Chapter 357: Asking for "Midnight Snack"? "Reinforcement" "Reverse Cracking"

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"Dad, who is it?"

The daughter turned to look at the door and asked.

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Lorraine didn't answer.

However, it was during the curfew period, and the "person" who was able to move around the stairs and knock on their door was most likely an official of the so-called Human Empire.

Dang-dang-!

After hearing the rhythmic knocking on the door again, Luo Lan no longer hesitated, immediately turned around and walked through the living room, unlocked the door and opened it.

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But the moment he opened the door and looked outside, Luo Lan's eyes widened, and his face showed undisguised surprise.

Because of the "person" standing outside their door.

In addition to a "female" imperial official wearing a black uniform, there are also two, or two T-800 Terminators that look like metal skulls.

The two T-800s were carrying large black equipment boxes, as if they were transporting some kind of "important" cargo.

Moreover, the eyes of the "female" imperial official actually emitted a faint blue light, indicating her true identity as a synthetic human produced by Atlas.

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Seeing that Luo Lan was a little stunned, the female synthesizer showed a smile that didn't seem to be fake and took the initiative to say:

"Hello, sir, I'm here to enter your personal information.

At the same time, I also brought you a midnight snack, don’t you know? "

The female synthesizer said, and glanced at the boys and girls standing in the living room. Finally, she returned her gaze to Luo Lan and asked:

"I don't know, is it convenient for you and your family?"

Hear the words.

Luo Lan forced himself to calm down and nodded: "Please come in if it's convenient."

"Thanks for understanding."

The female synthesizer smiled at Luo Lan again, and then came to the living room of Luo Lan's family with two T-800s carrying black equipment boxes.

then.

One T-800 opened another's equipment box.

Or in other words, the insulated box, from which six degradable white plastic lunch boxes were taken out and placed neatly on the old dining table.

Later, the T-800 also took three cans of carbonated drinks with Atlas' classic red "Λ" logo from them and delivered them to the table.

After finishing all this, the two T-800s turned around and left the living room, walked out of the door, and waited silently in the stairwell.

The female synthesizer asked Luo Lan, "Sir, what are your and your children's names and ages?"

"Christopher Lorraine, I am 44 years old this year." Lorraine looked back at his son and daughter who were studying lunch boxes and carbonated drinks, and continued:

"The son is Cronto Lorraine, 8 years old, and the daughter is Carrie Lorraine, 6 years old."

"Okay, sir." The female synthesizer's eyes intensified, apparently she had directly entered the brief information of the Luolan family into the system of the frontline base.

Then, she raised her left hand slightly.

Then, with a faint electronic sound effect, her left hand began to "split" and "stretch", and switched into some kind of metal instrument with a needle.

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Seeing this horrifying scene in front of him, Luo Lan's expression and mood could be described as "up and down" like a roller coaster.

"Wow!!"

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Daughters and sons also reacted differently.

My daughter was surprised and thought it was amazing that the synthetic woman's hands could "transform".

The son was lost in thought and seemed to be carefully studying why the female synthesizer's hands could "transform."

However, the two children may still be under the influence of psychic energy, so they calmly accepted the "weirdness" displayed by the female synthesizer, and did not find the metal skull-like T-800 to be very scary.

It may also be that children are simply more adaptable than adults with fixed mindsets.

"Sorry." Seeing the fearful look on Luo Lan's face, the female synthesizer said apologetically:

"I didn't think carefully. I should remind you in advance that I am not a human in the traditional sense. I am a synthetic human with prosthetic limbs. After the infrastructure construction of the town is completed and the network is connected, you can gradually keep up with humans." The daily life of the empire.

Also, the reason why I am doing this is to take blood samples from you and your family members. "

After the female synthesizer finished speaking, she took out the disinfectant spray she carried with her to disinfect the blood extracted from the prosthetic limb.

In fact, the blood extractor has already completed disinfection measures when it is in the prosthetic state.

Moreover, after the extraction is completed, the inside and outside of the needle will also be fully disinfected. As for the spray disinfection, it is only for urban residents to see.

