"Look at this world, how pitiful!"

Abraham Blair said in a compassionate tone that the war between Zerg and humans in front of him was playing the scenes of wars that broke out between Zerg and humans on Suen. The word "Zerg" that ruled himself quickly spread in the federal society and became the largest popular search term on the federal network - representing death. While the "Zerg" set off a wave of hot discussion, the Zerg's development became more and more rapid. Almost half of the land on the planet's ground was covered with green and soft mushroom blankets, while the human army, which claimed to be "invincible", was retreating day by day.

Assal Mosley looked at the holographic image forming Blair with confusion. The doubts and worries accumulated in his heart were completely written on his face.

"Is there anything wrong with me, my friend." Blair focused his eyes on Mosley, the natural and gentleness he showed unconsciously believed him.

"Sir..." Mosley obviously hesitated, "Does our alliance with the Zerg... have to cooperate?"

Blair looked into his eyes.

"I understand your doubts, but I don't agree with your concerns, because there will always be people bleeding in the struggle." Blair spoke in a serious tone to guide Mosley in a confused tone.

"But the ultimate death is always the civilians. Those high-ranking officials and wealthy officials fled far away on the day of the war. Even those who could stay here with a large number of soldiers were protected. We want to attack the Federation, but I think the people we most hope to be hit don't give us any chance. Instead, the irrelevant civilians fell into pain."

Although Mosley is a little profit-oriented in his daily life, he feels a little chill when he sees his human compatriots die under the hands of the Zerg and thinks of the bloody scenes of fighting against the Zerg. He can make up his mind to oppress others, but he cannot keep the world away like the Zerg.

"How do you think our strength is, Assal?" Blair did not directly answer Mosley's question, and asked a new question.

"It depends on the object of comparison," Mosley said.

"What about the Federation?" Blair asked.

He thought for a moment, then shook his head: "There are still shortcomings. Although we have secretly expanded the power of hope to many corners and formed a certain scale, when compared with the Federation on the surface, I am afraid that the Federation is still a behemoth now."

Blair continued to ask: "What if we immediately stand on the opposite side of the Sotra Federation and start war immediately? What is our chance of winning after the outbreak of internal war?"

"Our hope for victory is very small, and it will be hit hard, causing the bloodshed and sacrifice of many like-minded friends."

"Then do you think which is stronger, which is stronger, between the Zerg or the Federation?"

"It's impossible to judge." Mosley thought for a long time and finally gave an uncertain word, "Although they do not have the ability to interstellar jumps, nor do they have weapons like humans... But in the past ten days, Suen has fallen more than 20% of the territory. This kind of combat efficiency is absolutely impossible even if the Federation comes."

Perhaps Mosley felt that his judgment was too subjective, and he added: "Of course, the battle is limited to the ground - limited to the premise that the rhythm of war is controlled by the Zerg and the battlefield is completely selected by the Zerg - if the competition and showdown in space is joined, the Zerg will be vulnerable."

"You have heard of 'Battle of violence'? Political turmoil will continue to cause bloodshed and sacrifice, but I will try to reduce it as much as possible - maybe you only see tens of millions of people died today, all because of my decision. Yes, it's full of sin - but who can really see that I will save more than one billion people after doing this?"

"Although the right to survive cannot be measured by quantity - the making of certain choices is always heartbreaking. I suffer so much, but I have to reduce the number of casualties - and learn to control a beast. If I want to control them, I have to plan the route and direction of its action."

"The Zerg is a violent beast, but we can hold onto the invisible chain in our hands. Although we cannot directly control their consciousness, we can guide their behavior."

Although it is thousands of miles apart, every word of Blair always gives him a completely heartfelt feeling, and he can experience it more profoundly from his expression.

Mosley stretched out his frown. Perhaps he understood Blair's intention - the Zerg will always be limited to the planet - this is an invisible chain, and Blair can bring them to some difficult-to-conquer or the deep-rooted areas of the Federation. When he opened the cage that trapped the Zerg, the wild beasts grew unscrupulously and frantically. How should the Federation resist this chaos?

"But how do we end up?" Mosley asked again.

