Facing Zero's proposal, Staley just smiled noncommittal, but James seemed very excited. That gentlemanly face suddenly flushed, and even the energy in his body tended to increase, like a sea with dark currents.
And Zero is a majestic and immovable reef, no matter how big the waves are or how fast the undercurrent is, it will not change color.
It took a long time before James' breath calmed down. The man snorted through his nostrils, and said coldly: "I refuse, your proposal is tantamount to admitting that you are incompetent. Doomhammer does not need incompetent people, whether it is a general or a soldier!"
Staley smoothed things over and said, "The commander's order has never been compromised, and it has become our tradition, dignity and pride. In the history of Doomhammer, no one has ever taken the initiative to challenge the commander because of the number of enemies. Ask for reinforcements. Because we believe in the judgment of the head of the regiment, if you need assistance, you will find reinforcements coming quietly without us asking."
"It's only the second day, and you want us to jointly request support, which is trampling on our dignity!" James added beside him.
Feng laughed dryly and said, "Master James, don't you think that sometimes dignity should be compromised for survival?"
James' eyes suddenly became sharp, but his tone became calmer: "In short, I reject such a proposal. As for defense, if you can't hold the line of defense, you can withdraw early and let the enemy rush to us. Staley and I Let the opponent stop in front of the bridge, and never let them step on the bridge!"
Feng wanted to ridicule him a few more words, but seeing Ling shook his head, he could only swallow his words. Zero then said: "Well, since the two of you don't agree with my proposal, I will never bring this matter up to this point. In principle, I respect the tradition of Doomhammer, after all, I am also one of them .But from a personal point of view, I think tradition has to be flexible sometimes. What do you two think?"
Having no intention of listening to James's answer, leaving this question behind, Zero took Feng and Su to leave.
On the way back to the small town, Feng disapproved of what James and the other two did, and was very upset. His words were fierce, and he began to wonder whether Doomhammer could really stand up to the title of ace elite, or just a group of arrogant people That's all.
Zero all the way remained silent, until he was about to enter the town, he said: "It's no wonder they, James, Staley and even Captain Saul, they are different from us."
"What's different? Isn't it two arms and one mouth?" Feng asked back.
Su Leng said coldly: "Zero is talking about the difference in our backgrounds, please use your brain before you speak. I think the things inside are rusty."
Feng laughed and said: "It's not because I have a head, my head has been useless for a long time."
"I've never seen you use it before." Su mercilessly struck.
For the mutual run between the two, Zero is no stranger to it. This kind of dialogue is not malicious, on the contrary, if everyone is not a partner without barriers, it is impossible for Su and Feng to communicate in this way. Zero continued: "As far as the pixels are concerned, we are of different origins from them. We come from the wilderness, whether it is fighting or anything, we are based on survival. But they are different, Saul needless to say, James and the others are born or born. Or a small family. In their education, the inviolability of dignity and pride has become their first creed."
"Maybe in our eyes they are arrogant and rigid guys, but they take it for granted. Maybe we don't take it seriously, but in all fairness, although such a creed is rigid, sometimes it can turn them into Fanatical fighters. They will not be afraid of the strength of their opponents, pain and death, so it is difficult for me to blame them." Zero finally said: "Everything always has two sides, just like two sides of a coin, or day and darkness .”
"Where there is light, there will be darkness!"
For the next two days, life seemed peaceful.
Since the first night of the large-scale invasion of the Pelydon tribe, there have been no small-scale harassment activities in the past two days, which makes people wonder whether the foreign tribe has packed up their bags and returned to their nest. But every time he saw thick smoke rising from the city far away in the wilderness, Ling felt as if his heart was covered by a cloud of dark clouds, and he was indescribably depressed.
"It's like the calm before the storm." Leah said beside her.
