Chapter 689 I Am Now a Member of the Alliance. Can You Try to Touch Me? (1/2)

Before boarding the pier, Chen Jianhong had never felt so deeply that life was so beautiful.

Especially when he had just finished showing off a plate of barbecue and then drank a large glass of cold beer, he was so moved... or the tears on the back of his head were so painful that they almost fell out of his eyes.

Sure enough, this is what we call living!

Those unfortunate days are finally over!

At this moment, Chen Jianhong finally understood why Sun Yuechi was no longer the manager.

If he had known that life in the alliance was so comfortable, he wouldn't have been the captain!

But understanding is understanding.

When he had the chance to meet again, he would still punch that guy in the face.

To avenge these two and a half months of hard life!

Although it is morning now, for the crew of the Dolphin whose day and night are reversed, it is just in time for dinner.

Just after finishing a plate of barbecue, the girl in a waiter uniform brought another plate.

Looking at the plate of sizzling barbecue, Chen Jianhong couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, what kind of meat is this?"

The players at the same table said with a smile.

"Trashman's tail!"

Chen Jianhong was stunned for a moment.

"?what is that?"

Another player next to him reached out and slapped the talkative guy on the back of the head.

"You said he doesn't understand this. Well...this is just an ordinary lizard tail."

"oh oh……"

Listening to the shelter resident's explanation, Chen Jianhong nodded blankly, then reached out and picked up a skewer of barbecue, brought it to his mouth and wiped it.

Although it sounds a bit strange, compared with the food they had some time ago, it is considered normal...

The entire beach is filled with the aroma of barbecue, and there are all kinds of strange ingredients, as well as mushrooms and berries picked from the rainforest, as well as some leaves with strange fragrances.

The survivors and crew members who got off the Dolphin feasted on barbecue and beer. They wolfed down the food as if they were reincarnations of starving ghosts. It was heartbreaking to watch.

"Thank you so much!" A middle-aged woman with a haggard face held Si Si's hand with tears in her eyes, her voice choked with sincere thanks, "Until yesterday, we all thought we were dead. If I hadn't met you, I really don't know how long I could have persisted..."

"It's okay, it's over." Sisi said softly, patting the back of her hand.

In fact, judging from their tolerance threshold for suffering, the survivors of the Commonwealth of the Southern Islands did not brag.

Before this war, they did end up in the wasteland to a certain extent and lived a prosperous and civilized life in a relatively closed environment.

In comparison, the wastelanders in other areas of the Central Continent are much miserable.

For example, Qingquan City.

Before the Alliance came, most of the survivors there had never eaten decent food a few times in their lives. Nutritional ointment and a paste made from green wheat were the daily life of most people. Only slave owners, profiteers, mercenaries and villains We can live a normal life for a few days.

But she wouldn't accuse them of being pretentious.

No matter which kind of suffering is real, the degree may be different, but there is no distinction between which is higher and which is lower.

At least that's how it seemed to her.

Looking at the survivors devouring food, Tai raised his right hand as if looking into the distance, with a satisfied smile on his face.

This mukbang is so relaxing to watch.

"Oh! Everyone, eat more, you're welcome! Anyway, it's Elder Brother Fang's treat!"

Fang Chang, who happened to be passing by, glanced sideways at the guy and gave him a friendly reminder.

"You're welcome. Anyway, it's the Baiyue Strait Development Company's money that's being spent."

"giao?!" Taitail looked at him in surprise, "I thought it was your treat!"

Fang Chang smiled faintly.

"How is it possible that I'm the kind of person who would use my money to do good things?"

Tails looked at this guy in surprise who said this without blushing.

"Hey! How did this heartless man, the lovely Miss Dolly, fall in love with you!"

Fang Chang thought seriously for half a second.

"Maybe...she is more discerning?"

Tails looked at him in surprise, his mouth open but unable to say a word.

Good guy!

Is this a strong person?

How on earth do you manage to act so natural?

…

In just ten minutes, most of the barbecue piled on the long table was displayed.

As for the scallops, conches and oysters, they were piled aside without any attention, and no one touched them at all.

