Chapter 353 "Holy Light" "It's Time to Make some Big Moves"

A layer of smog shrouded the town with a population of one million.

Sunlight also cannot directly shine on the earth and provide warmth.

However, even if the environment of the town is worrying, with industrial waste gas, polluted rivers, and garbage and excrement everywhere, it is still much better than the uninhabited war zone and the territory of hell.

At least, local humans can have a relatively safe living environment here.

As long as the devils and heretics don't launch a full-scale war, then the people living in this town will be troubled and worried first -

Can I get something to eat today? How will we survive tomorrow?

Of course, the humans living here are not "tramps" without any source of income.

In contrast, the town is home to numerous factories.

Towering chimneys emit industrial waste gas upwards, and nearby rivers are also polluted by industrial wastewater. Even the underground river, the source of drinking water for residents, also has various indicators exceeding standards.

Because this town is located on the edge of the Holy Roman Empire, almost directly facing the jurisdiction of the forces of hell.

Therefore, the troops stationed here can have sufficient weapons, ammunition, protective gear, etc., so that the focus of development can be completely moved closer to heavy industry.

And light industry

When placed in the "One or Three" universe of "Trench Crusaders", it can be said to be pitifully few.

This town's food source relies on agricultural towns and villages in the rear for supplies.

But demand exceeds supply.

Even though the residents of this town have their own positions and work day and night in various workshops and assembly lines, they cannot buy enough food.

As for recreational activities after work?

That is even more whimsical.

As residents of the Holy Roman Empire, especially those close to war zones, where would there be entertainment venues for them to have fun?

Not even having enough to eat, and coupled with the extreme demands of the church, the first thing they do after work is to eat, followed by prayer, and finally sleep.

If the residents of the human empire in the main universe or other universes were exiled here, it might not take long before they would "revolt" and would rather fight against the demons alone than stay here and survive.

Unfortunately, the constant erosion of the forces of hell and being shrouded in fear all day long have made the human beings in the "One Three" universe already numb, and they no longer have the energy to resist or have fun.

The most important thing is

Even though the town is shrouded in thick smog, the church standing in the center is illuminated by a few rays of sunshine.

Coupled with the colored glass on the top of the church, the light is refracted and reflected around the town, making the already numb residents more reverent and worshipful of God and all gods.

now.

Mike and Laura were in an alley at the north end of the town, overlooking the church located on the top of the hill in the central area and emitting "sacred light" outwards.

Moreover, the two of them also took advantage of the convenience provided by individual soldier equipment to quickly browse the layout of the entire town and find out where the soldiers were stationed, equipment depots and other areas.

and moored near the church…

The Knights move the "Jumbo".

These super giant mobile vehicles called "giant engines" have tracks on both sides, and on the upper side stands a castle that provides knights with monastic life and a place for four ritual transformations.

After all, the Crusader Knights committed an unforgivable sin during the Eastern Crusade nearly a thousand years ago——

Open the gates of hell.

This makes the Crusader Knights extremely unpopular with the people of the "One and Three" universe.

Therefore, all facilities are available in the Knights' mobile giant, which can take knights and monks to various areas and zones and perform various tasks.

Currently, there is a knighthood called "Rebirth" temporarily stationed in this town.

"Sir."

Looking at the church and the Knights giant in the center of the town, Laura asked Mike through the helmet channel:

“Do we now need to incite popular resistance and trigger riots?”

"The people here have obviously lost interest in everything and are quite numb. How do you want to incite them?"

Mike shook his head slightly and continued:

"Let's first find an abandoned house to serve as a temporary base for this operation."

Mike said as he walked out of the alley where they were and headed towards the east side of a large factory.

"Yes, sir."

While Laura responded to Mike, she also followed suit.

Next.

The two of them bypassed the large factory and came to the east side area, and followed the paths and alleys to investigate one by one.

Every area and building here has been expropriated or used, and there are almost no "abandoned houses" as Mike calls them.

See this.

Mike had to abandon the surface and instead led Laura into the town's underground system, that is,

sewer.

At this time, the two people were walking in the narrow maintenance passage, and on their left hand side was turbid sewage with an indescribable smell.

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Laura, under the helmet, frowned.

Although their individual equipment and fully-sealed combat uniforms can filter out unpleasant odors, Laura still hates the environment here.

Fortunately, Laura has received more severe training. Even if her personal equipment and combat uniforms are removed, and Mike gives the instruction to "jump into the sewage", she will still choose to obey without any objection.

It didn't take long.

The two came to a power distribution room.

Then, Mike took the lead in removing the optical camouflage of the individual soldier's equipment, squatted on the ground, and placed the simple equipment box on his back on the ground.

"Relying on language to incite the people here is obviously an undesirable solution."

While talking to Laura, who also removed the optical camouflage, Mike opened the lock of the equipment box and took out several metallic hydrogen bombs.

"You have also seen that the people here have long made prayer and belief in God a part of their daily lives."

Mike said, and handed half of the metallic hydrogen bomb to Laura, and smiled:

"Since the superiors want our Investigation Department to cooperate with the Heresy Trial Department in conducting missionary work in Universes 1 and 3, then if soft is not enough, then we have to use something hard."

"Hard?"

Laura seemed a little confused after receiving the metallic hydrogen bomb.

"That's right."

Mike marked several red "△" triangles on the thumbnail map on the helmet screen and continued to explain:

"If we use soft methods to promote the Human Code, the two of us, as well as more fellow investigators, will definitely be labeled as heretics by the church here.

Perhaps, people will take the initiative to report in exchange for more food and money.

Therefore, it is better to directly destroy the power plant here and fix the defensive measures to attract the forces of hell to attack, and the Heretic Trial Department"

When Mike said this, he paused deliberately.

"I understand, sir!" Laura immediately understood the intention and took over the words:

"The Heretic Tribunal can take advantage of this town to be invaded by demons and heretics, and use its crushing strength to promote propaganda!"

"That's right." Mike nodded lightly, then turned and walked out of the power distribution room:

“It’s time to make some big noise.”

"Yes, sir!"