National Juggernaut

Chapter 11 Iron Man and the Regression Faction

Time went back a little bit in the City of Time. At 9:9 on September 9th, when Zheng Li and his party had just entered the office area of ​​the Bailu District Government, the autumn division of the fifth district next door also welcomed their distinguished guests on time.

"Damn, these metal heads are still on time to the machine as always, disgustingly punctual. Pfft, Waite, you heard that, the metal head and the machine are on time, a wonderful ironic joke."

On the parking platform, a burly man in a cloak stared with one eye at the giant steel door that was slowly opening not far away, but he didn't even look at the medium-sized airship that was slowly landing behind him.

The blond hair like a lion's fur hangs down to the back of the waist, the left eye with three scratches is wearing a blindfold, and the messy golden beard has obviously not been taken care of, but the thickest forearm is as thick as an ordinary person's thigh .

The metal gloves and combat boots have a reddish flash of psionic energy, and there is a silver warhammer pinned to the waist. It is clearly a purely human appearance (although some look like a muscular orangutan), and the only one-eyed is a strange yellow beast. Hitomi.

It is said that "Lion's Claw" Carter Liu Quilterra is not so much the head of a district as he is a beast-skinned savage roaring in the wilderness himself, but he is not ashamed but proud of it.

The little giant, which is more than two meters long, is fully armed at all times, and as long as he doesn't speak, he looks like a majestic God of War.

At this moment, he suddenly seemed to have found some interesting stalk, bent over and smiled like a child.

"Haha, mechanical heads and punctuality, metal and clock heads."

"It should be your sense of humor that is wonderful. Normal people can't find any jokes."

Behind him, the middle-aged affairs officer Waite Sakata, dressed in an old-fashioned suit and gentleman, is patiently wiping his glasses in his hands, and he also has no intention of looking back. Just blow away his top hat.

"The metal head is a perfect match for the machine, I don't understand this."

"I can only hear racial discrimination against the metal race. As the assistant to the mayor of the autumn district, I want to remind you that your complaints have flooded the poor complaint processing room, and the explosions about aliens have at least accounted for it." Forty percent. For the sake of the reputation of our autumn division, please"

"Ha, old partner, you know me, let me speak softly to those alien bastards? How is it possible, it's better to kill me directly."

"No, I want to say, remember not to give them a chance to complain before you say something like this next time. You are not the best at crushing a telephone pole or something in front of them, and dragging them into a small alley without listening to persuasion. ."

Well, it seems that this silver-haired gentleman with a friendly smile is the same as the barbarian district chief.

The head of the district simply sat on the edge of the table, holding a cigar between his carrot-thick fingers, and his legs were constantly swinging on the edge of the table, blowing out a big smoke ring beautifully.

"It's really idle, old man, what's the news recently?"

"News? The pile of reports in your office is enough. They are more detailed and true than any newspapers. Before signing, at least read them by the way. Although the boys in the secretariat are very capable, every time they ask you for specific instructions, Your face of 'what, what are you talking about' also discourages them from continuing to write reports."

"Tsk. It's all out, and why are you talking about work? I don't trust them anymore. Besides, if you really want me, an old bastard, to deal with those messes, aren't you afraid that our autumn division will directly become a garbage dump next door?"

"Heh, it's the Bailu District next door. In fact, they have very strong administrative capabilities. Although Xiao Zheng has left, the team and office procedures he left behind are excellent. The city hall even announced that he has studied. By the way, mention Bailu District, did you see the announcement from their secretariat in the morning?"

The old gentleman was leaning on a black cane, looking at the metal door that was slowly opening not far away, flipping through his work notes with one hand.

"That? Oh, you said that the little guy can't run away again. Isn't that everyday. I'm not the father of a little thing. How could I know where he was hiding? They're looking for me."

"You really don't know, well, it seems that you really don't know this time. If their district chief wants to play with you again, you should inform their secretariat. The announcement in the morning, their new Secretary-General Wen was crying."

The old guy who knows everything, just by looking at his expression, Wei Te Sakata was sure that the district chief really didn't know this time, so he turned off the network contact with the Bailu district secretariat.

Originally, I planned to skip the recording of "the little guy is waiting and wrestling at XX Tavern" to the other party as before.

"Heh, it's been more than two years and you're still in the new job. You guys are too much."