In fact, it’s no wonder.

In the past two months, they have eaten most of these things from the sea, and now they are afraid that seeing seafood will make them want to vomit.

The people who were full of wine and food sat on the beach. Some people looked at the sea and sang songs, some people lay down in a big shape, and some people simply took a nap on the beach.

Boss Yiren, who had been busy for a while, finally served Yiren Tavern's signature dish - French fries before the guests all fell asleep.

He was seen holding two baskets made of rattan in his hands, running to the beach with a cheerful look on his face, and dumping the fries on the long table where a pile of barbecue had just been cut, like feeding a pig.

"Here comes the fries!"

Smelling the alluring fragrance of carbonated water, everyone looked at the golden hills piled up, with a hint of longing in their curious eyes.

I feel like this stuff tastes better than barbecue!

But they couldn't eat anymore, and many of them sat on the ground and couldn't even move their legs.

Chen Jianhong, the only one who was relatively reserved, also cast a curious look at the pile of golden strips of food.

"what is that?"

Fang Chang, who walked next to him, said with a smile.

"Fries, the specialty food here, want to try?"

When listening to what he said, Chen Jianhong had already reached out, picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

After a long while, he wiped his greasy hands on the tablecloth, looked at Fang Chang and said with emotion.

"It's unbelievable...how did you come up with the idea of ​​making so many different kinds of food?"

Fang Chang said with a smile.

"This is just a little bit. When you go to Dawn City, I guarantee that you will have the same breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for 365 days."

Chen Jianhong had an expression of disbelief.

But when he saw the determined look in the guy's eyes and thought of someone who was happy and not homesick in Dawn City, he unconsciously believed him half-heartedly.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the direction of the beach in the distance, followed by an exclamation.

"Boat!"

"Coming from the east!"

"Federal patrol boat! Damn it!"

Hearing the exclamation, the people who were relaxed a second ago climbed up from the beach in panic. They didn't even have time to pick up their shoes and limped towards the beach.

It can be seen that the navy of the Southern Islands Federation tortured them so much during this period that a speedboat could scare them into this state.

Seeing Chen Jianhong reaching for the gun reflexively, Fang Chang quickly grabbed his shoulder and patted him.

"Leave it to us."

After saying that, he made a gesture to Taitail, then got up and walked towards the dock.

…

The speedboat quickly docked at the edge of the pier, looking like a light leaf compared to the submarine Dolphin next to it.

And the kind that falls at the feet of an elephant.

Just as Mu Da boarded the pier, he noticed that the people on the shore stood up in panic and fled in his direction.

Among them were the drunken rebels of the Dolphin, as well as the residents of Coral City who were taken hostage by the rebels.

Recognizing the identities of those people, the sailor following Mu Da was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly toward the shore.

"Get away from those rebels quickly, we are here to save you——"

If we can mobilize those survivors, maybe we can subdue the rebel crew!

However, before he could finish his words, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"That's enough, it's useless."

Facing the surprised eyes of his colleagues, Mu Da shook his head and took back the hand on his shoulder.

"Who do you think they are hiding from? Those rebels sitting with them?"

The sailor was speechless for a moment and could not speak.

At this moment, a roar echoed his previous words from the shore.

"Who wants you to save!"

"Aren't you the ones who cut off the power supply to Coral City? Stop pretending to be innocent!"

"You murderers!"

"Get out of the alliance's territory!"

As if they realized that there were only three federal soldiers ashore, everyone who was running away a second ago stopped and looked at them standing on the dock with evil eyes.

"keep Calm."

Mu Da gave his two subordinates a look, then looked at the group of people walking towards the dock, and shouted straight to the point.

"Someone asked us to deliver something——"

He was just mid-sentence when he suddenly stopped and froze.

I saw the two girls who disappeared near the wreckage of the Ocean Current Power Station walking towards this side on the beach not far away. The one with short hair waved his arms to greet them.

"Oh! Long time no see!"

Not only Mu Da, but the two sailors behind him also looked like they had seen a ghost.

