Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

"So they treat humans like humans treat pests." He Xiao said, "Maybe a few will be kept in the herbarium, and the rest are best to die."

"So this can only be an endless war." Fu Yunlan looked solemnly at the earth that was highlighted in the 3D projection and was as small as dust, but Celeste didn't look too scared: "How can we defeat this tentacle hiding in the four-dimensional space?"

"Unfortunately, unless our technological level can catch up, there is nothing we can do." He Xiao's expression showed a rare seriousness and seriousness. Be prepared, it has stolen a lot of technology, now they basically know what we know, but we don't know anything about what they know, if we can't make up this gap as soon as possible, the gap is likely to widen in the future big."

"Then what should we do?" Only then did Celeste feel that something was wrong.

He Xiao smiled at him: "This is not something we need to consider at this stage. In short, we can't set the goal for the time being to destroy the tentacles, but to stop it from destroying human beings. With me one day, all it can do is The only way to instigate human beings to kill each other is by influencing signals, and what we have to do is to make it impossible to use human beings to destroy human beings.”

"So just destroy all the signal receiving and transmitting devices?" Celeste asked.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. After all, the human species, even in the age when there is no signal at all, has never stopped trying to kill each other." He Xiao said, "If we ban all electrical appliances with signals from appearing, human beings Our technology is locked at the level of the 18th century, and apart from being in the hands of the Devourer, it does us no good at all."

"Then we need to use propaganda to make people no longer believe the words of the Devourer?" Celeste asked.

"I tried to spread leaflets to some areas that have not been ruled by the True God religion before, and you can see the effect of the propaganda." He Xiao said, "And even if everyone believes that the Devourer wants to destroy human beings, it is useless. In the strange race of human beings, there has always been a certain proportion of antisocial personalities. Even in the carefree environment before the outbreak of the zombie virus, some people often lived without worrying about food and clothing. However, manufacturing Some of the horrors of retaliating against society, what the Devourer did was just hand them a nuclear bomb when they wanted to swing the butcher knife. What we have to do is not tell all human beings that there is an evil alien who will Not to help the bad guys among you destroy the world, but to create a unified global power strong enough to keep all would-be sociopaths in check and not give anyone a chance to succeed."

Fu Yunlan understood what he meant: "In other words, can only war be used to stop war?"

"Yes, that's why I asked Case to design military uniforms for you. It's time to declare war on the True God Cult." He Xiao looked at Celeste with a smile and said, "When you are ready, I will announce to the public, Embrace you as the emperor of the Earth Federation Republic, we will unify the world in your name, and then let human beings cultivate and recuperate under your rule until the prosperity and prosperity are restored."

Before Celeste said anything, Fu Yunlan looked at He Xiao warily with obvious distrust: "It's clear that you led all of this, why did you let Celeste take the lead? You want to treat him as a Your puppet?"

"Don't worry too much. After he ascends the throne, I will follow his arrangement." He Xiao smiled at Celeste, "Except that I won't tell you the things you most want to know."

Celeste didn't doubt He Xiao's intentions at all, but asked curiously: "Since it is a federal republic, why does it have the title of emperor?"

"You don't need to pay too much attention to details like titles. The main reason is that I don't want to waste my energy on internal friction and wrangling. I need everyone to be absolutely loyal to you, absolutely obey orders, and have no objection to the country's ruling authority. Among the titles, it seems that 'emperor' is the most suitable for this style of rule."

"Indeed." Celeste agreed.

Seeing that Celeste accepted He Xiao's arrangement without any doubts, Fu Yunlan wanted to remind Celeste secretly, but heard He Xiao say to herself: "As for you, Fu Yunlan, you You will be the supreme military commander of the Earth Federation Republic, and I will entrust you with the task of fighting the True God troops under the command of the Devourer."

Fu Yunlan looked at He Xiao in surprise, and couldn't say a word for a while, He Xiao smiled calmly: "Don't look at me like that, I'm not joking."

"……why?"

He Xiao still smiled calmly: "Don't you want to clear the way for the empire belonging to Celeste? Or do you not want to do something for the survival of mankind and the peace of the earth?"

"No... It's just that I have only led a dozen people at most, and I have no experience in commanding large troops." Fu Yunlan frowned and admitted, "I am not a suitable candidate."

