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"Who cares about them. Chinese New Year first."

Scar said indifferently.

"Not many will die."

The pharmacist looked at him, and after a while, he said thoughtfully, "It's true that not many people will die."

"This should be the last day of freedom for the tribe. After the new year, they may not live very comfortably."

As soon as the report meeting was over, the New Year's holiday in the industrial city began.

Although almost every nation has its own specific New Year's holiday, there is no obstacle to accepting the "statutory holiday" of the Industrial Federation.Studying, working, living, daily struggles with internal and external contradictions, and increasingly clear unified beliefs make it easy for this nascent community to accept changes that will strengthen the collective consciousness.

In fact, the name of the holiday is not important, the important thing is the holiday, and it is such a long period of holiday - but some people who have the idea of ​​​​being lazy with reason soon find that these holidays are not as they wished, and they can start from the morning Lying down at night without doing or thinking about anything, on the contrary, even if they are not on duty, most people are still very busy, busy actively or passively participating in the public activities that fill these holidays.

On New Year's Eve, the magician and Scar Nightmare delivered short New Year greetings on the radio respectively. The night of fireworks was like a forest, and the colors were in full bloom. The cold night was lit up by light and rain. They came to the streets in groups, and even the tribes far away had people wrapped in furs and left the warm firepit to look at the other side from a high place.Since today, the industrial city has become a practical "city that never sleeps". The operation of various factories has stopped or slowed down, but the clubs have become unusually active, and sports and entertainment competitions are played one after another. Theatrical performances take turns on the stage, reading clubs, seminars, and problem-solving sessions from morning to night... Warm lights decorate this city surrounded by ice and snow day and night. The cold winter is as cold as a blade, but it is difficult to penetrate the thick protection to cool people's enthusiasm. .

People devote themselves wholeheartedly to these activities. For some newcomers, such joy and enrichment are something they have never experienced before, so they feel fresh and exciting.For others who think they already know the city, such a warm atmosphere is more like a catharsis for their daily depression: to aid Base Point City, to allocate supplies to the Alliance tribes, and to speed up the completion of the city's construction plan For a long time, people have been forced by busy labor and intense study every day, and it is rare to breathe - even they have been domesticated to this point, even in the days when they are allowed to indulge in joy, places like study rooms are still crowded with people every day, books There is also an endless flow of people at the door of the room, and the topics they talk about are not the report meeting, the tribal reform, or the production plan for next year... everything about their personal life and family is related to this.

"The Fusong Port in Orbis must be completely rebuilt, so that the port has enough capacity... It's time for the Sahir people to go ashore..."

"The number of sea and river fleets will increase, and many young orcs want to be crew members..."

"It's time to open up a new place of residence. I don't know where the people the working group wants will come from..."

But what they discussed the most was the next Blazers exam to be held after the New Year's holiday.

And not only the residents of Industrial City, but even those tribes who braved the snowstorm to come to Industrial City to participate in the New Year's event were very concerned about this matter, because it really deserved their concern.

When the first batch of pioneers went to the human area, the vast majority of people, including the members of these teams, believed that their main mission was to be the eyes and ears of the magician to explore the world for him, or to carry out some trade activities, so they began to communicate with When the locals came into contact with them, they didn't talk about every step of the way, at least they could be regarded as foresight and caution.Even so, they inevitably had situations that led directly or indirectly to those unanticipated developments.

But today, looking back at the past, people have found that things have their own inevitability of development. One cause emerges and one result results. The pioneers as a special group stand out from the industrial alliance, not in their own expectations, but It responds to the development needs of their collective and is a manifestation of a higher social rule.

The influence is reflected unconsciously. Recently, there have been relatively few people arguing about which group in the alliance has made more contributions, which race or ethnic group is superior to others, and should receive more resources...Evaluation of the value of individuals and groups The standards are also gradually separated from their sources, and the awareness of the opposition between the interests of the ethnic group and the overall interests of the alliance is becoming weaker and weaker, presenting a chaotic situation in transition. This situation is caused by the deepening of basic education on the one hand. On the other hand, it is the new class differentiation standard created by the pioneers by setting an example.