During these two days of leisure, Zero took the time to teach her some shooting techniques. In the process, Lia learned quickly, like a natural marksman, but she hadn't discovered her talent in shooting before. But Ling faintly felt that this had something to do with Leah's novice. At that time, her blood contained elements of disorder, and the two fused with each other to form a new gene.
Although in this gene, Leah is still the main trait, the genes of the Discord affect the newly born Leia. The most direct manifestation is that Lia has developed abilities, but now, more is that her ability to accept and learn things has been greatly enhanced. Now zero knows that Disorder is actually the first batch of failed works of Proseus.
Proseus directly gave some life forms the ability to evolve rapidly, and these lives did evolve very quickly. Even an ordinary person can become a warrior of the third or fourth rank after accepting the "gift" from Proseus, but evolution is blind and irreversible. When the chain of evolution turns too fast, it breaks, turning these beings into irrational things.
Apparently, the Discord was not suitable to serve as Proseus's guards and liberators, so the star beasts simply abandoned them. Instead, let all life except humans open the door to evolution. This time Proseus was obviously a lot more cautious. It didn't design a blueprint for evolution, but just allowed the evolution of life that originally required tens of thousands of years or even longer to take place in just a few decades, and then eliminated it through the laws of nature, thus prompting the emergence of various intelligent races today.
Although for Proseus, Discord is a failed work. But it is undeniable that the genes of the disorderly people do have the function of stimulating potential. Leah is the best example, and the biggest beneficiary of the Disorder gene.
The current Leah, apart from her ability in the perception domain, is not much worse than an excellent soldier in terms of skill and physical strength. It's just that Zero habitually regards her as the weak girl from before, which may be due to the man's desire to protect.
Hearing Liya's exclamation, Ling put down the binoculars and said in a deep thought: "Maybe I have to take a trip in the city."
Leah was taken aback by the decision.
"What, sir, are you going to the city?"
In the room used as the command room, when Zero proposed this decision, Brown was the first to stand up and object: "Head, this is no different than ever before. What we are encountering is a war, a real war. And the City, damn it, it smells like an arsenal to me. Yes, that big city may have been transformed into a large-scale arsenal by aliens, it is no longer a city, but a heavily guarded fortress."
"I'm not questioning your ability, but I think you should be more cautious."
He nodded and said: "Thank you for your reminder, but everyone has seen the situation. Although the alien race has not moved for two days, no one knows when they will come next time, what kind of life they will come, what specialties they have, etc. Etc. We don't even know what's going on in the cities they occupy right now. Intelligence, we're desperately short of it."
"I am very disturbed to continue to be so passively defended. I am very concerned about that city. As Brown said, it looks like an arsenal, but we don't know what kind of weapons the enemy produces." Zero. Emphasized: "Because of this, I decided to go to the city. I must personally confirm what our opponent is doing and will do. Otherwise, we will not be able to formulate a targeted defense strategy."
"In that case, I'll go with you. My mental scan should be of some help." Leah said, since Zero had made up her mind, she fully supported it.
Zero refused: "No, I will go alone this time. This is a reconnaissance operation, not a battle. There are many people but it is easy to be discovered."
In this short meeting, the matter of reconnaissance was settled in this way. No one would question Zero's ability. The shadow stalker itself has excellent concealment. In this regard alone, only Yeliu in Zero's team can compare with it. So next, Zero began to prepare for this operation. Brown found a map of the city from Zhinao, but this so-called map was only a rough topographical map drawn by the scouts of the Golden Tomahawk.
After all, under the heavily armed town, even with the power of the golden battle axe, it was only possible to detect the situation in some surrounding areas. If you want to go deeper, there really isn't anyone with the eighth level or above of the Golden Battle Ax who is good at hiding.
But for Zero, this level of terrain map is enough. On the map, he can see some special markings. These signs are mainly concentrated on facilities such as train tracks and railways at the entrance of the city, which indicate that through these facilities, you can sneak into the city. Zero memorized them in his heart so that he could use them when he went out at night.
