"Hey, the food in the college cafeteria is terrible, can something like this be called steak!"
Adele was angrily stirring the black pepper sauce on the steak with a silver fork, her two eyebrows were almost drawn together, venting her dissatisfaction with the food. Allen, who was sitting across from her, had no such troubles at all. He cut the steak into pieces with a knife, and then sent them to his mouth at a nearly constant speed. Adele put down the knife and fork, crossed her fingers and rested her chin, looked at Alan who was eating with gusto, and said, "I really don't know how you (did) do it, obviously their steaks are so unpalatable. The level of cooks in Ugal Castle is about the same as here, so it's really a disaster."
Allen wiped out another piece of beef, shook his head and said: "If you live on the ground for ten years, you will be like me, and you won't care about the heat or taste of the food at all. On the surface, it is already very good to have something to eat. Not bad."
Picking up a donut as a side dish, Allen shook it and said, "For things like this, you will only use them as decorations or foils. After eating this meal, they will be thrown away, or passed through Another channel goes to the surface. And my mother, spends a lot of her savings every year to buy me food that falls from Babylon to the ground, because it is almost uncontaminated. For myself, a donut, That's the whole definition of happiness!"
Putting the donut in his mouth, Allen ate it at a slow pace. When the bread is chewed and ground through the gums, the smell of wheat seems to bring time back to the past.
But everything can't go back!
A voice said so, Allen felt a pain in his heart, and his attention returned to this moment. It seemed that Adele was cutting off a piece of beef and putting it in her mouth. Allen shook his head and said, "We grew up in a different environment. If you really can't eat it, don't force it."
Adele shook her head and said, "It's none of your business, there's no reason why I can't do something that even Aunt Lani can eat. This is... respect for Aunt Lani!"
She put a piece of beef into her mouth and bit down hard.
The dinner ended on a happy note, and apart from Adele's frequent complaints that the beef was too old, which made her teeth ache, the meal was fine. After dinner, Adele led Allen towards the gate of the college.
"Where are we going?" Allen asked.
Adele blinked and said, "My sister will take you to (open) (open) your eyes."
"To be honest." Allen said unhappily.
Adele showed a pitiful look on her face and said: "Okay, okay, it's like this. There will be a gladiatorial match at the Venus Hotel tonight. There is no limit. The guests who enter the venue can place/bet at will , there is no upper limit. How about it, do you want to go and see it, it’s not always possible to see a gladiatorial match like this.”
Allen frowned and said, "I thought this kind of bloody fight would only be held in the dark streets."
"Of course it's impossible to make a lot of publicity. After all, it violates the federal constitution, so it's only limited to a limited circle. The amount of bets/bets will not be too small. As long as I win one game, it will be enough for me for a year. I see that you have been so lucky recently, so you got two admission tickets from that guy Leon. He had a meal with you just now, do you have to be my bodyguard for free for one night? payment!"
Allen asked casually, "How much did you bring?"
Adele whispered in his ear: "Ten million, all the assets I can use are here."
"So much!" Allen was really shocked. He recently got several million from Leon, and he already felt a little dreamy. Seeing Adele running around with tens of millions of dollars in her hand, she suddenly felt like she was insignificant.
"Not much, Lord
If it was a little money I won investing from some guy before. "Adele's eyebrows were crooked with a smile, and that someone was naturally Alan in front of her.
"Let's go, let's go, I heard that Venus invited a soul singer to sing tonight. He is a newly rising Uranus superstar, and he will miss it if he arrives late." Adele dragged Alan out of the room. college.
Outside the gate of the college, a flying car with the logo of the Motson family has been waiting for a long time. Allen was angry because the girl clearly planned it early in the morning. After the two got into the car, the flying car started, carrying them to the Venus Hotel.
Driving in the busy city of Babylon, the buildings on both sides of the road are brightly lit, and the neon lights of various colors flash in blurred colors. The well-dressed people, the endless traffic, the towering buildings and the colorful lights all speak of the prosperity of Babylon. The floating island and the surface are like two worlds, one is heaven and the other is hell.
"You know, Babylon had another name at the very beginning." Adele said suddenly.
Allen took his gaze back from the bustle outside the window, landed on Adele, and waited for the following.
"The Ark..." Adele said softly: "It carries the beautiful vision at the beginning. It was built to keep people away from the ground full of radiation. It is an Ark that leads people away from disasters. Unfortunately, human beings, When too many people get together, power will be generated. And power always serves the few. Therefore, those in power back then drove a large number of people off the ark in the name of overpopulation. Monopolized the floating space After the island, it was renamed Babylon... the Hanging Garden of the Gods."
"Is this the origin of the contradiction between the floating island and the surface?" Allen asked.
Adele nodded and said: "Resentment will spread, and the change of times cannot erase the original resentment. And as time passed, other condiments were added to this resentment, so it became even bigger .One day, it's going to break out in full force. And then...maybe there's going to be a civil war?"