"It depends on how we do this during this period." Blair's face was filled with deep hope. "Through this Zerg turmoil, all civilians living in suffering will recognize the hypocritical face under the federal mask. It is easy to speculate that the Federation will abandon them and therefore be despised, but we will not. Instead, we will accept them as much as possible, save them, and provide immigrants with the colonial stars we control."

Mosley had no doubt in his heart. When the Sotra Federation, which claims to be fair and democratic, made a series of despised behaviors, which were in a strong contrast with the actions of the Heavenly Punishment, which they claimed to be a "terrorist organization", the eyes of the masses were always sharp, and false propaganda would eventually become meaningless in the face of facts.

...

Lieutenant Xiao Teng may no longer be a lieutenant.

Just a few hours ago, he did something he had never dared to imagine before - not only made his future confused, but also seriously, but even ruined his life.

But the voice in his heart told him that he had to insist on doing so.

Fifteen days have passed since the beginning of the Zerg master's "trial" against humanity. The Federation did not quickly repel the Zerg's attacks as he boasted, and defend these people who were called "barbarians" by some officials. The real fact is this: the Federation has lost nearly one-third of the land on the planet Suen in less than half a month, and the rest are constantly threatened by the Zerg.

This is probably unimaginable: How could a federal army with absolute advantage and extremely destructive power not win a group of beasts that can only bite and win?

But that's how it happened.

Xiao Teng had bitter memories: From his youth when he entered the military academy to a few days ago, he had always firmly believed that soldiers should be the most firm force to protect their country and people, an iron-cast city wall that blocks the people and the enemy, and is the most unshakable existence!

However, he was wrong - perhaps the definition was correct, but the people who used the "army" ignored it at all, and did not care about these so-called military definitions.

The first person to evacuate was not the civilians on the front line, but the safest group of high-ranking officials and wealthy people. They seemed to be afraid that the frightening master on the live TV broadcast would eat the trembling fat on their bodies in one bite. They rode the safest warship to the most tightly defended space station and enjoy the most comfortable life.

At first, Xiao Teng and his soldiers could understand that after all, these key commanding senior leaders could not be in a crisis, otherwise the war against the Zerg would not continue.

But one thing puzzled the lieutenant - why do government officials who live in the safest cities and guard the most feel unsafe and withdraw more soldiers who launched rescue battles in the marginal areas? It turns out that there was no trace of the Zerg in that place, even within a radius of 500 kilometers.

Nothing at all - but they just need the three layers of protection inside and outside the soldiers.

His chief told them: "Soldiers only need to comply with and execute orders. Although they will make sacrifices, it is always your highest duty to defend the motherland!"

Xiao Teng felt that it was right. He was willing to sacrifice himself to defend the motherland - but those fat and big-eared officials obviously could not represent the "motherland", and the guys who could not represent the "motherland" needed them to fulfill the task of "defending the motherland". The front line was constantly falling and constantly needed more soldiers' support.

But where is the army?

They all hid in the safest places, providing services to a few people representing the "motherland", and watching the falling cities and cruel and cold death lists in the TV news, he saw that many soldiers' eyes were red and swollen recently.

No one mentioned it, but there were indeed many soldiers' relatives and friends who died at the hands of the vicious Zerg! They had enough time to save people, but they lost the best opportunity because these officials were afraid of death. The soldiers who went to save encountered the Zerg craze and could not even leave their bones.

Now, justice has asked the lieutenant to tear apart the lies—he brought enough weapons and drove a car to spontaneously support the front line. It was an unknown small city, but his relatives lived there. He had no time to set out now, and if he continued to perform his duties, he could only watch them die.

There are actually five subordinates who are traveling with you.

"You boldly violate military orders and come with me. Are you not afraid of death?" the lieutenant scolded with a gloomy face. He did not want others to be brought up because of his private affairs.

"Sir, don't forget what I introduced me to you. I am your fellow villager." A soldier said with a tense face, "I am also a flesh-and-blood person, and I will also feel pain."

"Those groups of officials don't need so many people to protect. The Zerg's invasion is at least a thousand kilometers away." A corporal also said, "Instead of staying there and getting moldy, it's better to go to a few people for a long time. If this dispute can be settled, I don't want to join the army anymore-at least not from the federal."

The lieutenant had a lot to say, but he swallowed it all in his heart.

