Zhang Yuan and soldier Li Junkang are running at high speed in the underground city. The road with twists and turns is like a sewer.
Because of the high gravity of the entire planet, and wearing a spacesuit like a cotton coat, Zhang Yuan soon became a little out of breath, and beads of sweat ooze from his forehead.
"Damn it, I have to get a Power Armor when I get back!" he thought, panting.
Along the way, I met several panicked Gliese people, scurrying on the trail like a rat with their heads in their arms. When this group of guys saw them, they shouted loudly in the indigenous language, and they couldn't understand what they were talking about, but looking at the gestures, it should be to tell them to run away quickly... There is actually a small group of
Gliese people full of people. The hostility seemed to be eager to attack, but after a minute of confrontation between the two sides, the other party's rationality overcame their emotions and left.
"These Gliese people are in chaos..." Zhang Yuan cursed.
"Sir, we don't have guns!" Li Junkang said suddenly.
Just kidding, as a diplomatic visitor, how is it possible to carry a gun with you?
Zhang Yuan replied: "If there is no one, then there is none. Even if we have guns, we can't kill all the enemies single-handedly. It's not going to fight. If we find people back, we will run away immediately!" Li Junkang hurriedly said "
Oh " After saying a word, he stopped to breathe a few more words. Running fast in this environment, even if the physical fitness is good enough, it still feels a bit suffocating.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuan's memory is good enough, otherwise he would have been lost in this underground maze long ago.
While running like this, the noise in front of him grew louder and louder. Zhang Yuan even heard the panicked screams of human beings in the earphones, as well as a few faint gunshots, and he felt a sweat in his heart.
The worst thing has happened!
After a few minutes, the screams of these human beings quickly disappeared, and turned into a few Gliese people yelling and negotiating.
When turning this corner, the two finally saw the scene inside: gunpowder smoke filled the air, the original steel gate was hit hard by an electric car, and a small dent appeared.
The shock I just felt was because the battery inside the car was hit, causing a big explosion!
It wasn't the imaginary bomb explosion.
Zhang Yuan frowned, and thought to himself: "The terror of a small number of mobs...is it an attack?" The
area where the universal factory is located is almost the largest room in the entire underground city. After a closer look, it is exactly as Zhang Yuan imagined. That way, the number of rebels is not large, only about 30 people, holding some simple guns and weapons, are confronting the other side of the government army.
But most unfortunately, two humans were caught by them!
Including Wang Junpeng, the first batch of diplomats who came down, stood in the middle with a pale face, motionless.
Wang Junpeng was almost scared to death at this moment. He had never seen such a battle. The conversation was going well, as if everything was going well, but suddenly someone rebelled...
This feeling of life being controlled by others is really real. It's too bad.
Another old professor was also pale, standing side by side with Wang Junpeng, motionless.
The leading "pangolin" looked excited and was saying something in the indigenous language, and several senior government officials were negotiating with them with serious expressions.
Everyone knows that the gold content of these hostages is terrifyingly high, and any mistake may cause a rift between the two civilizations! It's even...not impossible to become the trigger for a direct war!
As a result, as if the negotiations were not very successful, the Gliese man became more and more agitated, waving his hands and jumping on the spot angrily.
Several rebellious pangolins held the backs of the two hostages with several guns.
Although the spacesuit is very strong, it is still easy to be damaged by firearms at close range. In particular, there is no oxygen in the atmosphere of this planet, and there are various microorganisms and toxic gases. After the spacesuit is damaged, even if humans are not killed by bullets, they will be poisoned to death in a short time!
"Don't move, don't resist..." Zhang Yuan looked nervous, and said softly in the headset: "Let them negotiate first, you don't move, just raise your hands and stand." "Hands are almost
paralyzed It's gone." Wang Junpeng almost cried, "I can't lift it anymore." "Hold it up first
, then hold it up if you're paralyzed."
The two also cooperated very well, and they didn't make any noise, just glanced at Zhang Yuan from the corner of their eyes. With a glance, silence was restored.
Waited for about half an hour.
