Infinite Stream Metaverse

Chapter 313 Marshal Panticost

The Pacific Rim Joint Military Defense Force (PPDC) is an international Pacific Rim military organization composed of countries and regions in the Pacific Rim such as China, Japan, Japan, Australia and South American countries.

This defense alliance force was established on October 2014, 10, with its headquarters in Xiangjiang, China, where it established the first PPDC base - Broken Dome.

PPDC is similar to "NATO", but its nature and strategy are obviously different from NATO.

The PPDC was established by the United Nations and is a subsidiary institution of the United Nations. It is a symbol of the Pacific Rim countries transcending the socialist and capitalist camps and achieving a strategic alliance in the military.

PPDC's strategic goal is very clear, with the entire Pacific Rim region as its defense system, and the common goal of "eliminating the threat of monsters and ensuring human security".

Fu Qinghai can also see PPDC recruitment advertisements in various places in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk:
"Victory begins with your joining!"

"Your courage will bring us victory!"

"United, we will win this war!"

However, half of the huge billboards have collapsed, and the fallen posters are also swaying in the wind. The slogans shouted back then have become as bleak as the street newspapers in the Great Depression era.

Andre, the leader of the local gangster, provided Fu Qinghai with the contact information and address of Hannibal Zhou, the millionaire in the skeleton slum, the overlord of the black market of monsters, that legendary figure who is both good and evil.

Fu Qinghai likes to deal with such people, because they only recognize benefits, and don't recognize other messy things. As long as they can bring benefits, their identity, race, and position are all nothing to these people.

Finding Hannibal Zhou is much more reliable than going directly to PPDC.And according to Andre, it is still a special critical period. Even a big figure like Marshal Panticost, the top person in charge of PPDC, has to rely on Hannibal Zhou's financial support, which is really magical realism.

But before leaving for Xiangjiang, Fu Qinghai had to deal with Zofia's affairs.

……

It's the same old apartment building.

It was a miraculous coincidence that Zofia's room was actually on the third floor obliquely above Fu Qinghai.

In the room, Fu Qinghai was sitting on the sofa, and Zofia was making coffee in the small kitchen. After making a simple brew, she walked out of the kitchen with two cups and handed Fu Qinghai a cup. The cut-cut girl put one hand in her pocket, leaned against the corner of the wall, and said:
"Long time no see, Aoyama."

Fu Qinghai put the instant coffee on the coffee table, nodded and said:
"Long time no see, Zofia."

"Sorry." Zofia shrugged, "There is no Starbucks here, and there is no Mango Frappuccino."

She still remembers...

Fu Qinghai smiled:

"I don't drink Starbucks, I drink tea."

Fu Qinghai's deepest impression on Zofia is the light pink jellyfish bob hairstyle, and the MK2 cavalry assault rifle - the chainsaw gun from the Gears of War universe.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, they turned into a flaxen tomboy with a cropped crop and short hair.

Zofia has a standard apple face, a European-style upturned nose, and some light freckles on the bridge of the nose and cheeks. After replacing her pink hair with a cropped cut, she really looks like a handsome and thin young man.

"your hair?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

Zofia pouted at the sofa.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and saw the "Mecha Hunter Academy Registration Form" on the cover of the kraft paper bag, and he immediately understood.

Fu Qinghai took out the registration form and looked at it.

"I'm beyond my age. Even if the records are falsified, if they test the dental age and bone age, there is nothing they can do."

Zofia folded her hands on her chest, took a sip of coffee, and looked out of the window with a calm face and a flat tone.

But Fu Qinghai could hear the unwillingness.

"Do you want to join PPDC and the Jaeger Project because of the big plot line?" Fu Qinghai asked seriously.

"No." Zofia shook her head:

"I just love mechs, I just want mechas, I grew up loving big guns, chainsaws and power armor..."

At least the will is strong.

Fu Qinghai pondered and said:

"As far as I know, there are actually no exceptions. In the second movie, Jack Pantiscock is an adult in his 20s, who has no military experience at all, and finally became a mech pilot."

"But Jack Pantecost is the son of Stark Pantecost, and Mako Mori, who was the secretary general of PPDC at the time, is the adopted daughter of Stark Pantecost, which is Jack's sister."

Zofia continued.

A smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, and she said:

"That's what the Chinese call 'guanxi,' right?"

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai nodded:
"What I want to tell you is that rules are dead, but people are alive. It's not that there is no room for change."

"It's not that people in the U.S. talk about relationships, and the whole world talks about relationships. Do you think Wall Street capitalists really know how to trade stocks? They are just a group of rich second-generation and second-generation officials linked together by nepotism and inside information. "

With inside information, who can't make money in the securities market?
"But you and I are both players, and the Pacific Rim universe is open for the first time, so it doesn't matter to anyone."