Some feelings do not require words to be expressed. After leaving the safe area, they found bacterial blankets that Zergs could not remove around the city, which proved that the insect tide was coming. Fortunately, the entire town was also spontaneously organizing the evacuation. However, the speed was too slow, and the military spacecraft was several times faster than the car.

But the military will not take risks. They have been scared by laser worms and explosive insects. Before coming here, Xiao Teng knew that at least hundreds of idle spacecraft were parked in the hangar at the military airport - they would rather put it there for "emergency demand" that they could not use at all, than take risks to rescue them.

The lieutenant could only rely on his own strength, they organized the evacuation of more crowds, marked safer areas, and then the day passed like this.

When night comes, screams and fire from weapons are buzzing.

Xiao Teng got up from the ground and carefully checked his equipment and ammunition... Everything was ready. They could have retreated, but the last batch of evacuated vehicles were still too close to here. If they were lost, the Zerg would not have to spend much time catching up with them and launch a massacre.

So they have to stick with it.

Hundreds of soldiers were ready to fight bloody battles. In fact, their resistance was much weaker than expected - although they used so-called powerful weapons, the Zerg could always find directions to avoid, or the lasers fired by the laser worms completely defended the sky.

Xiao Teng kept firing and firing, his vision blurred, his movements became mechanical, his own helmet showed the indicator of the number of ammunitions that was constantly decreasing on the interface, and then he was filled to a full load state by the loading magazine action he had practiced thousands of times, and continued to fire.

Despite this, the gunfire around him became weaker. The lieutenant hid behind the bunker, replaced himself with the last magazine, and then looked at the direction where the convoy left. His family was inside, but they had only time to say a few words, maybe there was no chance...

His eyes were filled with determination when he stood up again.

The comrades beside him were also ready. Each of them had the last high-explosion bomb for self-destruction. The battle ahead had proved that it would be better to die with this group of disgusting beasts than to be swallowed by the Zerg. His hand shook and the bullet missed.

"Sir, are you scared?" A subordinate's sneer rang in his ears, and then everyone laughed. After laughing, it turned into death-like silence.

The Zerg army was already close at hand, and they could see the hideous face of the alien, the extremely dangerous acid liquid of the explosive insects, and the scouts kept hovering.

Everything that cannot be seen is so desperate.

"Come on! Kill one enough, kill two and earn one!" the lieutenant shouted loudly, all weapons spraying out angry flames in an instant.

Then there was prayer to God.

Just as they were in despair, the quiet sky was broken by several chaotic sounds, including the roar of engines, the sharp whistle of free-fall bombs falling and the air constantly rubbing against the air, and the sound of dense fire from the air cannons... A group of alien insects closest to them were suddenly buried in the sea of ​​fire in the explosion. The shells fired by the air cannons formed a curved deadly line of fire in the darkness, and the shattered limbs of the Zerg flew around.

The soldiers cheered.

Then several civilian transport ships docked on the ground, and they saw the last group of evacuated civilians sitting inside, waving eagerly to them.

The only seventy remaining soldiers retreated immediately.

Xiao Teng also got into one of the spaceships. As soon as he sat down, the spaceship took off in panic and fled from the ground. A middle-aged man in a mercenary uniform tried hard to pull up the damaged cabin door. Xiao Teng dominated his tired body and stood up to help... Finally, the two of them sat in the crowded cabin.

"Thank you, young man. I'm only in the tenth batch, and my body will be unsatisfied when I get old." The middle-aged man said with a smile, rubbing his sore arms.

"I should thank you!" Xiao Teng looked at the middle-aged man with admiration without any concealment, and even stretched out his right hand, "You have saved so many civilians. Although this merit will not be promoted by the news, I believe that countless people will remember you!"

"Our reputation may not be very good," the middle-aged man smiled and held Shaw Teng's hand wrapped in metal gloves. "We organize calls ourselves 'Heavenly Punishment', but the Federation likes to call us 'terrorists'."

The lieutenant looked shaking, stunned for a second or two, and then he burst into laughter, and the other federal soldiers who heard their conversation couldn't help laughing.

But a lot of laughter was full of bitterness.

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This chapter is a bit long and the content is necessary, but I won’t take it apart as two chapters to upload such boring things...
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