Seeing a lot of pangolins negotiating there, talking for a long time without any results, Zhang Yuan couldn't help cursing in his heart, and turned to ask Li Junkang on the side.
"On Earth, how should we deal with this kind of hostage kidnapping situation?"
Li Junkang said in a low voice: "It's also a negotiation, first analyze its motivation and meet its requirements...Any action has its inherent motivation."
" What's more... In this very dangerous situation, it's either a sniper's headshot; or it's a negotiation, a hostage exchange, etc. Anyway, first agree to the other party's request, and then look for opportunities..." "The current situation is very
tricky , The initiative is in the hands of the other party. After a long time, you will be exhausted, and it will be even more dangerous."
Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, and said, "Motive? Or let me exchange those two?"
"Sir, what's the matter?" Okay?" Li Junkang said anxiously: "I'll go! It's just a group of pangolins, so what if you have a gun, you can kill three or five pangolins with your bare hands. We have an advantage in size."
Zhang Yuan smiled, and raised his left hand, "Do you think others are stupid, who is a high-ranking official, who is a soldier, and they can't investigate clearly? Don't forget, the other party didn't kill people directly, and must have their own purpose. I'll go Talk to them."
Li Junkang said nothing to let Zhang Yuan go, if something really happened to this gentleman, he couldn't commit suicide in front of all the people to apologize?
Zhang Yuan quickly asked: "How many guns do you think they have?"
"It seems...not many..." "
So, it may be a spontaneous riot by civil society..." "There
will definitely be related demands, you don't need to Worry."
Hearing this, Li Junkang was still confused for a while, but found that Zhang Yuan had walked over quickly and said a few words to a senior executive of Gliese.
The high-level Gliese stared wide-eyed, and didn't realize it for a long time: "What...you want to exchange hostages, how can this work?"
Zhang Yuan nodded: "Just tell them, I am the advanced level of human civilization." Officer, it is useless to arrest those two ordinary diplomats. If this matter is really related to human beings, you can negotiate with me if you have any problems. I believe that if there is any problem, there will be a plan that is very satisfactory to everyone." "
If What happened really happened, and I will be responsible for everything."
After hesitating for a few seconds, this senior Gliese official didn't know what to do, this matter is too big, before the real leader wakes up, nobody will I don't know how to make a decision.
After discussing for a while, they still passed on the news.
He also hesitated for a minute about this group of rebels, perhaps because he felt that Zhang Yuan's status and value were higher, or perhaps he did have something to say to the high-level human beings, and agreed to this request.
Zhang Yuan walked over unhurriedly, raised his hands, and signaled that he was not carrying any weapons.
In the end, the other party kept his word and released the other two.
When confronting Zhang Yuan, the rebel leader pointed a gun at Zhang Yuan's glass helmet and yelled loudly.
"Ya, it's Qiu Siman!"
"Mynah!"
The two black eyes were wide open, and he was extremely excited, because he didn't have a translation machine, so he couldn't understand what he was talking about.
Immediately afterwards, the other party seemed to realize this, and asked the official staff for a translator.
"Human civilization, listen up! The noble Gliese civilization will never surrender!" "
...It is even more impossible to trade the universal factory... that is the precious wealth left by our ancestors to the city of Goer, and belongs to all the people of Gliese !"
"... We will welcome real reinforcements soon, and welcome your end of the world!"
Zhang Yuan sighed helplessly, meeting real war fanatics.
He could actually understand the emotion. In one's home galaxy, an alien civilization suddenly came, and even this alien civilization wanted to develop and colonize here. Who wouldn't want to drive them out?
The public is a very blind creature, and will follow their emotions straightforwardly. They don't know how to analyze rationally at all, and they don't think about whether they will exterminate their clan if they are really defeated after the war...
Zhang Yuan sighed and said: "Surrender? I don't understand what you are talking about, just sign a peace agreement , There is no such thing as victory or defeat."
"This gentleman...? Be more mature, diplomacy between civilizations is no small matter. You point guns at each other's heads, and achieve your short-term goals through this means. What's the point? Even if you kill me, you'll just kill a diplomat. There are people in the human race who can replace me." "
You don't want to trade Universal Factory, that's fine, no problem, just sit down and discuss it. Our human civilization did not say that we must have your universal factory."