In addition, Brown also prepared some tools for Zero. Although in terms of zero ability and skill, these tools are dispensable. However, in line with the principle of being prepared, Brown still packed all these things into a backpack. As for firearms, apart from Black Rose and Golden Rose, Brown also prepared a sniper rifle for Zero.
This is the new era sniper rifle newly developed by Zero Company, with a long body. Driven by a high-capacity battery, it fires large-caliber alloy bullets. The speed of the bullet ejecting from the chamber reaches a terrifying speed of 3000 meters per second. Under the action of this huge kinetic energy, Zero can easily blast an armored combat vehicle with it within a range of 1 kilometer.
The name of the sniper rifle is "Battleship Artillery". The name is very appropriate for its power, and it is full of rough and violent taste. The only thing that makes Zero criticize is that, like most new age firearms, this battleship artillery is also very quiet when firing. But as far as the action at night is concerned, it is perfect.
However, the battleship artillery has only just been developed, and Zero is currently using a concept version. It was brought to Brown just after leaving the laboratory before the expedition. There are still some minor problems with this gun. The most intuitive one is that the precision sights are not yet equipped, and the recoil is not something that anyone can afford. As for the special bullets, the laboratory only produced a base number of ammunition along with the gun.
All these things were searched by Brown, and the uncle decided to use them himself. Indeed, his bear-like physique combined with a lethal weapon like a battleship cannon is quite attractive. But because of Zero's actions tonight, Brown reluctantly gave up.
Zero is disrespectful, although he can use energy to directly materialize weapons. But no matter how small the powerful weapon is, it still needs to consume a certain percentage of energy. Now that there is this murderous weapon with him, it will naturally save zero energy. As for the problems of sights, recoil and ammunition, it is not a problem here when it reaches zero.
The first two zeros can be solved by free sight distance and body flexibility. As for ammunition, after deconstructing one of the alloy bullets, Zero can completely materialize bullets of the same quality. It was just materializing such an alloy bullet, but it consumed the usual ten standard sniper bullets, which surprised Ling a little.
In the next afternoon, Zero was familiar with the operation and power of the battleship artillery in the wilderness, so that he could have an estimate in his heart. This new type of heavy sniper is worthy of the name of artillery. During shooting practice, Ling blasted a nearly ten-ton boulder into powder at a distance of two kilometers. This kind of power is no less than that of a tank's artillery attack.
And if Zero adds special functions to the alloy bombs, such as heavy sniper guns or explosive bombs, the power of the battleship artillery will be increased by about 30 to 40%. With this heavy sniper, as long as the distance is right, Zero is completely sure to beat a strong man like James or Staley into a mother.
The night came quietly.
On the clock tower of the town, Liya silently watched a thin figure gradually leave the town and disappear into the darkness of the wilderness.
"Don't worry, Zero will be fine." Su comforted Leah while wiping her alloy epee beside her.
Liya smiled and said: "Of course, he is the bravest man I have ever seen. No difficulty can knock him down!"
Feng, who was leaning on the railing of the clock tower, straightened up when he heard the words, and said seriously: "Actually, to tell you the truth, the head and I are the same kind of man."
Liya was immediately provoked by Feng into a "puchi" smile, while Su heard the rag slip in her hand, and then sarcastically said: "You are the thickest-skinned man I have ever seen!"
"Thanks for the compliment." Feng responded directly to Su's evaluation with words.
Liya's soft laughter sounded from the clock tower, but Ling, who was in the wilderness, could only hear the wind.
Wilderness, this is the world he is familiar with. Leaving his partner and lover, he went on the road alone, experiencing the desolation and loneliness of the wilderness. Waist-high weeds, sloping high-voltage electricity towers, and occasional chirping of carnivorous birds constitute a set of pictures of the end of the world. But in this dark and lonely world, Zero's left eye was burning with a raging golden flame.
It will set the wilderness on fire and set the world on fire!