When the group of people approached, Mu Da looked at the two of them blankly, swallowed and said.

"What's going on with you...?"

Tails chuckled.

"I almost lost it, but luckily I caught a ride... By the way, where are the things?"

After staring at this guy blankly for a while, he looked towards the speedboat behind him.

“…Underneath the speedboat, we hung with fishing nets.”

"Oh! Thank you so much!"

mission completed!

Tai Wei ran excitedly in the direction of the speedboat, eager to hand in the mission.

Without stopping her movement, Mu Da looked at Fang Chang and Captain Chen Jianhong who were standing in front of him, as well as Si Si and other other players who came to watch the fun, and paused for a moment before saying.

"We made an agreement before that the ships in Shelter 70 are not allowed to get supplies from you... I need an explanation. What happened to this submarine and these people?"

"We did not violate the agreement," Fang Chang continued with a smile. "Mr. Chen and those people on the beach are now citizens of the alliance."

Mu Da was stunned.

"What?"

Before Fang Chang could speak, Chen Jianhong, who was standing aside, looked at the guy in front of him provocatively and said with great air.

"Yes, I am now a citizen of the alliance. Can you try to touch me?"

Mu Da didn't look at him, but stared at Fang Chang beside him and spoke word by word.

"They are criminals. When you talk about 'the suffering survivors unite,' is this just to shield these criminals so that they can escape justice?"

Fang Chang looked at him and asked.

"So what crime did they commit?"

Mu Da stared at him intently.

"War crimes, they have to pay for the twelve cargo ships they sunk and plundered, and the crew members who died at sea-"

"Stop spitting nonsense out there!"

An angry roar interrupted his words. Chen Jianhong took a step forward and stared into his eyes, gritting his teeth and continuing.

"Sink twelve cargo ships? Use this submarine? Tell me, how can we sink these twelve cargo ships? Should we ram the bow of the ship?"

Before Mu Da could speak, the sailor beside him took out a wanted notice from his arms.

"This is the evidence-"

"This is not evidence, this is just a piece of waste paper stamped with some nonsense written on it."

Fang Chang glanced at the piece of paper, looked at the sailor holding the wanted notice and continued.

"Occasionally, wastelanders will escape to our territory and hide their names, and then their enemies will come to seek revenge. For the sake of fairness, we will allow both parties to litigate in court. This is better than them fighting on the streets. ”

“If the plaintiff’s evidence can indeed prove that a citizen of the Union committed serious crimes against humanity in a distant land before obtaining citizenship, we will give him two options to serve his sentence as a citizen of the Union. Or deprive the Union citizen of his status and leave the country within a time limit... However, the premise of everything is that we must provide evidence. "

"What were the weapons that sank those twelve cargo ships? Where were the coordinates of the attack, and what time of day the attack was... You need to at least submit these evidences to us, and make sure they are true and valid, not just a few seconds. A powerful piece of nonsense."

The sailor wanted to say something else, but Mu Da on the side reached out and held him back.

"He's right, we do need these things."

At first he didn't think it was important, but now he changed his mind.

Not only the sea monster and the signal from the psychic interference device appeared below the ocean current power station, but also the unusual reaction of the officer who interrogated him...

All of this made him doubt whether there was some conspiracy behind it.

The sailor looked blankly at the officer, then at the people in front of him, and could only angrily stuff the wanted order back into his arms.

Fang Chang glanced at the NPC named Mu Da in surprise.

It seemed that there were sensible people here, and not all of them were one-minded, so he then looked at Captain Chen Jianhong.

"In order to convince our neighbors, can you take them to visit the submarine? As a third-party witness, we will take photos and collect evidence of the 'weapons' they identified. Of course, there is no problem in refusing, after all you There is no obligation to prove one’s innocence.”

"No problem," Chen Jianhong looked at the three people in front of him with a mocking look in his eyes, "You can visit as you like, and I'm also very curious, was it our toilet plug that overturned your cargo ship, or was it your eyes? It’s on the butt.”

Two sailors glared at him.

Ignoring the guy's provocation, Mu Da looked at Fang Chang and nodded seriously.

