Chapter 312 Fire!

Rolling down the car window slightly, the raging wind in the wilderness rushed in from the narrow gap, and the fiery red hair instantly leaped like flames.

How long does it take to get from the headquarters located in the interior of the Eurasian continent to the American branch on the other side of the earth?

If you take the Fire Chaser, it will take about fifteen to eighteen hours.

If you take a fast combat airship, it will take about ten to twelve hours.

If you are launched by the Second God Key, it doesn't even take a second.

However, the above three modes of transportation are impossible for Himiko.

Both the Fire Chaser and the fast combat airship are equipped with intelligent computers, and no one can guarantee that they have not been corrupted by the twelfth herr.

For insurance purposes, these intelligent and semi-intelligent weapons, including the weapon systems and power systems on the unmanned mechas, have been dismantled.

Therefore, Himiko rushed from the headquarters to America, riding on a propeller plane that Vervi had temporarily modified. She departed from the airport outside the headquarters and successively stopped at several military bases in Europe and North Africa for supplies. She set out at dusk on the first day and arrived at the Americas branch in the early morning of the third day.

At this time, she was sitting in a jeep heading to the third village, reading the report written by the Carabis brothers and sisters of the third brigade on the situation of human settlements in the Americas branch in recent days in the dim morning light and the lights on the back seat of the car.

Most areas of the Americas branch were caught in a wave of strikes, and the number of military and police was not enough to suppress such a large population. The collective rebellion of the municipal officials of the Americas branch, on the one hand, caused all local departments to shut down, and on the other hand, it also made those middle-level bureaucrats and the wealthy class confused.

Then, a magical thing happened. Not knowing what to do, a small number of military and police joined the striking masses, but the vast majority still obeyed the call of the upper district and other officials of the city hall, carrying heavy equipment and weapons to withdraw to the upper district of each human settlement city, and used force to repel the masses who tried to attack the upper district.

So all the lower districts were completely out of control, and people no longer had to work. They smashed machines, burned factories, and looted the food and clothing stored in the warehouses.

There were still a small amount of military supplies stored in the warehouse, but they were basically light weapons, and for a population of more than one billion, it was just better than nothing.

Ironically, there were more supplies that were semi-finished products. They could be assembled with machines to become weapons or other production machines, but most of the factories and machines had been destroyed and could not be used in a short time.

The rioting masses also found a huge warehouse full of strange supplies. They were wrapped in green high-strength plastic unique to war supplies. After opening, each box contained ten glass bottles with almost transparent liquid.

These "glass bottles" could not be broken or burned, and no one dared to drink the liquid inside. In the end, everyone chose to pour all the soul steel, each gram of which was equivalent to a ton of gold before the collapse, into the sea.

But the chaos was not over yet. People found that even if they plundered all the warehouses in the lower area, they still could not meet their survival needs, and the heavily guarded upper area could not be rushed into at all. Most people did not dare to go to the world outside the protective net, so in order to survive, there was only one possibility left-

People began to self-liquidate. They caught those former foremen, hanged their families on street lamps, and then looted their private collections.

But even so, the materials distributed to each person were still a drop in the bucket compared to their needs.

So, the scope of the liquidation began to expand. As long as someone was reported to have spoken to these foremen in a "polite" manner, they would be hung on the street lamps after a simple identification. Such a rough and simple method was of course impossible and could not pay attention to evidence, and in order to survive, there was no morality to talk about.

At night, the street lamps cast a dim light, and one after another, the bodies stripped of their clothes drifted with the night wind, like curtains flying freely on someone's balcony in the dim light.

The American branch was completely out of control, with more than one billion people doing their own thing and killing each other. Only one in ten thousand people truly listened to Lloyd's call and gathered in the third village.

After all, people are the product of selfishness. Everyone knows the truth of saving the world. What Lloyd said was indeed very inflammatory, but people's priority was to fill their stomachs first, otherwise they would not have the strength to walk to the third village.

Besides, the words of Lloyd and others were also suspicious, especially the collective "rebellion" of the municipal officials of the entire American branch. Didn't all the municipal officials have any illegal behavior?

Although there is no conclusive evidence, as long as you calm down and think about it, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion that "these people may be blaming others". Therefore, it is understandable that most people choose to take a wait-and-see attitude.

However, considering the total population of over one billion, the so-called "one in ten thousand" means that the number of people gathered in the third village has exceeded 100,000!