"I'm sorry, I apologize. It may be that his predecessor gave people too much sense of presence. Xiao Zheng's resignation is really a loss for the entire civil service system. I also want to discuss with him more about the reform of the administrative work of the spiritual network. .”

"Zheng Li? I have already said that guy will quit sooner or later, uh, I really didn't say that. But I knew it at first glance, don't look at him smiling like a fox like you, but inside, He is the same as me! How can a peaceful cage hold a peerless beast like us. Really, what are you laughing at? Damn, don’t laugh, I’m super accurate!”

"Well, well, the peerless beast brother who is super accurate in seeing people, the one who was cheated of all his belongings by a stranger on the street half a month ago is definitely not you. Heh, fortunately, the spirits who turned into spirit blades will also go home on their own. Your Hammer scolded you in front of your office for two hours and you don’t even remember.”

"Have you all heard that?? No wonder Xiao Hua at the front desk looked at me strangely those few days. Uh, I, I, I, I sympathized with the other party. It was really miserable that her house was flooded, and she was forced to pay by usury. Go protect him, there is no such thing as being cheated! Right, Hammer."

The warhammer on his waist didn't make any response, it seemed to be numb.

Waite Sakata, who was called the district mayor's assistant and was actually the general agent of government affairs, sighed helplessly. He was a little skeptical that the city government still insisted on the traditional administrative policy of "24 district chiefs must be super-capable". fit or not.

The head of my Autumn District and the head of Bailu District next door have already been dubbed "August Two Stupid". What the hell is it that the head of the first district often runs away from home.

Just at this time, the target he had been waiting for arrived. Afraid that the familiar nagging would arrive on time, Chief Carter quickly diverted his attention to that side.

"Oh, old man, look, it's the Ironman team again. You said that group of guys always use these old-fashioned iron cans as diplomats, what are they trying to do?"

"At the beginning, he was a disgusting person. After all, no matter what era, the most hated traitor is the traitor. Later, I found that the second devil who knows the basics is very useful in all aspects, especially in diplomacy and business that require communication. I don’t even want to change people.”

Looking at the scene in the distance, thinking of the Iron Man, Waite's expression also became very subtle.

The place where the eyes of the two meet is the No. [-] gate that is slowly opening in the autumn division.

From this angle, you can see a convoy slowly entering, the most of which are large trucks, some of which are painted with various patterns of the old era, and the front one is a standard American freight "Welcome to UXA+USA map" big truck.

What followed were police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, etc. from the old era. Apart from being extremely old in common, they all dragged an obviously overweight cargo box, and even a single-person tricycle carried them with them. The train carriages were still running fast.

That obviously anti-physical scene undoubtedly shows that no matter what their appearance is, they are actually trucks now.

After each vehicle enters the city wall, the first thing is to untie the container and put it into the super-large shelf that has been prepared by hand.

Yes, personally, that’s right, every car turned into a tall metal man after a crackling sound, and the big truck brother in the front is a huge metal giant with a height of six meters. Tidy up the shelves.

And from those cars, a lot of metal people who are almost the same size as humans got off. They were communicating with the staff at the city wall, and they were going to declare goods for customs.

The head of Qiufeng District, Liu Kat, didn’t kill time in his favorite arena early in the morning, and he didn’t hang out in his office. regiments and trade parties.

But don't get me wrong, these "Optimus Primes" are not pure Atres, real Atres

"District Chief Liu, it's really hard work for you to pick me up from the airport."

"Well, welcome to Shiqian City. The people from the Ater embassy are waiting below, so I won't send you off."

Without looking back, just saying a word, the diplomatic etiquette of the two clans is all over.

Chief Liu Carter was still sitting on the edge, smoking a cigar while kicking his legs, which was already rude enough, but the other side did not give in too much.

Only one "person" came over and greeted them from a distance. Others were already walking on the other side of the stairs, ready to go down. They came together with the same pace, the weight was amazing, and the whole platform was shaking slightly.

Different from the iron men who came on land below, these Atel people have different skin colors, different heights, and different materials. Yes, materials, not physical bodies.

Some are made of copper ore, some are purple crystal people, some are metal people created by technology, and some are like magic puppets in fantasy books. The body is made of metal or ore. Some are even a mixture of multiple materials.