"Thanks."

Sisi, who was standing nearby, lowered his arms and raised his right hand.

"Let me be a witness."

In addition to her, several players watching the excitement raised their hands in interest.

"Take me one!"

"Me me me!"

"Let's go together, good brothers!"

In the blink of an eye, more than sixty notaries appeared on the scene, more than the crew of the Dolphin.

Although they were not interested in the dispute between the Federation and Vault 70, they were still very interested in visiting this nuclear submarine that was purchased for free.

Among them are some half-empty professionals who plan to observe and learn with a learning attitude.

Fang Chang was not stingy and simply waved his hand.

"Leave it to you."

In this way, the captain of the federal patrol and the captain of the Dolphin submarine returned to the submarine surrounded by a large group of players.

The work did not take long.

After all, as Captain Chen Jianhong showed, this is just a cargo submarine. At most, it only has an advanced power system and no offensive weapons installed at all.

Following Chen Jianhong, Mu Da's mood became heavier the more he looked down, and he didn't say a word at all.

It's not just him.

The same goes for the two subordinates who have been following him.

Especially the sailor with the wanted notice showed an expression of astonishment on his face after seeing the place where the survivors cultivated seaweed and synthetic nutritional paste.

Is this the undersea ghost claimed by the Federation Navy?

They found neither weapons nor stolen goods in its belly, but only traces of a group of Coral City residents struggling to survive in a harsh environment...

Who makes these poor people live such a miserable life...

Mu Da clenched his fists involuntarily, and the wavering in his eyes turned into uncontrollable anger.

Anyone with a little bit of conscience can see that there are no crimes accused by the federal navy here at all. Instead, it is full of evidence of another group of people.

He took these photos, then took a deep breath and looked at Captain Chen Jianhong next to him, and said solemnly.

"I apologize for what I and my men said before. You are the victims of this war, not war criminals. At least for now, I can't see any...evidence that can prove the so-called evidence of guilt stated in the wanted notice. ”

"I can apologize myself, you don't have to speak for me, sir..." The sailor next to him muttered, took a step forward, and looked at Captain Chen reluctantly but sincerely, "I'm sorry, but I can't help it, I just follow the orders of my superiors... Those damn guys, I really don't understand what they think."

"Let bygones be bygones, I am now a citizen of the alliance." Chen Jianhong shrugged and stopped mocking them condescendingly.

He could actually understand that the people in front of him were not the initiators of the war, but just ordinary people like himself who were innocently involved in this dispute.

Looking at Mu Da who was deep in thought and the sailor who lowered his head in confusion, Sisi lowered his arms and slowly continued.

"It's not difficult to understand. Some people want this war to continue. They have to have a reason to continue. For example, an escaping attack submarine, a death ghost lurking on the bottom of the sea... Its existence is enough to make those Most people who don’t understand the situation fall into panic and become silent accomplices of this war under the encouragement of panic. At the same time, it also helps them cover up some things that are inconvenient for others to know.”

When she said this, she paused and continued in a half-joking tone.

"Actually, before you came here, I had been wondering whether you would hand over that detector to the Federation Navy... I bet that if you did, I'm afraid we would never see you again, and You won’t get a chance to see these things.”

Mu Da was silent for a while and said with a complicated expression.

"If it were yesterday, I would probably refute you, but now I really have no confidence... Maybe you are right, we do have some internal problems."

To be honest, he had felt something similar before.

Especially when he realized that there might be a mole in the navy, he vaguely felt that he and his two other subordinates might be silenced because they knew too much.

It was precisely because of this that he collaborated with the two people behind him to make confessions, concealed some clues, and sent the detector here as soon as possible.

Looking at Mu Da with a complicated expression, Si Si continued to speak.

"How about we discuss it?"

Mu Da looked at her.

"What to discuss?"

Sis continued.

"This area is the sea area you are responsible for patrolling. The sailors performing tasks there are all your people. They listen to you more than the federal naval command, right?"

"Of course, they are all young men on the ring island, and we all live in the same settlement." Muda answered without hesitation, and then looked at her doubtfully, "Is there any problem with this?"