Most of them are young and middle-aged people with no worries. They are still strong and passionate, and are easily deceived. Moreover, most of their families have been lost in the collapse of the past twelve years. They have a natural hatred for the collapse, or in other words, for the "initiator of the collapse - the fire-chasing moth" slandered by Lloygel.

What is more worrying is that most of the military and police who chose to join the rioters also gathered here. Their choice can be seen from the fact that they did not choose to retreat to the upper area like most people.

They are well-trained, carrying complete weapons and equipment, and even drove dozens of armored vehicles.

It happened that the location of the third village was at the edge of a canyon in the eastern mountains of North America. When Himiko rushed to the third village facing the rising sun, the rapid response team affiliated with the North American branch had been confronting the armored vehicles brought by the military and police at the entrance of the canyon for a whole night.

In the canyon behind these armored vehicles and on the hillsides on both sides, the people who were called to come set up tents one after another. At a glance, you can see what is dotted with stars.

"Captain Himiko, you are finally here."

Himiko had just opened the car door, and Karabis couldn't wait to greet him.

"Karabis, there is no need to do this. I didn't bring any reinforcements."

Although he was mentally prepared for this, Karabis's face still fell.

"Then the fusion warriors..."

"They won't interfere with this matter. No, to be precise, they can't interfere with this matter."

"Then...what about the weapons license?"

Himiko stopped talking and just shook her head, so the last hope in Karabis's eyes went out.

In theory, it shouldn't be too easy for the fully armed rapid response team members to break through the defense line formed by dozens of armored vehicles.

Even when a large number of heavy weapons and air firepower cannot be used, the exoskeleton armor and weapons they are equipped with, which are specially designed for Honkai beasts under ten meters, are enough to support them to easily break through the weak defense line on the opposite side.

But the order given by Mei is:

1. No exoskeleton armor is allowed.

2. No firearms with a barrel length of more than 18cm are allowed, and each person cannot carry more than two magazines.

3. No explosive weapons are allowed.

4. Unless the other party uses hot weapons first, it is not allowed to take the initiative to fire.

5. Once an exchange of fire occurs, it is not allowed to suppress it by force. You should exercise full restraint, and after self-defense counterattack, preserve the organization and withdraw to the headquarters base.

Since the information transmission channel was blocked by the twelfth Herrscher, this order was also delivered by Ying.

But after conveying the order, Ying took all the fusion warriors and disappeared, leaving him only a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception type - it is understandable that the other fusion warriors are fine. Ying's long fox ears are particularly conspicuous. Even before the riot, the characteristics of fusion warriors will cause the disgust of ordinary people, even if they were saved by fusion warriors a second ago, let alone now?

In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, it is better not to involve fusion warriors in this matter.

The reason for leaving a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception type is that they can be used as the "base station" of the spiritual communication network, all of which are used for the communication between the current vision headquarters and the American branch when traditional communication methods cannot be used.

But it is not clear whether it was intentional. The fusion warrior left by Ying for him is the product of the mass production plan and has almost no ability to fight head-on.

Because of the lack of ability development, as the base station of the mental communication network, he can only transmit some very simple messages. In addition to the advantage of "wireless", the efficiency of information transmission is not as good as the old telegraph.

So, when he first received the information that Himiko came to America, he thought that Mei brought some new orders or greater autonomy, but now it seems that the task of their rapid response team is still nothing more than monitoring the situation on the scene.

But in the case of poor communication, what role can this kind of monitoring play?

Although he respects Mei very much in his heart, at this moment, Karabis can't help but wonder-

Faced with this situation, is Mei also confused for a while?

Himiko looked at his face and could easily guess what he was thinking, so she took the initiative to explain:

"At present, if we resort to violence, it will only deepen the gap between the Fire Moths and the general public, and the people who previously doubted Lloydgel's accusations will join them without hesitation.

"On the contrary, if we show weakness, it will not be difficult to arouse these people's thinking--

"If the Fire Moths really aim to enslave all mankind as Lloydgel said, then as an organization with thousands of fusion fighters and absolute military power in control of the world, we can completely suppress all riots by force.

"But we didn't do that, and rational people should understand our position. This will not cause their so-called resistance army to collapse on the spot, but at least it can control the speed of their growth..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three buses full of people driving into the wasteland not far away. Without Karabis's introduction, it can be seen that these are the people who are ready to join the "resistance army".