Even though most residents have little awareness of health safety and cross-infection, they must still be given adequate psychological comfort.

After listening to the female synthesizer's explanation, Luo Lan was unfamiliar with words like "prosthetic limb" and "synthetic human", but he also understood that the other person wanted to draw blood.

"Okay." Then, Lorraine stretched out his left arm.

"Thanks for your cooperation."

The female synthesizer completed the blood draw quite skillfully, and the whole process was extremely fast, perhaps not even three seconds.

Then, while fully sterilizing the extractor, she half-squatted in front of the girl and said softly:

"Child Carrie, could you please extend your left hand?"

"OK."

The girl didn't have to take too much precautions, after all, her father did what he said.

Soon, the female synthesizer collected blood samples from the girl and boy, left the living room and retreated to the stairwell.

While reuniting with the two T-800s, the female synth also said goodbye to the Loran family:

"Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. I'm sorry to bother you.

By the way!" The female synth pretended to suddenly remember something important and reminded the Loran family, saying:

The Human Empire will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for all residents in the town for free in the next four weeks.

Today's midnight snack is specially provided by the goddess Pallas Athena because she considers that the war that broke out not long ago may have consumed a lot of your physical strength and energy.

Please rest assured that the three meals in the next four weeks will be enough for you to eat and drink.

Finally, please don't waste food. If you really can't finish it, we will have professional staff every morning to collect and centrally process it.

Okay, we won't bother you anymore, enjoy tonight's midnight snack. "

After saying that, the female synthetic took the initiative to close the door for Roland, and continued to go to the next family in the building to collect brief information and blood samples.

Roland locked the door.

After hearing the footsteps outside the door getting farther and farther away, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that Roland's psychological endurance is poor, but in just a few hours, he was "the gods came to his side", "there are flying steel ships in the sky", "black giants taller than knights", etc.

Given a strong visual and cognitive impact, his original worldview collapsed directly.

That is to say, Roland is a group of people with independent opinions and self-thinking among all the residents of the town. Even if he is shocked again, he can gradually accept it.

On the other hand, those residents who are in awe and worship of God and heaven

Forget it, Roland shook his head lightly and no longer considered what others think.

He turned around and walked to the dining table. While opening the white lunch box, he said to his son and daughter:

"Don't stay there, open them and take a look. "

"Yes!"

"Okay! "

The son and daughter are waiting for Loran's approval.

After hearing Loran's words, the two children quickly lifted the lid of the lunch box with their hands, and then

"These look so beautiful!"

"Is that meat?"

Then, the two children's exclamations and doubts were heard in the living room.

In the six lunch boxes, there were "big pot meals" provided by the front-line base restaurant.

There were Chinese-style tomatoes and eggs, potatoes stewed with beef brisket, vegetable and fruit salads, boneless fried chicken and various sauces, as well as staple foods such as fried rice and spaghetti with meat sauce.

And Kronto, Loran's son, stared at the potatoes stewed with beef brisket, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and asked Loran again:

"Dad, that should be meat, right? "

"Hmm"

Loran nodded slightly.

But to be honest, he couldn't be sure whether it was meat or not.

Because he hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and as for the Chinese-style stewed beef brisket with potatoes, he had never seen it before.

Click~!

Just when the father and son were stunned and stunned by the free meals provided by the Human Empire, the crisp sound of opening a can was heard in the living room again.

Gulp~! Gulp~!

Carrie Loran picked up a can of carbonated drink, studied it for a while, and after successfully opening the lid, she began to drink it.

But before Carrie drank it all, her eyes widened.

"Pu Burp--!!! "

Then, Carrie couldn't bear the impact of carbon dioxide, vomited a lot of dark brown drinks, and burped very loudly.

"Carrie, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Kronto, as a brother, hurried forward and patted Carrie on the back, trying to make his sister feel better.

"Burp cough cough! "

Carrie burped and coughed, but her face looked painful, but her eyes were quite excited.

After a while, she said to Loran and Krontor:

"Dad! Brother! This stuff is so delicious! Come and try it! ! ”

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After hearing this, Roland and Kronto also opened the remaining two cans of drinks.

