodyguard opened the door and let the secretary in.

"How is the situation now? The first wave of earthquakes has passed. What are our losses? Is it acceptable?"

Before the secretary even came to stand in front of Marner, Marner said impatiently.

"Mr. Marner, the law-hand citizens living in our shelter have been counted dead so far on the first day of the earthquake disaster..." The secretary opened the report book he carried and began to report to Marner The current situation of the magic hand.

Then Marner immediately raised his hand, interrupting the secretary's report.

"Don't worry about these Magic Hand citizens for now. What's so important about them... They're not that important for now. We'll mention it later."

Marner knew very well that what he said was violent talk, and if it spread in peacetime, he might be taken to court, but he really didn't want to hear these death data, which were just numbers. He now had something more worthy of his concern:

"Where are our maritime fleets? How are they doing? Have they been able to hold on?"

The secretary paused for a moment, then flipped through several pages of the report book and continued:

"Mr. Marner, the situation there is not optimistic. At present, the tsunami caused by the first wave of earthquakes has not completely subsided. However, as of the news from the fleet remaining on the coast, there are already several small ships and most non-military ships. The ship was completely overturned and could not be repaired or used in a short period of time.

In our military fleet, medium-sized ships have suffered varying degrees of damage. Problems such as flooding with sea water and gaps have emerged one after another. Most of the functions of internal parts and equipment cannot be used as usual due to the impact of the tsunami. The soldiers above are doing their best to repair them. , but with little success.

As for our aircraft carrier Gaule, during the first round of tsunami, there were no major internal problems for the time being, but the surface runway and some firepower equipment equipped on the outside also had more or less problems.

In the first round of the tsunami, the number of soldiers on our fleet left on the coastline died, as of just now, a total of 123, and the number of injured was as high as a thousand, of which more than 200 were seriously injured. "

Listening to the secretary's report, Marner's already bad expression immediately became even worse.

Modern ships are not as fragile as they used to be, especially military ships, so it is normal to experience a tsunami without being completely wiped out.

But it cannot be experienced forever. Under normal circumstances, the best way for ships to deal with tsunamis is to move to other calm ports. Why welcome disaster when you can avoid it?

Toutie's front-on greeting is the lowest method, but it's a pity that such a place does not seem to exist during the earthquake disaster.

Seeing that Marner did not speak, the secretary paused and continued to report:

"Mr. Marner, according to the military's speculation, even the aircraft carrier Gaule will not be able to operate normally after this month, even if the earthquake and tsunami danger levels no longer increase.

Even if the whole thing does not sink and the shell does not suffer fatal damage, it will still require lengthy repairs before it can be put back into use.

In other words, it is almost impossible for our maritime power to be preserved intact.

In addition, a more pressing issue is that the soldiers on the fleet have also developed fear. They are now collectively asking us to bring them all back, instead of leaving them on the seashore and dying together with these ships.

This call is currently very intense, and the military says that they can no longer suppress it. Although it is limited to speech at the moment, we may have to bring them back, otherwise there will be more unplanned chaos and even mutiny. "

"What! Where can a soldier drop his gun? Where can a knight drop his horse!

These damn losers, weak cowards! The fleet is about our future! How can you abandon it! They must die on the ship and are not allowed to come back! "

Marner said loudly and angrily, angrily throwing the cup on the table to the ground and watching it fall apart.

Even so, he still wasn't relieved, clenching his fists and breathing heavily.

If there are people on board, it is possible for the fleet to be repaired in a month. Then, after a month of tsunami, the unmanned ship will probably be completely scrapped.

Even aircraft carriers cannot escape such a fate.

And how can we accept this ending?

"Really?"

After Marner's angry look softened a little, the secretary tentatively asked:

"Mr. Marner...doing this will definitely chill the hearts of all military personnel...you need to think twice..."

"Just angry words."

Marner's face returned to calmness, but it was still ugly, and he said a little coldly.

Marner knew that he could not at least give this order so straightforwardly. After thinking for a moment, he said slowly:

“We call those who died and injured heroes heroes, and stated that we will issue national medals to them and record them forever in the French national register to promote their spirit of sacrifice and our love and respect for these heroes. gratitude.

Then for those who are still able to stay on the ship, give them some value and emotion, say something nice and promise to take good care of their families no matter what, stimulate their emotions, induce and persuade them to stay on the fleet, and protect us. ship.