Karabis's face was a little dark. He carefully glanced at Himiko, but the latter's face did not change.

So, Karabis waved his hand, and the messenger on the hill in the distance waved the flag - there was no other way, they dared not use radio communication, and could only use such a primitive method.

The soldiers of the third battalion seemed to be accustomed to this, and they did not stop them, and decisively chose to let the three buses pass.

The "resistance forces" in the canyon are no strangers to this set of procedures. The two sides seem to have developed a tacit understanding. They were clearly in a tense confrontation just now, but now they are generously moving away the defense line composed of armored vehicles, allowing The three buses drove in and quickly closed the defense line.

"Is this how you've been handling it these past two days?"

Himihu asked.

"Um."

There is no need to hide this kind of thing. If Himihu really intends to pursue this matter, Calabis will not have nothing to say——

Even according to the five instructions issued by Mei, the soldiers of the third brigade could not intercept it!

It would be better if these people could be persuaded to return. But now that they are here, they are probably determined to "do it or die". Faced with the obstruction, if they choose to directly step on the accelerator, and because they did not use thermal weapons, the soldiers could not open it. If the gun fires back, how can you stop it?

Besides, if a soldier fires a gun without enough time to dodge, it will be a complete mess.

Rather than forcefully stopping these people, it is better to let them in, which can also reduce friction and reduce the chance of a misfire.

Of course, he didn’t do this out of complete helplessness:

“I think if we insist on stopping these people, they will easily cause conflicts, so we might as well let them in. It may not be a bad thing for us.

"Although Royger claims that with the help of 'a friend', he has stockpiled a large amount of food and weapons here. Well, let them gather people, and we will seal all the exits of the canyon. People can come in, but supplies can’t. I want to see how many days they have enough food.”

Himihu's eyes blinked, and then he chuckled.

"Is this your own idea, or is it what your sister said?"

"Hey! Captain Himiko! Don't look down on me!"

Karabis coughed twice in embarrassment. In the early years, because of Vasak, he was promoted to the captain of the fourth team when his experience was still immature. Many things had to be handled with the help of his more precocious sister. , including standing on Mei's side in the subsequent turmoil, Karabia's reminder was indispensable.

But after all, so many years have passed. Apart from being physically unsuitable for super-transformation surgery and regretting not being able to become a fusion warrior, his duties did not shrink with the expansion and reorganization of Fire Chaser. Instead, he took over after Hen took charge of the moon work. defense of the Americas Division.

As we all know, May has always treated the original Fire Moth warriors differently from the bureaucrats who merged from the coalition government.

Those bureaucrats were really "negative assets" that the Fire Moth had to take over. They had their own system, and they had no input. Mei did not have the energy and resources to govern them, so the attitude towards them was once "laissez-faire." ”, as long as it doesn’t affect Fire Chasing Moth’s war preparations.

As for the Fire Chasing Moth, because Mei took over not too late, both Famas and Vasak were not bad at enforcing internal discipline when they took power, so the personnel in the original Fire Chasing Moth system were promoted. It's quite strict.

Therefore, the fact that Karabis can achieve this position at least means that Mei thinks that he has this ability. Of course Himihu cannot fail to know, she is just teasing him in good faith.

Moreover, Karabis's policy coincided with Mei's intention, which saved her from having to explain.

"Okay, it's almost time. Take me to see the situation on the front line."

Karabis understood that Himihu was a humanoid reconnaissance plane, and that was correct. The headquarters also needed to ensure that they understood the situation here.

"But...Captain Himiko, why are you here? Uh...I'm not saying that Captain Himiko you are not qualified enough. I was thinking...why not send Su or Destobia? They can quickly respond to the situation on the scene. Headquarters, you can also use the Second God Key when traveling to and from the headquarters.”

Himihu lowered his voice and replied as he walked:

"The situation at the headquarters is somewhat special... Dr. Mebius is in confinement."

"What's going on?"

Himihu glanced at him, and it was right. They would not pay attention to the TV station's boring interview program without notification from the headquarters.

"Dr. Mebius and Vassago were invited to participate in an interview show. An accident occurred during the show. Everyone present was corroded by Honkai energy and turned into dead soldiers. They were then killed by Dr. Mebius. This caused some misunderstandings, so that the current internal stability of the Fire Chaser Moth is not stable. Mei's opinion is to temporarily suspend all anti-entropy actions, at least on the surface.