"That's really bad."
"It's really bad, but let the big shots worry about these problems." Adele waved her fist lightly as if trying to drive something away.
The Federal Civil War, this is an issue that no one wants to mention, but its hidden dangers actually exist. In the final analysis, it only involves the interests of the federal government and the rich and nobles. In this regard, they will never compromise, only symbolic concessions. But for the people in the realm, just making concessions is not enough. Unless they are allowed to touch the core of their interests, the conflicts will not be resolved, and the resentment will not be quelled.
And that's exactly the crux of the matter.
Allen comes from the surface and has lived on Babylon for nearly two years. He understands the huge difference between the two worlds better than anyone else. But as Adele said, power always belongs to a small number of people, so do interests. No wealthy family would be willing to share their assets equally with the people on the surface, so the conflicts would only become more intense with each passing day.
In the event of a civil war, family members like Allen would naturally protect their own family. But those who are facing the sword are people who are fighting for their own reasonable rights and interests. In such a war, who is right and who is wrong, and who can say clearly.
In contrast, the expedition to Outland is much simpler.
Colonial invasion has two endings. One is that the winner is king, controlling the entire colonial planet, and turning it into one of the chain of interests, continuously providing resources and huge profits for itself and the family. The second is that the invasion failed, and was killed by the natives of the planet, and his soul was broken in a foreign land.
Either way, it's a lot simpler than taking a stand in the Confederate Civil War.
Allen remembered the first day of basic warfare
One lesson, a sentence that the tutor Professor Randolph once said: "War is never just!"
The Venus Hotel has arrived.
The speeding car entered the underground parking lot. In the carriage, Adele rubbed her little hands and said, "Tonight, my sister must make a big killing and win a lot of money, or I won't leave tonight!"
Allen laughed and said, "I can't tell, you're still a gambler."
"It's a little gamble."
"Ten million is still a small gamble..." Allen shook his head, and at this moment, the speeding car stopped. The two were about to get out of the car when suddenly a bright light came on behind the car. Allen squinted his eyes, and vaguely saw the silhouette of a speeding car approaching them under the light.
A sudden crisis!
"Be careful, get out of the car." Allen yelled.
The two opened the door quickly, and rushed out of the car almost at the same time. Before landing, there was a heavy impact behind him, followed by the sound of the window glass cracking and shattering. Allen rolled on the spot, then bounced off the ground, and saw a flying car almost shoveled into the rear of Adele's seat frame. As for the driver in the front driver's seat, he was lying on the steering wheel, life and death unknown.
The wind suddenly rose. Suddenly, two men in black jumped down from the car that caused the accident and attacked Allen. Both of them showed engraving marks, obviously at the eleventh or second level.
Taking advantage of his spare time, Allen glanced at Adele and saw four people rushing towards the girl. Obviously, this killing game was arranged for Adele. If it was directed at Allen, then he should have four talents on his side now. And who is so courageous that he dares to attack the young lady of the Mosen family. You know, Adele is a direct blood relative of the Mossen family!
There was no time for Alan to think about it, because Adele's invitation came suddenly, Alan didn't bring his fangs with him. The whole body is up and down, and only the devil's praise on the back of the waist is available. Allen pulled out the dagger without hesitation, and with a thought, the gems on the handle of the dagger glistened with blood. The dagger/knife elongated immediately, and a bloody red color covered the blade body. With the formation of the dark lines, it immediately completed the transformation of the first-order form of blood hymn.
Holding a blood-red short knife, Allen suddenly ran into the two men in black, and a group of fine red light burst out from his arms, and the two men in black exclaimed in unison. It was too late to activate the ability, so Allen was injured by the light of the sword like fireworks, and the knife was thrown (opened) from the left to the right!
On the other side, the battle between Adele and the four men in black has reached the point of life and death. The eldest lady of the Mosen family is proficient in long-range sniping, but her skills in close combat are really mediocre. The four men in black each held short knives, advancing and retreating in a self-contained manner, obviously proficient in joint fighting. In just a few breaths, Adele had already been stabbed in many places, but fortunately she was still calm enough to trade wounds for wounds at a critical moment, and it's only now that she has survived.
Seeing that it was about to reach the limit, at this time the saber energy was stirring, and Adele's eyes were delighted.
Allen kills!
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"After tonight, no matter where we are, we are best friends and brothers. If anyone betrays anyone, he will be mercilessly killed by the other three!"
"Fight for me, and as a reward, I will set you free."
"The Highlanders are never afraid to go to the battlefield, but you must keep your promise. Otherwise, I will dig out your heart and offer it to Odin!"
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The giants alliance, the Queen's return, and the final assessment is coming. The surface transmission and the mystery of life experience are about to reveal the tip of the iceberg. What kind of fate will Allen face? It will be on the shelves tomorrow, begging to subscribe!
(end of this chapter)