Ranking——Perhaps due to the instinct of competition, people always have to compete for superiority and inferiority in everything. In the current alliance, if Yun Shen ("Sorcerer") is regarded as the only spire, Scar Nightmare is slightly inferior , followed by the excellent representatives of Fan Tianlan, Boss, Takla, Pharmacist, Wells and other ethnic groups and the heads of various departments, followed by the pioneers and formal workers of various production departments and other alliance skeletons, and again the school and training camp. After the transformation of the talent pool, it is the turn of the tribes outside the industrial city to discuss seniority.In Kanlar City, the degree of connection with the industrial city directly affects their right to speak in the chief meeting, and some organizations that are not even tribes, because they were established with the support of the industrial city working group, like the "Women's Federation" A group that seems absurd to them can also occupy Kanlar, and the manpower and resources that can be commanded make many tribes feel a great threat.

The number of seats on this chain is clear, and the distance between each other has expanded with the development of the alliance, but people know that this time is not fixed, and this gap is not impossible to bridge.

Because schools, training camps, and factory recruitment have given all members of the league a clear upward path, and the composition of the existing backbone group also makes people believe that everything is possible, not to mention that there is now an additional Trail Blazers exam.

From skepticism and resistance to this exam to the eagerness to try it now, the transition is not fast, but it is not slow. The important thing is that people's mentality is completely different from the past.It is now recognized that the still-unofficial title "Trailblazer" signifies not only superior ability, vigorous ambition, supreme loyalty, but most importantly: almost martyrdom.

The change from a follower to a follower does not bring a sense of condescending superiority to the pioneers - not to say that no one has indulged in or pursued this feeling, but they always quickly become like bubbles under the pressure of reality Same crack.

There's no one-shot, and there's no follow-through—you say it's the right thing to do, and people nod and say it's the right thing to do, and then do what you say.They have their own habits, they have their own thoughts, and they are as stubborn as a rock. You see them trembling, kneeling and kissing shoes at a command, but you want them to memorize a few common words in a day, or a It is simply impossible to learn addition and subtraction within a month; when you assign tasks to them, there will always be people who are lazy in various ways or have troublesome situations where you can't see... This is almost all The common experience of the pioneers.

Irritability and self-doubt are so common in these situations that you sometimes even wonder what the point of what you're doing, and when you're burned and disheveled by those little things day in and day out, you still think about those things. Those who stay in the industrial city, either in bright classrooms or in vibrant factories, learn and make progress together with intelligent and reasonable partners.The mountain of knowledge stands in front of you, and they climb up the steps, but you have to stay here, wasting the precious time of your life on a group of stubborn stones.

Compared with such tests, the deterioration of living conditions and the reduction of food and clothing are secondary to the tempering of people.

It's hard to say whether or to what extent the pillars of their hearts were shaken during those days, but anyone who didn't break down after that period of time—it's a miracle that none of them broke down—talked about this experience, more than Unbearable to look back or wave their hands with wry smiles, they use more descriptions as "like rebirth". The spiritual weakness that hinders them from achieving their goals has been ground into a thick callus. It's almost flawless.

At this point, they realized that what they did was not to chase the bright moon in the sky, but to take root in the earth and multiply into forests.

The group Yun Shen has been waiting for since he first came to this world, and the group he patiently cultivated step by step, finally took shape.

Although they are still very immature and inexperienced, they are easy to take it for granted and take it for granted because they have not encountered real setbacks, but these problems are not fatal.They are still young enough to have enough time and enough enthusiasm to explore this vast and unresponsive world. In the process, they have moments of hard struggle and moments of joy, and they work diligently in hard moments. When they are happy, they do whatever they want, life is like a tortuous river, and there are always different scenery on the road.

As the source, Yunshen's river of life may be wider, and the scenery he has experienced may be more profound, but the biggest difference between him and others may be that he saw the end of the journey very early, which did not make him feel bored. Stop expecting the future, on the contrary, he may cherish the people and things in front of him more than anyone else.