"Furthermore, among the several powerful spiritual perception fusion warriors in the headquarters, Aponya needs to soothe the emotions of everyone in the headquarters at all times. Su has become the hub of the spiritual communication network and cannot leave. Destobia's ability is Powerful telekinesis, not good at conscious communication. As for the other spiritually aware fusion warriors, they are no different from the one Sakura left for you."

"That's it..."

"However, Mei also asked me to pass on a few words to you."

"Please tell me!"

Even while walking, Karabis still straightened his back.

"Well, I originally wanted to tell you that if you meet those who come to join the 'Resistance Army', you can just let them go without stopping them. If there is really a shortage of food inside, you might as well use combat supplies to support them."

"Tsk, what a strategy to attack the heart."

"However, you must also be vigilant. It is impossible for Royger to not think of this. You must be careful of him jumping over the wall in a hurry."

The two of them had arrived at the mouth of the canyon as they spoke. The Third Brigade did not carry heavy equipment. Because it had to confront the armored vehicles in the canyon, it had to build some temporary defenses, leaving only one lane for those who defected to the rebels to join.

"Captain Himihu, long time no see!"

Karabia put down the telescope and greeted Himihu with a smile. It was windy in the canyon, so she tied her hair into a bun. Seeing Himihu's long hair flying, she quickly handed him a rubber band.

But before the two could exchange greetings, there was a sudden noise in the canyon.

"Let us out!"

"Don't stop me!"

"Let me go!"

Not knowing what happened, a dozen people got out of the gap in the armored vehicle and ran towards the formula of the third brigade.

The Karabis brothers still wanted to raise their heads to watch, but Himihu quickly held them down. The next second, the remote-controlled machine gun on the armored vehicle fired into the sky. The dozen or so people who ran out suddenly froze in place, and Shin was not , retreating is not an option either.

Himihufu took a rough look in front of the fortifications. The dozen or so people who ran out were almost all old people. They raised their hands, faced the third brigade's fortifications, and kept praying:

"We are good people who were brought here! Save us!"

Himihu and the brother and sister looked at each other, and there was no doubt that it existed. Karabis waved his hand, and the soldiers in front of the fortification immediately raised their pistols and pointed them at the armored vehicles. Although this had no effect on the remote-controlled machine guns, the armored vehicles were also within the effective range of the pistols. But that's all they can do for a while.

Then, Karabia took over a loudspeaker, organized her language slightly, and shouted into the canyon:

"Brothers inside, we are all human beings, there is no need to be so heartless, right? They are all a bunch of old men and old ladies, can you bear it?

"Just running away with a dozen people who can't fight is not a big loss to you, right? You fired shots into the sky, which shows that you don't want to kill them.

"Why don't you give them to us, and we will be responsible for placing them properly. If you accept, you can raise the muzzle of the machine gun, okay?"

Karabia didn't express hope, she just used it to express her attitude, but she didn't expect that the muzzles of those remote-controlled machine guns were actually raised one after another.

She was overjoyed and quickly raised her horn and waved to the crowd caught in the middle.

At first, those people were still a little hesitant. They didn't even dare to turn around and look at the scene behind them. But when they found that they were walking slowly without shooting behind them, their steps became faster and faster, heading towards Himihu and the Karabis brothers. The fortifications where they were located rushed over.

"Wait, why did they..."

Why are they all rushing here in unison?

This group of people quickly ran to a distance of about ten meters in front of the fortifications. From this distance, it was difficult not to see their excited faces and their slightly bloated figures in the summer.

"not good!"

As soon as Karabis stood up, Himihu kicked him into the ditch beside him. Karabija reacted faster. She immediately drew her gun and pointed it at those people, but Himihu grabbed her and tried to drag her too. Into the trench.

But it was too late. In just a second or two, these people had already rushed in front of Himihu and Karabia.

"boom!"

A series of explosions raised huge clouds of dust. When Karabis emerged from the trench while coughing, he only saw two mutilated and groaning bodies.

His vision suddenly turned red, with unstoppable dizziness. There was a sudden pain in my heart, and then everything in the world...human beings, Honkai Impact, the Fire Chaser Moth, myself...all these things were no longer important.

"damn it……"

"Fire!"