Chapter 1158: Mist (2nd Update, Please Give Me Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1159 Mist (Two updates, please vote for me)

Hearing He Ao's inquiry, Dailot's face paused, and then he said coldly, "When you stand on the opposite side of the Federation, all the forces of the Federation are naturally your enemies."

"I am not standing against the Federation. At least, I don't feel that I am standing against the Federation."

He Ao looked at Dailot with a smile, "It seems that we have different definitions of 'federal'."

"Self-righteous and stubborn,"

Dellot put the tea cup in his hand on the desk and made a soft sound of "Bang——", "The real federal power is a greatness that you can't understand. Everything comes from order and everything returns to order. You are just under the sun." A piece of moth also wants to shake the vast sky? "

"I'm afraid that the sky is not the real sky, but a curtain of inferior paintings painted on the world."

The smile on He Ao's face did not change, and he said slowly.

"You people who are born low are prone to have these delusions,"

Dailot held the tea cup in his hand and said coldly, "Even if you climb to the top by chance, you are just a rootless mad dog. Mad dogs will do some unreasonable things."

"What you said reminds me of a sentence I read in a book,"

The smile on He Ao's face did not change, and he smiled and said, "Do you know potatoes? They are a plant that was used as a staple food during the Cataclysm Era."

"I graduated from Bailin College and Irons Grammar School,"

Dailot sneered, "It's different from an industrial school that only teaches technology and can be attended by junior high school students."

Bailin Public School is the best private high school in Irons. It relies on donations to maintain its operations and can only be admitted with certain 'special' letters of recommendation.

Irons Grammar School is one of the top five universities in the federation and the oldest literary school in the federation. More than 70% of the students are recommended by Irons’ upper management. Graduating from this school itself means noble ‘bloodline’.

Dailot's words were very simple. He was mocking Sauter, who graduated from Irons Technical University and did not go to high school.

"oh,"

Facing Dailot's ridicule, He Ao's expression did not change and he smiled, "It seems that you know potatoes, and you should have heard the saying, 'Only people with prominent ancestors can show off, like potatoes, the best part. Underground.'"

This sentence was indeed seen in the book, but it was not what Sauter saw in the book, but what 'Lynn' saw in the book.

As a descendant of the founders of the Federation, his ancestors had served as presidents of the Federation, his grandfather was a senator, and his father was a barrister. Lynn's 'bloodline' was at the forefront even in Irons.

Lynn saw this sentence when she was a child, and she kept it in mind and warned herself.

Hearing He Ao's words, Dailot's face flushed slightly. Of course he had heard this sentence before, and he also knew that this sentence came from the classics of the Cataclysm Era.

He just didn't remember this sentence, and he never thought that he would be 'taunted' by a 'country bumpkin' from a small city quoting classics.

Naturally, ancient families have their own ways of declaring themselves "noble and ancient", which includes mastering and studying the ancient history of the Cataclysm Era. Their families will have special libraries to store classics from ancient times.

The more ancient knowledge you have, the older your family is and the more noble your status is.

Dailot, who was born into a noble family and graduated from Irons Grammar School, often regarded himself as an 'expert' on ancient history, and Sauter also knew this.

Being ridiculed by the classics of the Cataclysm is equivalent to slapping Dellot in the face where he is most conceited.

This is a double 'mockery' of Dellot in terms of the historical research of the sentence itself and the symbolism of the sentence.

The most important thing is that He Ao even reminded him with "potato" in advance, but Dailot still didn't expect that the other party was going to ridicule his words.

At this moment, the gentle-looking cheeks were flushed. Dailot looked at He Ao and said hoarsely, "You will pay the price for your arrogance and stupidity."

"I'm in Minter City,"

He Ao smiled and said, "The current situation is not bad, but you guys seem to be a little not so good. Otherwise, you wouldn't have called me at this time to try to 'persuade' me. After the first call was hung up, you still looked anxious." Called me again like a rookie salesman."

Dailot held the teacup, his arms shaking a little with anger, causing the black tea in the cup to swing from side to side, almost spilling over the surface of the cup. His voice was hoarse, "Who do you think looks like a rookie salesman?"

He Ao looked at him and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you anxious?"

"You will pay for what you have done, Sauter."

Dailot's voice was completely suppressed, like an angry bull.

"Look, you're still in a hurry,"

He Ao shrugged and warned, "Don't be angry. It will be bad if you get angry."

He sighed, "It seems that your mental state is not very good today. If you really can't adjust, remember to see a psychiatrist. Let's talk about this for today."

"you!!!"

Dellot's eyes widened angrily.

But as he watched, the other party's call had been cut off.

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Looking at the black screen in front of me

Dellot angrily grabbed the tea cup on the table and threw it directly to the ground along with the warm black tea. "This country bumpkin! Untouchable! Madman!"

Bang--

Splatters of black tea and broken shards of ceramic shattered onto the floor.

"Dellot."

At this moment, a calm voice sounded in the office.

Dailot subconsciously raised his head and looked at a camera in the corner. He hurriedly said, "Mr. Bishop, did you just see it?"

"I've been watching,"

The voice said calmly, "You are already so old, how are your cultivation and magnanimity?"

"I, I, I,"

Dellot raised his hand and said hurriedly like a child who made a mistake, "I didn't mean it, it was that Sauter, you saw it, he, he, he..."

"Did he insult you from beginning to end?"

the calm voice asked.

"he--"

Dailot opened his mouth slightly, but his words were stagnant.

He suddenly realized that 'Saote' didn't seem to have said any curse words throughout the whole process, and he basically didn't even say any excessive or offensive language.

That sarcastic sentence is also a classic quote, and the sentence itself does not contain any abusive words.