After learning from Carrie’s experience, the two did not guzzle the drinks at the beginning, but took a few sips carefully.

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Burp—burp—!

Soon, the living room was filled with burps of different tones, and Roland’s family could no longer bear it, so they took out their tableware and “wolfed down”.

When Roland ate half a bowl of rice in one breath, as well as tomato and egg, and stewed beef brisket with potatoes at just the right temperature, the father who had overdrawn his body and worked day and night for more than 20 years actually shed tears silently.

He had never eaten such delicious food since he was a child.

Rice, beef.

These are the most normal daily dishes for the residents of the Human Empire at this stage.

Even the MOA burger from the “Halo” universe has long been popular in the empire.

The most worrying thing for the residents under the rule of the Human Empire every day may be “What should I eat tomorrow? ”.

Or are you struggling with the question “Eating a lot of meat and fish every day is too greasy, why not stick to a light diet for a while?” etc.

After all, the human empire has integrated the planetary resources of the multiverse, coupled with advanced and mature biotechnology, so that the residents of the empire have no shortage of food.

Of course, the Human Code and the laws of the empire stipulate that residents are not allowed to be extravagant and wasteful.

There is indeed no shortage of food, but if there is excessive waste, let’s not mention the moral aspects for the time being. However, excessive waste will increase the burden of waste disposal and create hidden dangers such as environmental pollution.

On the other hand, the humans living in the "Trench Crusaders" universe are simply "different" than the residents of the human empire.

Rice, beef?

To be honest, Lorraine has never eaten beef at all.

If he wants to buy a piece of chicken for his children, he has to plan it two or three months in advance.

Beef and rice, only high-ranking church members, high-level human beings, and knights of the Order who need sufficient calories and nutrition have the right to enjoy clean and delicious food.

And for residents like them who live at the bottom, it is already very good if they can eat protein blocks synthesized by mice and cockroaches.

For example, residents of other countries in the "Trench Crusaders" universe may directly eat dried rats and cockroach paste.

In this comparison, the protein blocks are considered to be very "delicious".

"Dad. Wow. This is so delicious!"

At this time, Carrie's cheeks were as bulging as a hamster's, and she was still hesitantly sighing.

"Uh-huh.!"

Kronto, who seemed to be much more mature than his peers, was not much better. He was also like a hamster that was always busy stuffing food into his mouth.

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However, Luo Lan inadvertently raised his hand to wipe away some tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued to enjoy the first meal in his life tonight, a truly delicious supper.

At the same time, Roland has quite recognized the Human Empire

There is no way, food is the most important thing for people.

At the same time, at the frontline base, there is a space gate shrouded in giant buildings;

The space inside the giant building is "vast" and the lights are bright. Dozens of magnetic levitation tracks are set up at different heights and in different areas, connected to space doors that look like mercury mirrors.

brush--!

The maglev train carrying people, supplies and large equipment is traveling back and forth between this giant building and the core of the ruins at the bottom of the Imperial Palace.

It didn't take long.

A train responsible for transporting people was parked in the middle area of ​​the giant building.

As the train came to a stop and the sealed hatch of the carriage opened, the elite elves carrying luggage and equipment, as well as the elite soldiers who also belonged to the Inquisition Department, stepped onto the platform one after another.

This group of elves and soldiers, with a total number of more than a thousand, is preparing to take the large maglev elevator to the equipment warehouse of the base and hand over the equipment they carry with them to the logistics for safekeeping.

But among the crowd, there were more than a dozen plain-clothed technicians who didn't have much of a battlefield atmosphere.

Among these technicians, the most special one is Serin, who wears a windbreaker and has a faint purple light in her eyes.

Serin and the core technicians affiliated with the senior management of the Biology Department were transferred from the main universe to the "Trench Crusaders" universe numbered "One Three", mainly to assist the members of the Biology Department who were deployed to the "One Three" frontline base in advance. .

Because more than three hours ago, after the troops led by Athena launched a raid, they not only "captured" the border towns, but also captured twelve surviving knights.

Serin and the others rushed here just to assist the members of the Biology Department in starting to "reverse crack" the four rituals to transform the knights.