"You don't need to be humble, you are actually the most suitable candidate I have met." He Xiao said, "Your personal relationship with Celeste is also one of the reasons, but more importantly, you have something that others don't have. traits, such as the kind of courage and persistence that are almost insane in the eyes of ordinary people."

Under Celeste's and Fu Yunlan's puzzled eyes, He Xiao calmly explained: "During Celeste's two kidnappings, including the 'you think' kidnapping, even though he knew that there was little hope, Even if you had a narrow escape, you insisted on coming out to find him, but you didn’t blindly send him to death in a feverish manner. Instead, you made the best possible preparations in the shortest possible time every time. Not only did you prepare a rubber boat on the plane, You have also prepared tarpaulins, backup power supplies, and oars for the rubber boat, which shows that you are considerate and considerate. In such an action with almost no chance of winning, there are still people willing to follow you, which shows that you have enough charisma to win the loyalty and trust of your subordinates. Most What counts is your lunatic grit and tenacity, which means that even in the worst of circumstances, you won't stop struggling."

"...It doesn't sound like a compliment at all."

"Don't doubt, this is indeed a compliment. When we face an opponent at the level of the Devourer, there is no way for normal people to defeat them. What we need is a person who dares to fight with all his strength even if the chance of victory is slim." He is a lunatic, and it cannot be blindly desperate. As for command experience, no one is born with experience, knowledge and experience can be learned, but those core qualities are difficult to change." He Xiao said, "To be honest, I have also found several officers with experience in leading troops and commanding skills before, but when they learned the truth behind the True God Sect, some of them could not withstand the pressure and committed suicide, and some completely lost confidence, including Qin Feng, No commander dares to accept such a heavy burden, and now the most suitable candidate I can find is you, although you seem a little too young-then, are you willing to take on this heavy responsibility for Celeste?"

"I am willing to do anything for him." Fu Yunlan stared at He Xiao and said, "But I don't want to be used as a gunman in a daze - if other commanders don't have the guts to take on this heavy responsibility, why do you yourself Don’t want to be this military commander? Although I don’t want to admit it, your ability is definitely far beyond any mortal, and you are the most suitable candidate, aren’t you?”

"If our opponent is a human being, indeed, I will be an invincible commander. But in this war, human beings are just pawns on the battlefield, and the person behind the chess is the Devourer." He Xiao Regretfully said, "My way of thinking is almost the same as that of the Devourer. We will combine all the objective conditions on the battlefield to calculate the tactic with the highest victory rate. If the success rate of one tactic is 99%, the other is 98% , we will definitely choose the former. Even if sometimes we deliberately choose other tactics in order to deceive the opponent, we will definitely choose the one with the highest success rate of deception. The battlefield is not very strong for creatures such as human beings with weak observation and reaction abilities. , may be an ever-changing place, but for us it’s like doing a math problem, there is only one standard answer. We know each other’s thinking and the reactions we will make, if I come with him A duel is like playing chess between two supercomputers. The only factor that affects winning or losing is the 'computing speed'. In this regard, I am no match for the Devourer. But you are different. As a human being, when you say Before, no one knew what was going on in your stomach. If it was you, you might adopt tactics with a success rate of 60% to 90%. He couldn’t figure out what you would do next. The key to our victory."

"...I'm not sure I've won against a supercomputer." Fu Yunlan frowned and said, "But for Celeste, no matter what, I will do my best."

"Very good, what I want is your adventurous and pragmatic spirit." He Xiao smiled with satisfaction, "Don't worry, I won't let you use an ordinary human mind to fight against the calculation speed of the Devourer, you just You need to come up with a general strategy, and I will help you control all the other details."

Fu Yunlan frowned, feeling a mountain of pressure, Celeste squeezed Fu Yunlan's hand, and gave him silent encouragement.

"In the past, when we were doing nothing, the Devourer has been leading the true god religion to kill each other, so it seems that the true god religion is just a mess, but once we start to take action, he will concentrate all his strength to deal with us. Under the command of a supercomputer, a large group of people who have been completely brainwashed is definitely not to be underestimated, and our preparation time is running out." He Xiao said, "Let's go, let me show you this base first."