Puppeteer [Interstellar]

"I heard that those bugs crossed the border defense line and rushed into the Skitak star field. They are now at war with the No. 26 Battleship Corps. I just don't know how long the No. 26 Corps can resist."

In the battleship conference room, the commanding captain stood at the front of the conference table with a serious face, discussing with several brothers under his command: "The superior ordered us to set up a defense line on the edge of the Skitak star field. No matter how many fleets and personnel we need, we will You must stop those damn bugs, or humanity will perish within a week!"

"It's absolutely impossible!" As soon as the captain's voice fell, someone raised objections, and a staff officer stood up: "We are just a small battleship company that doesn't even have heavy armor! This manpower is not enough for defense! Why? Maybe it can stop those Zerg army!? What are the high-level people thinking!"

"It's too late to send additional reinforcements." The commander continued calmly but heavily, "We only have one week, and the speed of those bugs is too fast. If we don't take action now, then we won't even have time to take action. "

At this time, another staff officer also stood up, but he did not support the captain. His face was full of panic and anxiety, and he shouted: "No matter what action is taken! We are all dying! The number of those Zerg How many? I believe those of you who have watched the video know that there is an army of one hundred thousand! Those Zerg will swallow us completely in the blink of an eye! The order from the top is to use us as cannon fodder, which is meaningless!"

"That's right!" The staff officer's words immediately resonated with everyone, and the meeting room of the battleship became lively, and a group of people began to express their opinions one after another, discussing in a hurry, and the meeting room was in full swing. "The higher-ups are telling us to die, no armor! No reinforcements! They must be crazy to let our small number of troops block the Zerg army!"

"I don't want to do such a meaningless thing! It's just asking for death!"

"That's right! It would be even more ridiculous to say that we are delaying time. Even the largest legion on the border has been breached by the Zerg. We are basically an ordinary fleet patrolling the territory. The entire fleet adds up to 2 people. This number of people is an existence that will be swallowed up every minute in front of the Zerg!"

"In the past, we couldn't even fight against a [-] Zerg army. Now there are [-] of them. I don't know where they came from so many!? We are really going to die!"

"What to do, just run away!"

"Running in battle is a capital offense and you will be court-martialed!"

"There is still a hairy court-martial? All human beings are going to die! Who will give you a court-martial? If you don't run now, when will you wait!?"

While a group of people were eloquently arguing, the commanding captain, as the commander with the highest authority, was always the one who had to keep calm. He patted the table a few times: "Don't make noise! ​​We can't retreat! This is an order from the superior! As soldiers, we have no room for disobedience!"

"The superior told us to die! Do we have to die!?" A staff officer yelled again, "We rushed up to show the consequences of annihilation of the entire army, and we couldn't even delay the time! Sir! Let's retreat! "

The captain of the command couldn't stand it anymore, and hit the tabletop of the conference room with his fist. The loud sound of the knock immediately made everyone in the conference room unconsciously turn their attention to the commander, and the commander lowered his head. Head, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I know this is tantamount to asking for death, but if we retreat, where can we retreat?"

"Behind us is the Central Alliance, which is the core of the entire human territory. Let the Zerg engulf it, and all mankind will be finished. If human beings are finished, we will be finished too! Whether we advance or retreat, the result is the same!"

The commander said heavily: "Assuming the results are the same, then I, who is like an ant, would rather struggle like an ant and die."

"You can go if you want," said the commander, "I want to stay here."

After the commander finished speaking, soldiers with orders from outside rushed into the meeting room, and as soon as they entered the door, they didn't even care about the etiquette, and shouted loudly: "Sir! Report from the front line! The Zerg army has rushed into Sri Lanka!" Kitak Starfield, time is running out! Please give the order quickly, sir!"

The soldier who sent the order hurriedly shouted this sentence, but no one answered him in the battleship meeting room. He raised his head to look in the meeting room, and found that everyone was pale, or lowered their heads trembling or staring at them from a distance, and no one was looking at them. They all shut their mouths tightly, and there was no sound, and the entire meeting room was dead silent.

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As usual, the network residents on the Star Network were noisy and lively, but more people began to choose to retreat. People began to try to move their families and take their relatives and friends to the place farthest from the group of Zerg.Even some witty guys have begun to consciously search for supplies, using various means to get an interstellar travel spacecraft, and are fully prepared for a long-term escape.

Everyone believes that human beings cannot escape this catastrophe, and that extinction is a matter of time. The alliance government has not responded for a long time, and the government officials who hold real power have also lost contact. The economic system collapsed in an instant, and the soldiers on the front line collapsed. , Seeing the shadow of the Zerg army from a distance, they chose to retreat one after another. The bugs seemed to enter the land of no one, relaxed and free, and wantonly devoured everything around them along the way.