Zofia said.

Fu Qinghai put one hand on the back of the sofa, looked at the inch-cut tomboy in front of him, and said lightly:
"You can create a relationship without a relationship. I am very good at modifying fake age files. There is a difference of about two years between the bone age and the normal age, which is not a problem at all. PPDC is short of money now, and the gold dollar offensive may also work. As for the introduction The middleman, Hannibal Zhou is not a ready target. You can find a way..."

"The point is, at such a high price, Zofia, can you become a mech hunter?"

Fu Qinghai's sharp eyes fixed on Zofia.

Zofia met his gaze without fear:
"Of course, I'm very confident."

"Row."

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"I'll help you."

Although he didn't know where Zofia's confidence came from.

You know, Mori Mako is not someone who favors relatives, otherwise Jack, as the son of the marshal, would not be reduced to living in the mecha cemetery by stealing parts. , the most critical point——

sense.

This is the core capability of the Mech Hunter.

But Fu Qinghai didn't care.

Zofia does not need to be a qualified driver.

She only needs to become a student of the Hunter Academy and be able to enter the Broken Dome, which is enough for Fu Qinghai to do a lot of things.

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Xiangjiang, the base of the Broken Dome.

Broken Dome is a factory for building, repairing and maintaining mechs. There are eight factories in the world, each of which is located in areas where monsters frequently appear. The earliest base is located in Xiangjiang, the headquarters of PPDC.

In 2024, the mecha "Dangerous Wanderer" was severely damaged in a battle with the monster "Blade Head", and the pilot Yancy Beckett died heroically.

Since then, the member states have lost confidence in the "Hunter Project", so the strategic plan has been adjusted, and the direction of funds has changed. The United Nations has begun to work on building an "anti-monster wall" to resist monsters. This decision led to seven Broken Dome bases. Forced to close down, the remaining mechs stored in these bases were also decommissioned and destroyed.

Marshal Stark Pantecost, standing behind the console of the Lawrence Command Center, looked at the busy ground crew below, but recalled in his heart, just a year ago, here, what happened Have a conversation.

At that time, representatives of various countries were discussing with him, the head of PPDC, the withdrawal of funding for the "Jaeger Project".

It was as if everything had been rehearsed beforehand.

Magnesium representative first spoke:
"The whole world is very grateful for your contribution, Marshal. But I can no longer waste my country's military power and weapons on unnecessary attacks. I want to protect the people. They feel safer behind the anti-monster wall."

Heck, the anti-monster wall...

Pantecost cursed secretly in his heart:

The damn anti-monster wall, fleeing without a fight, is simply a monument to human weakness and a pillar of shame.

"But it's not safe."

He retorted loudly:

"That wall is not reliable at all. The researchers said that the frequency of monster attacks will increase significantly. Sooner or later, they will break through that wall."

"We thickened the wall, and the people and supplies moved nearly [-] kilometers inland to safety."

Ying Guo representative said:

"It's a prudent move, and we're happy to be cautious."

Panticost actually wanted to ask the representative of Yingguo, where is the inland area [-] kilometers away from the coast in Yingguo?

To be honest, he didn't understand what the representative of Yingguo was messing with here?This is a matter related to the vital interests of the Pacific Rim countries, and Ying Country is not a Pacific Rim country.

Stark Pantecost himself is a native of Ying country, but at the moment he only thinks that the representative of Ying country is noisy, and he is the little follower and echo of the people of Ying country, as always.

Pantecost used to be a mecha hunter who charged into the battle. He was a warrior. He killed monsters, leaving scars all over his body, both internal and external. Everything in the past came to mind, which made him gradually angry, but he Try to control your anger and continue the conversation just now.

"Only the rich and powerful can enter the safe zone."

Pantecost asked:
"What about the others?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Marshal."

Magnesium representative said.

Pantecost stared at him for a long time, all kinds of sarcasm flashed in his mind.

Don't lose your temper, don't lose your temper... he told himself.

"Fear and walls won't save anyone."

Pantecost said in a deep voice:
"You can all get lucky and squeeze into the so-called 'safety zone', but it won't work. When the last mecha goes down, the monsters will overrun the coast. They won't stop there, but Will continue to attack until the world is conquered. At that time, where there is no safe place, everything will be gone and completely destroyed!"

"You may reserve your opinion, Marshal."

