This guy was so blunt in his outspokenness that Zhu Shijiu was dumbfounded.
The smoker was doing nothing and laughed: "I warned you that this guy is a paranoid person. No one pursues perfection more than him. If you interfere, he will think you have ruined his original plan and may even turn against you."
The paranoid commander said coldly: "Paranoia? You think so because you are not strong enough to make me change my decision, so you think I am paranoid if I do not accept your suggestions. But if Commander Xu came and he disagreed with me, I would definitely obey Commander Xu's orders without hesitation."
The smoker shrugged at Zhu Shijiu.
Zhu Shijiu immediately felt the character of this brother. Simply put, he was conceited, extremely conceited, and it was obvious that his personal ability was the support for this conceit.
The paranoid commander glanced at Zhu Shijiu and said, "Don't feel dissatisfied. Since you have chosen me, then you should study hard and learn well. If you don't understand something, I will teach you. If you are willing to learn with an open mind, you will definitely learn a lot, and it will be worthwhile for you to take this graduation assessment."
"… "
What he said was true, but the tone made me want to beat him up.
Zhu Shijiu took a deep breath and smiled: "Don't worry, I'm here just to learn."
The paranoid commander didn't expect Zhu Shijiu to be so humble, and was stunned for a moment.
Not only him, but other commanders who were secretly waiting for Zhu Shijiu to clash with this guy were also stunned. If they were a genius like Zhu Shijiu who was destined to shine in history, they might be more conceited than that paranoid man, but now in the confrontation between the two geniuses, Zhu Shijiu was the one who bowed his head
The paranoid commander quickly recovered, his tone softened, and he nodded: "It's good that you know. I'm... Oh, you can't tell me my name. You can call me a sickly ghost. That's what they all call me."
Zhu Shijiu had wanted to ask for a long time: "Why can't their names be revealed?" Neither the man who brought them in nor the commanders who were responsible for assessing them revealed their names. Zhu Shijiu had been extremely curious for a long time.
The sickly ghost was just as he said before. Zhu Shijiu answered all the questions without hiding anything: "Because most commanders don't erase their emotions, they can't give up some things that tie them down, such as family affection."
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"So after every commander becomes a commander, their family will be strictly protected and classified as top secret. No one with ulterior motives will be allowed to threaten the lives of the commander's family members and let the commander deliberately lead the war into a dangerous situation."
"After we became commanders, all our archive information, whether in the outside world or Iliminaison, was completely deleted. This can be considered a form of protection."
Family
Zhu Shijiu thought of his parents and sister. Before he set out for Ilimnesson, Xu Feng had temporarily stood on the same side with him and promised to help him take care of his family, but he didn't know whether he had done so or not.
"It looks like you have family."
The tubercular ghost saw the subtle concern in Zhu Shijiu's eyes and made an accurate judgment.
Zhu Shijiu also sensed something from the sickly ghost's question and asked tentatively, "You don't have it?"
The sickly ghost replied coldly: "I am an orphan."
“…”Okay, he was abrupt.
This topic was skipped over. After exchanging pleasantries with Zhu Shijiu, the sickly ghost became closer and began to introduce the war zone he was in charge of.
"This war zone is in Liberia in West Africa. Before the Zerg invaded Liberia, it was one of the least developed countries in the world. After the Zerg invaded, many areas like Liberia were planned as key war zones. The Black Soldier Organization paid an unknown price to drive the Zerg in Africa to Liberia, and then built a defense base in Liberia. The Zerg were unable to advance for many years after being driven to Liberia by the organization, so they took root and built a nest in Liberia..."
In front is Papua New Guinea, and behind is Liberia. Both regions are poor and backward, and both are inhabited by a large number of alien insects.
Many questions that Zhu Shijiu was not convenient to ask before can now be asked.
"The Zerg are entrenched in poor and backward areas... Is this a common phenomenon?"
The sickly ghost stared at Zhu Shijiu in surprise: "This is the current situation. It would be a real disaster if the alien insects invaded the prosperous areas of mankind."
"The current situation was created by Commander Xu. Through the deployment of tactics, luring the enemy, detours, and thousands of other large and small battles, the Zerg were trapped in these backward areas. Our mission is to prevent the Zerg from breaking through the defense line."
The sickly ghost told Zhu Shijiu that Liberia was just one of the defense points in West Africa, focusing on blocking the outbreak of alien insect nests. As for those alien insects that attacked the prosperous human areas sporadically, the free forces would be responsible for searching and killing them.
"If the Liberian defense base is breached, a large number of Zerg will pour in from Liberia and destroy the remaining defense bases one by one. You must know that each of our defense bases can only barely block the impact of one Zerg nest. If the Liberian Zerg break through to any other defense base, the Zerg's momentum will snowball and eventually we humans will have no choice but to abandon the entire war zone in West Africa."
After the introduction by the sick ghost, Zhu Shijiu understood the seriousness of the situation.
"From what you said, it seems like the Zerg have tactical intelligence."
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The sickly ghost said with emotion: "You also know that the average intelligence level of the Zerg is the same as that of a seven or eight-year-old child, but no one knows whether there are special super-intelligent individuals among the large number of Zerg, and no one knows whether after decades of reproduction, individuals with intelligent potential will be born among the Zerg."
"So we humans don't know how intelligent the Zerg are."
"And the reason why they flowed down the river along our defense bases and broke through them one by one may be because the people in the West African war zone have basically been dispersed by us, so the Zerg can only smell the pheromones on us. Therefore, I prefer to believe that rather than saying that they have tactical intelligence, it is better to say that their behavior of chasing pheromones is objectively tactical."
Zhu Shijiu understood, and the sickly ghost also told him that the current situation was indeed critical, but similar crises in which defense bases were almost overturned had occurred before.
"How was it solved before?" Zhu Shijiu asked.
The sick ghost laughed dryly and glanced at Zhu Shijiu: "I have read your information. Have you ever experienced the Death Rose mission in Papua New Guinea?"
This level of confidentiality is not higher than the commander's authority.
The sickly ghost said: "The reason why our command center values you is because of your performance in Papua New Guinea. To be honest, your performance there has basically reached the level of a front-line commander, but rear-line command is different after all."
The tuberculosis patient quietly dropped a bombshell.
"The use of the Rose of Death in Papua New Guinea was approved by our command center."
Zhu Shijiu was surprised: "But isn't that the application submitted by Jingzhi?"
At this time, the sick ghost smiled bitterly: "Yes, it was she who submitted the application, but it was reviewed and approved by our command center. Have you ever thought about why she submitted the application?"
Without waiting for Zhu Shijiu's answer, he said to himself: "Because this is already a common method used by our command center. Once our defense base cannot stop the outbreak of an alien insect nest, we will use weapons similar to the Death Rose to directly destroy the war zone!"
"—Of course, its power is limited to destroying a Zerg nest, and will not annihilate the continent."
"As for the defense bases in the war zone, they need to be rebuilt after being destroyed. During the reconstruction period, support troops will arrive seamlessly and try to clean up the mess. After the reconstruction, a new round of defense will begin, which will hurt both sides."
Zhu Shijiu opened his mouth and said, "Then... what about the black soldiers in the defense base?"
The sickly ghost squinted at the screen and said calmly: "Ascend to heaven with the Zerg."