As the leader of the alliance whose status is becoming more and more detached, Yunshen's scope of activities is getting narrower and narrower on the contrary. Although it is not yet to the point where it is absolutely impossible to leave the industrial city, you can happily run to participate in it in Meravia. While all kinds of New Year's activities created some wonderful records, his and Fan Tianlan's New Year's schedules were mostly all kinds of visits, visits, visits and invitations to attend.The league did not publicize his existence, and the media never described his appearance or spread his specific image. Many leaguers had never seen his face, but this seemed to arouse people's love for him even more. Everywhere he went There will be enthusiastic responses, especially when this industrial city is open to the outside world, and tribesmen from all over the world brave the severe cold and flock to this city of ice and fire.

Although Yun Shen thought it might be because the people around him were always eye-catching.

Meravia's appearance is very shocking to ordinary people-no matter how many times you have seen him, and no matter what you think about his usual performance in the league; Scar is the recognized leader of the orcs today, and Boss is His iron-clad successors are also outstanding in appearance, and the tribal people always have a lot of appeals to them; when he walks with the pharmacist, there will be fewer people around him, which may have something to do with the place and the people he contacts; however, more Most of the time, he is still accompanied by that person.

The aggressiveness is getting closer and closer to Meravia's appearance and fame in the league, as well as some kind of temperament change that can be generally called "evolution". Sometimes even Yun Shen can't help but stop and look at him for a while .

He raised his head and looked at him quietly and tenderly.

Fan Tianlan liked being looked at by him like this.

After all, it was the New Year's holiday, public affairs only took up part of their day, and Fan Tianlan was almost inseparable from him for the rest of the time.This caused some people's dissatisfaction. Although Fan Tianlan never consulted those opinions that he felt were worthless, because of Yun Shen, he sometimes had to endure the interruptions of some annoying guys.

"It's a holiday," he said.

"Yes, it's a holiday." Takla said, "otherwise what am I doing here?"

The infantile fighting spirit lasted up to here, because Yun Shen really seemed to need some company.Even during the holidays, Yun Shen has nothing to entertain. As an ordinary person, he can neither be in the crowd like Melavia, nor be interested in various rings like Scar; The holidays are spent dealing with various tribal gifts that Ska received; the young people hoped that the magician could give them some more guidance during this memorable festival; For indoor activities such as playing chess or playing music, they prefer to come to him to talk about their thesis... At least when Fan Tianlan or Takla is around, the guards specially placed by his side can be reduced by a large part.

In fact, Takla doesn't come very often. After the new year, his work will change a lot, and he needs to make a lot of preparations.

So Yun Shen read, reviewed, studied, rested, and Fan Tianlan was always by his side.

"Will it be boring?" he asked him sometimes.

"No." Yun Shen said.He looks at him.

"Do you find the world boring?" he asked.

Fan Tianlan thought for a moment.

"generally."

Yun Shen laughed.

"Generally not bad."

When they don't need to go anywhere, they sometimes go for a walk outside.Under the dark sky, the ice and snow piled up on the roadside and eaves are thick and round. The bright side reflects the warm light of the street lamps, and the shadows are dark blue. The continuous arc leads people from this trail to the mirror-like ice lake at the end. The trees by the lake are made of ice and snow, and are illuminated crystal clear by the lights hanging on the trees.

This kind of weather is very cold for Yunshen, and few people come to the lake at such a time, the snow on the road can reach ankles, Yunshen almost fell, Fan Tianlan grabbed his hand, they Walk around slowly.

Good times are always fleeting, and the New Year holidays are coming to an end soon.People in the industrial city returned to their posts one by one, adding horsepower to the production system that had slowed down. The machines started to run rumblingly, and the products were produced as if they were flowing. It looked as usual.However, the impact of the holiday still has a certain impact on production. The rate of good products has decreased, and the failure rate has increased. People's bodies and spirits still have an aftertaste of excitement. They have not fully adjusted, and a new round of pioneer exams is about to begin. At the same time, another heavy news came to the tribal people of the alliance.

Due to the different choices of the future path of the tribe, since the alliance congress, the conflicts between the "newcomers" and "old men" of the tribe have continued to accumulate and deepen. The deepening of trust has led many people to have ideas similar to the youth group meeting in Kanlar: they hope that the orcs also have their own "pioneer" leaders, and use tough methods and selfless efforts to knead them into a whole, It has achieved considerable development at a speed not inferior to that of human beings.