Si Si curled his lips and continued.

"Since the existing evidence is enough to prove the innocence of these crew members, how about you just turn a blind eye to the existence of this submarine and the crew members who came ashore? Just pretend you didn't see it."

Mu Da was stunned for two seconds, looking at her dumbfounded.

"There are nearly 600 people on such a large submarine. Why do you expect us to turn a blind eye?"

"It's very simple," Sisi said with a slight smile. "We usually sink the Dolphin on the bottom of the sea and don't let it float up unless necessary. Oh, by the way, if the federal navy comes over, remember to say hello to us in advance. We will drive it farther away and let the residents on the shore pay attention."

According to existing intelligence, although the Southern Islands Federation does not have a decent army, it has at least a dozen warships cruising in the southern waters.

At present, the alliance's foundation in the Baiyue Strait is not stable. Although it has a strong army, it does not even have a reliable anti-ship weapon. Even if it actually wins, it may end up having to fight to the death of both sides. Instead, this sea area will be destroyed. The survivors completely pushed towards the Torch Church.

In comparison, they have a better option, which is to direct the guns that were originally aimed at Vault 70 at the Torch Cultists in the Maritime Province.

In fact, it can be seen from the attitude of those magicians towards local survivors that the strength of the Southern Islands Federation is not weak, and it is even enough to pose a threat to the Torch.

Otherwise, those people would have directly extended their hands in with great fanfare just like they did to the survivors in Jinhe City, and they would not use infiltration methods.

Mu Da stared at Sisi intently, frowning slightly and said.

"I don't understand...why don't you let me take this opportunity to help them clear their names?"

This seemed to him a good opportunity.

If more people could know what happened to the more than 500 survivors on the Dolphin, we could at least win the support of the 30,000 Coral City survivors scattered across the islands.

Even the president will have to respond by then.

However, after hearing his words, Sisi just smiled faintly.

"So, how are you going to help them clear their names? Are you going to post these photos in the newspaper, or throw them on the table at the federal naval headquarters? It will be of no use at all, even if it can prove that the Dolphin is a misunderstanding , and it cannot prove that the matter of the Ocean Current Power Station has nothing to do with Vault 70, and it cannot make those who plan to turn to the Torch Church stand on our side."

The latter is the key.

There are some people in the Commonwealth of the Southern Islands who can see the truth clearly, but this does not mean that they will definitely stand on the side of the truth.

The Haiyia Province has the technology, resources, land, and everything they need in the southern seas.

To win over survivors in the southern seas, we need more than just evidence. We also need to make the Baiyue Strait an acceptable alternative.

Whether it is on economic issues or on "slime mold" management issues, if the Alliance can do better than the Torch Church, most people will come back to the team even out of interests.

This is what the whole plan is all about.

Mu Da looked at her blankly, took a deep breath and said.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Sisi said.

"Step by step, before we show the evidence, we have to get as many people on board as possible."

Mu Da asked seriously.

"for example?"

Si Si: "For example, the place closest to us, such as your hometown... the circular island that is troubled by fresh water. We promised the governor there before to help them solve the problem of fresh water supply, and now it is time to give him an answer."

Mu Da looked at her with a strange expression.

"Have you solved it? That is a settlement of 100,000 people... Do you know how much fresh water is needed there?"

Sisi said with a smile.

"I know, but so what? We are now standing on a piece of land, a land that you once gave up and thought it could not be conquered. Let alone a hundred thousand people, even if it is ten million, one hundred million... …We also have ways to provide it.”

Mu Da swallowed.

"Then how are you going to send fresh water there? By boat?"

Sisi shook his head and said slowly.

"That's too troublesome. We prefer to build a two-hundred-mile-long water pipe... We really didn't have any good solutions before, but now the situation is different. We have the Dolphin and more than 500 people who are good at underwater Construction experts, they have rich construction experience.”

She reached out and patted the hard cabin on the side, and continued with a bright smile on her face.

"You just need to turn a blind eye to them and help us keep an eye on the Federation fleet!"