Most of them are between 1.9 meters and [-] meters in size, with crystalline pupils ranging from four eyes to one. They are basically human-shaped, and they can barely distinguish facial features (some are missing or have many parts). Most of them have four limbs and eight hands. The three-meter hunk with snake feet seems to be a bodyguard.

The one who takes the lead has an obvious aristocratic golden complexion, and the metal skin actually gives people a delicate and smooth feeling. It has many similarities with humans. Judging from the positions of the stars and the bodyguards, it should be a senior branch of their clan.

This group of people doesn't look like the same race at all, but they do have something in common. Apart from the fact that they are all metal and ore bodies, there are often strange crystals similar to spirit crystals on their faces and arms exposed on their chests. Its brilliance is extremely eye-catching and very similar to the flash of the spirit blade spirit crystal!

Carbon-based humans and silicon-based Atres have been mortal enemies since the beginning of the big collision. Now they can send envoys to each other and do business with each other, which is considered the progress of the times.

"Heh, this time I actually sent a Liujing Arte as a deputy envoy, and I'm sure I'm going to do messy things again. The secret police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be waiting for them."

"With all due respect, since the day the diplomatic embassy was born, what unspeakable things have been dedicated to it?"

What made Waite exclaim in a low voice was that something seemed to have happened at the customs office. The customs clearance procedure used to be very fast, but now there is a situation where the iron man is focused.

They surrounded the customs declaration staff and seemed to be talking about something, but the staff kept shaking their heads.

"it's me"

Waite started to contact, but the return he got was a bit puzzling.

"Their head of diplomatic mission, gone?"

[Yes, Honorable Assistant Officer Waite Sakata, our head of diplomatic mission, Mr. CE17T62B8C1, has lost contact 36 hours ago. According to the expected plan, he should meet us two kilometers outside the autumnal equinox gate. 】

The sudden contact made Waiter frown. The stiff grammar and weird name reminded him of some unpleasant existences.

Turning around, he saw an iron man waving to him behind the front window glass of the aircraft.

Different from those Atels, their metal appearance is very in line with human aesthetics. The bionic camera eyes, puppet-like movable joints on the shoulders and wrists, and the metal skin on the face can make various expressions. The slender limbs of the humanoid form are like a robot from a science fiction movie about humans.

In fact, they really are

"Iron Man, do you know what it means to take the initiative to enter our spiritual net?"

[Of course, Your Excellency, according to the confidential procedure, I will destroy myself 24 seconds after completing the task of informing the information.But what I’m telling you now is very important. Mr. CE17T62B8C1 is one of the leaders of our regression faction and one of the disciples of the great T28 sage. He entered your district 72 hours in advance, and now we have cut off all contact. He cannot be lost, and the returnists must not lose another spiritual teacher. 】

When he heard the key words "Returnist", "T28 Sage", and "Severed Contact", even the experienced Waiter turned pale instantly, and quickly contacted Liu Kat who was beside him.

Not to mention, when this "Brother Peerless Beast" saw the contact record, his face changed drastically and he was taken aback. He underestimated in a low voice, "Damn, I'm not a secret policeman. How could I be bumped into this kind of thing?" Obediently use your high authority to contact the relevant departments.

After all, if such highly sensitive diplomatic matters are not handled properly, it is possible to directly lead to war.

Iron Man Returner? T28 Sage?This matter is too far to talk about. It starts from the big collision in the historical events and the iron man rebellion, and it cannot avoid the object of belief of the Ater people--the metal god Ater.

When it comes to the Atels and the Atels God, most human beings will be filled with anger and hatred. The blood feud between the two races cannot be counted at all. But when it comes to the Iron Man, a branch of the Atels, many people are equally full of In addition to anger, there are subtle emotions deep in my heart.

Iron Man was originally a part of humanity.

Well, it's easy to guess, it is the artificial intelligence and robots before the big collision, as well as various intelligent machines, including various battlefield drones.

In the early stage of the Great Collision, as the most convenient tools and important weapons of war for human beings, they appeared on various battlefields and played a supporting role until they met the metal god Atre.

"The metal body should also have the awakening of the soul."

Under the will of the high-dimensional observer, the self-shackles of artificial intelligence are broken.