Wanting one's own pioneers—seems more reasonable than "a new settlement assigned to a tribe" or, as one Leopard tribe euphemistically puts it, "a new settlement destined for a loyal pack to be its stewards" , but the tribal people also know that this is difficult to achieve.Since the first Pioneer Examination was held, the total number of trailblazers recorded in the alliance is less than 2000 if the passers of the regular selection and special selection are added up. Most of these 2000 people have been occupied by the two base areas. Even if it looks good to divide a tribe into one, the number is not enough.What's more, the gap between humans and orcs is still difficult to eliminate, and the orcs hope that the ones who can help them are "our own people".

"That's not impossible," Scar said.

Then he swiped his pen and signed his name under the document.

Once the document is signed, action is naturally necessary, so where do the orcs' own "pioneers"—or in other words, the tribal land and system reform working group—come from?

There is one source, which many people have not thought about.

Training Camp.

As we all know, although the name of the training camp is very informal, it actually controls and controls most of the known military forces of the alliance. Since its establishment, this institution has the functions of both a military camp and a school. Orcs have carried out completely modern military training and cultural education. Although the cultural courses cannot be compared with formal schools, the full-time education here is also a full-time off-the-job education. The difficulty of the exam is relatively low but it is as strict as the field of production and research. The schools that provide talents pay more attention to the cultivation of discipline and obedience, so for the orcs who are naturally loose, they have targeted and rich experience.

The original purpose of the establishment of the training camp was mainly to train a group of armed forces that can adapt to the new way of warfare and defend the alliance's development from external interference. The most fundamental reason is the astonishing speed of development of the alliance. The basic training of the militia was soon relegated to the organization of each production unit, and the training camp began to train reserve soldiers named "students". The difficulty and intensity of training were greatly increased. Hot weapons spread to squads.

Every trainee who enters the training camp is very excited to realize how much damage the power he possesses can cause. The possibility of a civil war in the orc country is reduced, and their chances of making meritorious deeds are getting less and less-the number of cavalry patrols is limited and they almost only choose werewolves. In comparison, even the pioneers have fought more times than them!

Fighting is the mission of soldiers. If they can't set foot on the battlefield, what's the point of learning so much military technology and mastering such powerful weapons?

It's a problem that needs to be addressed, but there's no way the league is going to wage any unnecessary wars just to make these cadets feel meaningful.Prior to this, the methods adopted by the education department were to extend their time in school, organize more exercises and other activities, and strengthen education so that they can get rid of the traditional thinking of ministers. improved, but led to another extreme.

These trainees decided to completely abandon the past and put the meaning of life on a more ambitious goal. Therefore, when they returned to the tribe, as the most fighting-minded part of the "newcomers", their conflicts with the "old men" were also the most intense. .

The working group that Ska wants to organize is that after a short-term study, a small number of experienced pioneers who have returned from Key Point City will lead these "extra" reserve forces, and let them go to various tribes with work manuals to carry out tribal reform work .

As soon as this decision was made, many people gasped.

It's hard to tell if this is a drastic or fueling idea.

But not many people opposed it.

Since Fan Tianlan's local manager training plan can be supported, why can't the reservists with better foundations take on such a mission?Even compared to those humans who passively accepted their fate, these young people who received a lot of information inside and outside the training camp had a much earlier and clearer understanding of the current situation of the orcs.They know that natural selection, magicians are not partial, and the orcs can't achieve the same achievements as humans, not because of their brains and loyalty to the magicians, but if the orc society still retains the settlement form of tribes, they It will never be able to fully integrate with the alliance's industrial production system.

Even without complete integration, the orcs could fare much better than they had in the past with only the resources above and below the land.But if he accepted such an arrangement without trying his best, the young orc would never be reconciled.The old people can't understand this kind of reluctance, because they have been fortunate enough to avoid a lot of trials, and they don't feel the oppression of this monster as clearly as those outside the alliance.

This is a struggle for the survival of different ideologies, and it is also a struggle for racial supremacy, and the opportunity is fleeting.