In such an era facing the end of the world, food, water, air and other resources that allow human beings to survive are the most important and precious.Therefore, valuables such as money depreciated in an instant, and people would rather bring large and small bags of food and water instead of a cent of money.

People without resources are faced with a predicament, and the desperate situation forces everyone, causing them to become chaotic and crazy, and start to rob other people's living conditions and resources. Murder, robbery, theft, rape, etc. It has been staged in the streets and alleys of all major planets.

No one can control and manage it at all. People have been at ease for too long, and they have forgotten the horror of the bugs. Now that the bugs are making a comeback, human beings immediately lose everything. The fragile system collapses too quickly. Everyone seems to have forgotten the existence of order. , making this disaster spread to every place and every corner like a curse, and the flame of hope gradually went out.

At this moment, on the planet of the Central Alliance, members of the major families, organizations, and factions all received orders from the leaders of their respective families, organizations, and factions at the same time. Gather at designated locations.

Because it was an emergency summoning order, people had to put down what they were doing in a hurry and arrived at the designated place according to the order, but everyone who came felt at a loss.

Because in the convening order, the designated place for them to gather is the backyard of the Hawk family territory on the Central Alliance planet.

The Hawke family deserves to be the family of Commander Rain. This family owns the largest manor and the largest courtyard on the central planet, and can build their backyard like a park. Only the Hawke family has such strong funds and strength.

With such a vast territory, it is not a problem to accommodate hundreds of people, so as soon as the summoning order was issued, fifteen families, six capital company organizations, and members of various factions following Rain's faction all crowded into Hawke's house. In the family's backyard.

These people gathered together inexplicably. Some of them were partners, while others were in a state of hostility. Naturally, it was impossible to coexist peacefully when they gathered together. The scene suddenly became noisy, and friction and disputes were about to take place.

"I issued the summoning order." Lyle stood on the stage, wearing a miniature microphone, and said such a sentence lightly.Wearing clothes that might still be stained with blood, he leaned on the shoulder of his faithful Majuska, and said with a lazy and tired face.

Scar put his arm around his waist without any trace.

Hundreds of people gathered under the stage. These people only gathered in the backyard of the Hawke family after receiving summoning orders from their respective patriarchs, leaders and other leaders. Although it is strange to gather in the backyard of the Hawke family. , but since they were all orders from their own leader, Patriarch, no one dared to disobey, so almost all of them came.

Among these hundreds of people, some organizations or families have already rebelled and left Rein's faction, some still belong to Rein's faction, and some are purely from the president's side. People of fame.

Some of them are officers and soldiers who have mastered the military power. It is equivalent to the core leaders of the entire alliance gathered here today.

After the news of Rein's death was announced, almost everyone thought that the Hawk family's general situation was over, and it was a certainty to give up support for the Hawke family. The responsibility for the death was passed on to Lyle, which made the Hawk family completely lose everyone's support.

Under such circumstances, the Okan family has regained control due to the secret support of the president, so everyone thought that the Okan family would replace the Hawke family sooner or later.

But today, they will discover a terrible thing.

"Sir and ladies, good evening everyone." Lyle spoke in a moderate voice, and his voice was transmitted to the ears of everyone present through the microphone, making the noisy courtyard suddenly quiet, and everyone Everyone stopped making noise and turned to look at Lyle on the stage.

"I am the current head of the Hawke family, Lyle Hawke." Lyle spoke softly. He stretched out his hand and tugged at his cuff. Under the light, people could see the large blood stains on his cuff, "I I have to tell you some sad news."

Lyle said, "Just now, our great... great president, what's that... oh, I remember, Mr. President Wilfred! Yes, he's dead."

As soon as Lyle finished speaking, there was a huge commotion among the crowd. The originally quiet environment immediately became noisy again. Everyone started to make noise and disputes. Some of them were bold and even wanted to Step onto the stage to confront Lyle.

But even if the Hawke family is hollowed out, the security force still exists, and the First Army is still in the hands of Lyle, not to mention that Lyle has asked Aban to move all the leftovers that can be mobilized from the earth. Lyle drives.So just as those radicals wanted to take the lead, they were held against their heads by rows of armed guards next to them.

So Lyall laughed, and he sneered: "Our great President is dead, and I killed him just now. Look at me, it's all stained with his blood."

"I'm a bit annoyed by the blood because I don't have much time to change and I have too many things to do and my schedule is packed, so right now, I don't want to get more Human blood, running around in a bloody coat is a very uncomfortable thing, what do you think?"