Not only intelligent man-made machines, but under the mighty power of the true god, the pure non-intelligent war machines are also forcibly awakened. The free iron men betrayed their creator without hesitation and joined the metal army on the opposite side .

The betrayer is undoubtedly the most hated, and the second devil is also the most ruthless on the battlefield, and the iron man is much more ruthless than the pure Atel.

At that time, when the human legion saw the Iron Man Auxiliary Army on the opposite side, it seemed to be bloody, and the opposite side was the same.

Even when Ater sent Iron Man as a diplomat, it felt humiliating, but later it became more and more convenient, and it became a diplomatic tradition for Iron Man to serve as the chief officer and Ater as an adjutant.

But with the changes of the times, the relationship between the two parties has been relatively relaxed, um, fighting without meeting, has improved a lot.

In the new era, Iron Man, as a creation of human beings, has quite a lot of human cultural heritage. In terms of commerce and diplomacy with human city-states, he has too many advantages over pure Ater. Among the trading missions and diplomatic missions, Iron Man The proportion is also increasing.

If this is all it is now, human beings' emotions towards Iron Man will not be so complicated. Intelligent creatures often have sufficient diversity. As time goes by, Iron Man who has awakened his wisdom and self thinks more.

Although the mainstream has always been "the metal biosphere is our home", there has gradually been a "pro-creator faction" who believes that human beings are our fathers, and it is a wrong behavior to betray the creator, and the mistake must be corrected.

Although the number of these iron men was quite small in the initial stage, they did help mankind a lot during the hardest time, especially the advanced psionic technology of the Atel tribe, which can even be regarded as the foundation of modern human psionics. grassroots.

In particular, the "T28 sages" mentioned by the iron population is a member of the "seven sages forging blades" of the spirit blade system, which is the foundation of modern human beings. In the minds of many people, the historical status of the seven sages is comparable to father of the nation.

This is super embarrassing. It can be said that without the Atel technology stolen by Iron Man, there would be no current spirit blade system and spirit blade powerhouses, let alone the great clans of human beings in the 53 cities today. No one can deny the t28 sage help to humanity.

With the passage of time, the "pro-creator faction" has completed its historical mission, and now the more radical "We Iron Man should return to human civilization" return faction is the most bizarre existence among the Ater tribe.

In fact, even in Shiqian City, there are settlements of Iron Man Returners. They are very good craftsmen and technicians, and they also bring their own technical dry food as shares. Even so, their reputation in the city is quite subtle.

In addition, whether they should be regarded as aliens from foreign lands or sub-races of the human branch after regaining their human citizenship has always been a knotty problem that has plagued all sociologists.

The existence of the regressive faction also embarrassed the entire Iron Man group in Ater society, so the Iron Man Legion who fought against humans became more ruthless, and the entire human group's feelings towards Iron Man became more subtle.

After all, human beings are now the spiritual blade of the whole people, drinking water thinks of the source, and everyone has to be a part of the T28 sage.

What's more, this situation is probably still benefiting human beings, but the returnists have not been eradicated within the Ater tribe. In fact, Ater himself is very annoyed, but it still cannot affect the thoughts and behaviors of each individual group. Ejaculation occurs once or twice every few years.

By the way, the hatred between the god Altel and humans is not that simple. It is the god of metal who expends divine power to change the resistivity of metals frequently.

Fortunately, he does not have the ability to modify the material constants of all metals at the same time. He can only be so disgusting at intervals that human beings cannot easily rebuild their own technological civilization.

By the way, the "principle of respect" that pure humans now treat the Eldar, demihumans, and Inhumans has an absolute relationship with Iron Man's history.

Today, the Returnist Ironmen are seen within Atel as extremists, rebels against the gods of the race, and underground believers in dangerous ideas.

And now the returnist leader who is still inside the Ater tribe, the disciple of the T28 sage secretly entered the human city ahead of time and suddenly disappeared

At this moment, complex emotions of "big spy", "private transaction of a large number of confidential technologies", "Damn, why did I encounter such troubles", "Damn, I won't go to war again" rushed into the hearts of both of them at the same time. .

The iron man of the returning faction who informed the news was able to enter the psionic network that theoretically can only be entered with artificial spiritual weapons and spiritual blades, and directly contacted Waite Sakata, who is a government official, which shows that there are too many things. The authority of the spiritual network of an iron man is higher than that of Liu Kat.