Let's take it easy for now. If we can't suppress it anymore, we will promise them that after applying, we will pick them back up if they don't want to stay on the ship.

But we can’t really do this. After blocking everyone’s mouths, we need to set up more hurdles in this process and delay it for some time.

They cannot come back, so they will do their best to protect the ship for their own survival.

If something unexpected happens, we can just attribute all the problems to the era of natural disasters.

This is roughly the idea. You can find other people to perfect it when the time comes, and that's it. "

Marner informed his secretary of his decision.

The secretary opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He nodded: "Yes!"

"There is no way. You can't blame me for being too cruel. The "exotic stones" on the sea are really too important. We can't do without them. We have no advantage on land anymore, so we can only start from the sea. Once there is no fleet, "exotic stones" "Stone" and alien species, the difficulty of obtaining or dealing with them will be greatly increased..."

Marner said softly, as if talking to himself.

Maritime armaments are important, and the navy trained by these magicians for many years is also valuable. In addition, they are all his own people. If he does not really have to do this, Marner would not want to make such an inhumane and vicious decision.

It was not too late for Marna or Franceshou to discover the "strange stone". They discovered a "strange stone" in the early days of the Ice Disaster and began to shift their focus to it.

However, because the country is not big and its location is not in the middle of the continent, even though it has arrived at Pingkunbao Town and conducted a round of carpet-like searches, the number of "exotic stones" obtained is very meager.

The harvest of the entire country so far has not exceeded 200 - this is what the magic hand has obtained by crossing the border further north and south.

This is a geographical disadvantage and there is nothing we can do about it.

Several of his neighboring countries are not weak in strength. Before the era of natural disasters, their economies were not as good as theirs, but their fighting power... Fashou has always been famous in Blue Star for his ability to surrender quickly.

If you want to march in and plunder their "exotic stones", the gain will be greater than the gain, and the people will not accept it.

After the "strange rocks" on land are sealed, the "strange rocks" on the sea become extremely important to magicians.

After calming down a little, Marner raised his head and asked his secretary about the second thing that he also cared about:

"What did the Southern Alliance say? Did they agree to let us join their alliance?"

For the top leaders of top countries, the Internet has always existed. It is still very easy to establish connections between them, and it has indeed never been truly broken.

From the report of the chess pieces left by the French Hand Kingdom in the South Alliance before they could come back in time, Marner learned that the South Alliance, Northern Mao, and the Eastern Kingdom had established a scientific research alliance on "Strange Stones" during the Ice Disaster. This news.

To be honest, Marner had no intention of joining at the beginning. After all, he also had his own hills, and betrayal was not a wise choice.

But when he discovered that his big brother Fei Ying had been doing nothing.

Even after he took the initiative to contact the other party and spoke frankly about the matter, the other party's attitude was still not clear. Chris seemed to show an abnormal phenomenon of not being very interested in "exotic stones", let alone the intention to establish an alliance of theirs.

The attitudes of the gentry and the Black Alliance are also similar.

This is illogical. There should be no one in Blue Star who is not interested in "exotic stones".

Fashou even suspected that they had abandoned him, no longer wanted to play with him, and had established a new circle.

But that doesn't seem to be the case.

Are these guys planning to work on their own behind closed doors and not communicate with the outside world? Is this minimizing efficiency?

After careful consideration, Marner decided to directly apply for the alliance between the three countries. If the Great Gentry, Flying Eagle, and Black Alliance were stupid, then he would not accompany them.

The reason for contacting the Southern Alliance is naturally because the relationship between the two countries is relatively good among the three eastern countries.

"...Sorry, Mr. Marner, the response from the Southern Alliance is that their alliance is not something they can lead. After joint evaluation by the three countries, they do not think that our joining can do anything to their alliance. We couldn’t make any effective contribution, so our application was rejected.”

The secretary lowered his head. Realizing that he had not had any good news, he did not dare to look up at Marner for fear of being offended.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Sure enough, Marner really wanted to pick up the pieces of the cup on the ground and throw it again.

"What do you mean we can't make an effective contribution?! This is a naked humiliation!

We have so many scientists and more than two hundred "extraordinary stones" in our Magic Hands, so why can't we make any contribution! ? "

This is not one or two! It's a full two hundred!

A lot!

A lot... maybe.