Magnesium representative said:

"For the next eight months, we will provide funds to entrust you to deal with the closure of the base. After eight months, the United Nations will no longer fund the 'Jaeger Project'. You can continue to do it yourself. Those who are determined will find a way to keep Mecha Hunters shining. If there are more and more monsters in the future, we welcome Mecha Hunters to help. Unfortunately, the working group can only use limited resources for sure defense It is in the best interests of all mankind to go up, rather than to take reckless risks. Good luck, Marshal."

The screen went black.

Officials from various countries have gone offline.

……

Now it seems that what I said at the time seems to be a prophecy... Panticost thought to himself.

He carefully took out a pill box from his uniform pocket, took out a pill and swallowed it, along with the blood spilling out of his throat.

Early models of mecha hunters used nuclear power reactors, the radiation shielding was not done well, and the driver's life was very short. Panticost drove the first-generation mecha "Tango Wolf" alone to fight against the second-level monsters when his partner died. "Demon Witch" can be described as double the radiation and double the fun.

If he knows that there is a faction called "Tau Empire" in the Warhammer 40K universe, and its "Fire Warrior" unit, both of whom are descended from Tianya, they must have a common language.

After the United Nations withdrew its capital, the marshal who had no choice but to lead the team to work alone had to solve the funding problem. The official channels were no longer available, so he could only turn his attention to the private sector, to the building complex next to the Xiangjiang Broken Dome Base— —The Xiangjiang skeleton slum, and the man inside.

Hannibal Chow.

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"So you know why, there's more monster material in the black market than in the K-Science department at PPDC."

Fu Qinghai said to Zofia:

"Mech hunters kill monsters, monster materials are sold to the black market, the black market provides research and development funds, Broken Dome gets funds to maintain the mech hunters, and the mech hunters continue to kill monsters... This forms a cycle."

Fu Qinghai said with emotion:

"It's not easy for Marshal Pantecost to persist like this for five years. Or should it be said that the pioneers' plan to colonize the earth is really three days of fishing and two days of drying the net?"

It is only the first year now, and if no players come, Pantecost will have to continue like this for another four years.

"I see."

Zofia was lying horizontally on the single sofa, wearing only a pair of underwear and a T-shirt, with long white legs dangling up and down, and a lollipop in her mouth.

Don't treat Fu Qinghai as an outsider at all.

Fu Qinghai turned a blind eye and said lightly:
"I'll deal with the falsified identity first. The identity given by the world of reincarnation is too crude. A blank resume is not very good. It is best to have an identity like a survivor of a monster attack, which will satisfy PPDC the most."

It's time for Qing Ming to work.

"Hmm."

Zofia nodded obediently with a lollipop in her mouth.

The look of letting Fu Qinghai order.

Zofia's white T-shirt has a very wide neckline, and there is a faint glimpse of whiteness. Her complexion is the cold white of Western European whites, and she seems to be... neither wearing underwear nor bras. pointy.

Fu Qinghai looked down the neckline.

Suddenly frowned and asked:

"Those two rings..."

"Yes."

Zofia reached in generously and pulled out the necklace. Both of them were finger rings, one emerald green and the other dark blue. On the front were two familiar abstract symbols.

"This is all your spoils. I picked it up. I have not been able to get the approval of the Lantern Ring. I guess it may be because I have never been to the DC multiverse."

Zofia tore off the necklace around her neck, handed it to Fu Qinghai without hesitation, and said:
"Well, give it back to you."

Lantern rings are not a bad street thing.

On the contrary, each lantern ring can be said to be an artifact, the difference lies in how much power the user can exert on the emotional spectrum-of course, for the world of reincarnation, it also depends on the rule infection payment from the DC universe.

"Ok."

Fu Qinghai took the two lantern rings unceremoniously and put them into a white suitcase.

Even if Fu Qinghai couldn't use it himself, it would be a big price to sell it to the Order Alliance.

Zofia doesn't seem to care...

In fact, it's still a bit of a pain.

——That’s a lantern ring!
Fu Qinghai turned his head and looked out the window. It was already dark and night fell, so he got up and said:

"Okay, I'm going back, and I'm leaving for Xiangjiang tomorrow."

He just walked to the door.

"Hey, isn't it?"

Zofia stood up and said behind him:
"I'm already dressed like this... Could it be that the legends are true, and space fighters don't have that desire?"

Fu Qinghai stopped and sighed helplessly.

Turning around, he said:

"I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Zofia looked Fu Qinghai up and down, and provocatively said:
"It's pretty strong, but that's all."

Fu Qinghai raised his hand to lock the door, thinking:

I'm not talking about this being unbearable... You'd better not know a woman named Zhang Yuning.

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　Thank you, King Marquez, Silver Wings Autumn Wind Falls Leaves, I don’t know how to change the name, the rewards of three book friends.

　
(End of this chapter)