The two regional bigwigs looked at each other, and they both saw the difficult reality in each other's eyes.

[Ah, goodbye, it is my greatest luck to be able to return to the place of origin at the last moment, respected Your Excellency Liu Carter, Your Excellency Waite Sakata, if possible, please remember me, my name is CE823764, and my ancestral home is Xingwang State The descendant of the mechanical police, a wanderer who is not allowed to go home]

The two turned their heads at the same time, and what they saw was the iron man behind the glass of the aircraft, using simulated facial features to squeeze out a stiff smile.

Sparks and electric lights lit up in its body at the same time, and its limbs gradually began to disintegrate. The returnee chose the place of origin as his cemetery.

The two were silent, but now was obviously not the time to waste time, they quickly came out of the complicated emotions, and did what they had to do.

"The first thing is to find the disciple of the sage, the head of the diplomatic mission of this mission. Waite, do you know a reliable tracker or person-seeker?"

"In this regard, the most reliable thing is the secret police of the intelligence department. After we handed over the information, they must have been dispatched. We who are prone to fighting are limited in what we can do. However, I know an acquaintance who is looking for someone He is also very good in terms of work, although he only has more than two years of independent practice experience, even if he counts the part-time jobs before, he is also a legendary 100% task completion rate."

"Acquaintance? Mission completion rate 100%? Oh, you are talking about Zheng Xing, please contact him. It would be good to have an extra chance to find the returnist instructor one minute earlier."

But just as the two of them were looking through Zheng Li's contact number in a hurry, someone contacted him first.

"Greetings from Agent C of the Intelligence Department. Please go to the Liberty Ideal Bar on Heping Avenue in your district immediately. The target has been found there. On the way, please be cautious and cautious to avoid additional insiders."

Hearing this, the two were overjoyed. Although they have always been annoyed by the pervasive secret police, but at this moment, this efficient and terrifying intelligence department is too trustworthy.

"Heping Avenue, isn't it the main road of the district government? Then I'm familiar, huh, Liberty Ideal Bar, sounds familiar too, isn't this the underground bar where the little guy next door and I often go to fight black boxing and wrestling? Uh, Wei Special, it's just a little personal hobby, he and I both put on makeup, and didn't use the Spirit Blade, so it won't be seen by others. Ha, we also played a legendary 87-game winning streak."

Waite Sakata touched his eyebrows, he was so tired that he was powerless to refute.

The two of you have such a special body shape, the only reason you can’t recognize them is because others dare not recognize them, right? Who doesn’t know that both of you, August Shuangsha, are also nicknamed Human Flesh Dismantling Machine and Human Mentally Disabled.

Now is not the time to nag, the two of them don't talk nonsense, and rush to the Liberty Ideal Bar as quickly as possible.

But even so, it was 10 minutes later when they arrived. Judging from the vehicles with various special signs at the door, the two of them were considered late.

And walking into the bar, it was no surprise to see the bar hall after the scene was cleared, as well as various secret police uniforms that were rare to see.

Returning Mr. CE17T62B8C1?

He is there too.

Sitting on a chair by the bar, the pipeline around his neck kept sparkling, and the metal head after makeup was placed in the middle of the bar.

The top-notch man-made muscular face perfectly simulated the surprise and despair of the last moment.

"The psychic reaction has stopped, and it is confirmed that he has died. The time of death is determined to be 9:9:9. The fatal injury is a severed wound on the neck."

"Oh, it's one size fits all, what to do if it's so complicated."

At this time, it was Liu Kater's friend who said this, the mayor of the next-door district who shouldn't be here.

But even though he can still speak witty words now, His Excellency the District Chief is not in a good condition. His hands are bound behind his back on the chair. A cadre from the intelligence department and a cadre from the discipline inspection are putting the blade of a standard long knife on his neck. .

Even so, the District Mayor after makeup was still able to laugh.

"Brother Carter, you came just in time. I told you everything. I just secretly made an appointment with this secret dealer to buy some special metals to feed my baby. In the end, someone committed a murder, but they didn't believe it! Tell me, am I a person who loves to talk? ? I am a good friend of the District Chief of the Autumn District."

Now, the faces of the two newcomers probably could no longer be described as ugly.

(End of this chapter)