"On the contrary, you said 'despicable' and 'mad dog' when you spoke. Do you think these are words that a qualified and cultivated person can say?"

The calm voice continued, "Saote's cultivation and literary background are much higher than what you have shown."

"I--"

Dailot's words stopped for a moment.

"How can you maintain the face and image of the church if you maintain this performance to meet other people?"

the calm voice asked slowly.

"Bishop, I was wrong,"

Dailot shuddered and subconsciously fell forward, falling into the black tea and ceramic shards on the ground. "I will definitely pay attention to it next time."

"No, you're right,"

The calm voice continued, "You just don't have the ability to do your current job. During this period, you can put aside what you are doing, and don't do any external contact. There is a shortage of observers in the north. You are close now." , go check it out.”

Dailot stiffened, and finally, he lowered his head tremblingly, "Yes, Bishop."

His body tensed, his fists slightly clenched, and after the voices in the room fell completely silent, he whispered, "That's over there with Sauter."

"You don't have to worry about Sauter. He is very capable and determined."

The calm voice continued, "But as long as he has something he wants, there is the possibility of cooperation. There are no absolute enemies in this world."

"yes."

Dellot's half-clenched fist clenched suddenly, and finally slowly unclenched it.

The calm voice stopped ringing, and the entire office fell into complete silence.

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Nancheng Command Center

He Ao put down his bracelet and glanced out the window.

He was not actually planning to talk so much with Dellot, but as soon as the call was connected, Eve found the camera hidden in the screen and analyzed that the camera was still running.

This means that there are still people on Dailot's side who are 'paying attention' to this call.

So he spent a little more effort, chatted a little more with Dellot, and did some extra 'performance'.

The conditions proposed by Dellot seemed good, but He Ao knew very well that if he left Minter City like this, arrived in Irons, and completely succumbed to the Church of Order, then his fate would be out of his control.

Whether you give what you promised or not, whether you live or die, depends on others.

The character of 'Sote' will never go back after leaving the Church of Order.

Of course, this 'chat' was not entirely fruitless.

At least it is certain that the Church of Order is behind the two major consortium mercenary groups.

What do these guys want to do?

Taking a slight breath, He Ao retracted his gaze and quickly walked to the other side of the command hall, behind the console that divided the area.

"With the strength and quality of our troops, it is impossible to break through their defensive perimeter."

"We can defend the city. Our high walls and city gates are originally reinforced and have higher defenses than ordinary high walls and city gates. They cannot break through in a short time."

"But the trade routes are cut off and food cannot come in. Within a few days, we will all starve to death."

Several slightly intense voices came into He Ao's mind. He Ao looked up and saw Ovi, several officers, and Vico gathered around a table full of tablets.

The mayor's palace is still under renovation. Considering safety and other factors, at He Ao's suggestion, Vico temporarily lives in the command center and handles some official duties here.

He returned here directly after finishing his speech.

"Saote, you're here."

Ovi heard the footsteps and turned to look at He Ao. He made an empty space and pointed at the tablet on the table. "These are the pictures we saw with the reconnaissance drone."

He Ao stood next to Ovi and looked at the tablet on the table.

At the moment the tablets are showing different wilderness areas.

It can be vaguely seen that dense mercenary groups are building fortresses and defense facilities outside the city gate, and completely blocking the city gate.

"What's going on now?"

He Ao asked.

"The mercenary groups of the two major consortiums were divided into four waves, blocking the four gates of Mingte City and cutting off the trade routes,"

Ovi raised his hand and pointed at the pictures on several tablets, "They seem to be preparing to completely surround us."

"How much food do we have?"

Ho asked.

"Weike is arranging people to investigate, but I'm afraid there won't be many people."

Ove shook his head.

"From the data collected so far by Cabinet,"

Vico, who had been somewhat silent on the side, said, "The food flowing in Mingte City can last for a week at most. If you include the food that the grain merchants may have in stock, it may last for three to five days.

“But whether we are the citizens of Mingte City or the city defense army, it is impossible for us to hold on until the last bag of flour is eaten, and we must also be on guard against some grain companies hoarding grain and raising prices.

"As soon as the current situation and the possibility of food shortage are revealed, Mingte City will immediately fall into turmoil. Now that the city government has just been hit hard, it may actually be able to control stability for two or three days at most."

"Is there any reply from Irons?"

He Ao looked at Vico.

Vico asked Irons for ‘help’ last night.

"Irons said he would mobilize the Central Army to support us,"

Vico said slowly, "But it may take a week for the nearest Central Army to arrive, and by then we will have collapsed."

"What we suspected last night happened,"

Ovi looked at He Ao, "The city defense armies of the two major consortiums gave up the attack and wanted to trap us directly. This is the most cost-effective way for them."

He frowned slightly and sighed, "This is almost a conspiracy. The city defense army leaves the city. In the wilderness, we have few soldiers and poor equipment, so we will definitely not be able to defeat them. Therefore, it is impossible for us to leave the city, and they cannot attack the city in a short time. The best way is to break through our city defenses, cut off the trade routes, and wait for us to collapse."

An officer on the side couldn't help but said, "If the federal central army can come to support us, how can we be afraid of them? Damn it, the masters in Irons are almost wearing the same pants as these consortiums."

He Ao lowered his head, quietly staring at the tablet with different images flashing on the desktop, and fell into brief contemplation.

"Did you find anything?"

Ovi looked at him and asked.

"I'm just wondering what the two major consortiums want to do,"

He Ao rubbed his face and said in a deep voice under Ovi's doubtful eyes, "They were so eager to get in last night that they even used the secret chess of the Chaos Church to assassinate the mayor and emptied the city cabinet.

“But after discovering that the plan failed and that we couldn’t get in, we started to besiege the city as if we were not worried at all.

"What on earth were they thinking?"

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