"You don't want us to colonize your satellites, that's okay, you can change another planet, these are all negotiable...Why do you have to do this?" When this passage was translated, the group of
Gliese People are slightly agitated.
In fact, it is impossible to develop on another planet. Let's not talk about whether we can find such a rich resource mineral site. Humans have been working here for so long, and they have dug up a good-scale underground city on the surface, and developed a large number of production lines. If you change the planet rashly, a large number of infrastructure has to be abandoned.
In this way, the development progress will be delayed by at least five years, or even ten years!
If the other party took the opportunity to call over, wouldn't human beings be finished?
Therefore, this is just a trick, and it should be enough to deceive these guys.
Zhang Yuan said again: "...What's more, I observed that there are only 20 or 30 people here, which shows that your side is only a minority. I have met many Gliese people, and many of them wanted me to run away quickly, or There are a small number of people who are trying to attack me, and they should be your supporters." "
In short, the majority want to coexist peacefully with human civilization, even if you kill me, it is impossible to change this fact, isn't it?"
Hearing Zhang Far away, the rebel leader was obviously stunned for a moment, as if he had become angry from embarrassment, he began to roar again.
Because the speed of speech is a bit fast, even the translator cannot fully translate what it is saying.
Zhang Yuan only heard keywords such as "war", "reinforcement", and "civilization".
He sneered coldly: "War? I think you may not know what war between civilizations means." "... In a
real war, the entire city will be reduced to scorched earth, and the accumulation of corpses can flatten your city In the city, there is no place to walk..."
"Most of your relatives and friends will be killed or injured, have you considered the consequences?"
"Once the war starts, it will be difficult to sit down and negotiate!"
The rebel leader is still arguing loudly, "...Only a war can revitalize our civilization!"
It is getting more and more fanatical, as if it is determined My own belief: "Whether you have good intentions or malicious intentions! For us, war is the best way!"
"The best... way!"
However, the people behind it stopped speaking and became silent instead , each showing a sad look.
At this moment, the real leader of Gliese Civilization, Gan Yaduo, walked in the door. He glanced at the young man and sighed, "Rize, you are wrong... Your so-called reinforcements are totally wrong." Existence, don't you know what the outside world is like?"
"No, they will come! They will definitely come!"
Rize was so excited that he almost pulled the trigger of the pistol, making everyone very nervous. tense.
Even its companions are no exception.
Zhang Yuan's life is of course very important. If this high-ranking human official dies and there are no hostages left, the government forces will shoot them into a sieve in an instant.
Sweat dripped from his forehead, dripping down his cheeks.
Zhang Yuan felt that the other party's emotions had reached a critical point, and it was useless to reason. He could only calm down and wait for the opportunity quietly.
The time began to pass minute by minute. The group of rebel troops was exhausted in agitation and anger. Rize asked his men to control Zhang Yuan, and began to walk around restlessly alone, wandering back and forth, waiting for his so-called reinforcements.
An hour passed.
Two hours...
three hours...
a day passed like this. Zhang Yuan felt hungry and tired, so he couldn't help but licked his dry lips. He didn't know how long he would have to hold on.
The oxygen in the oxygen tank, only 20%, reached the warning line.
"It might be dangerous... Hey."
He shook his left hand and took a deep breath. The strength of this bionic robot hand has been adjusted to the maximum. !
But until the last moment, he still won't get into trouble, because the opponent has guns, and there are more than one!
"No matter how powerful a fist is, it can't be compared to a gun."
The same was true for the rebels on the opposite side, each showing a tired and desperate look.
The promised reinforcements have not come yet, and a few Gliese people even felt cheated by their leaders... They began to complain softly, and then they were scolded again.
The whole environment is getting more and more tense, the air seems to be frozen, and only the last bit of catalyst is left, which can completely explode!
After waiting for another two hours, almost everyone's patience has reached the limit...
Suddenly, the lights in the entire room flickered!
Everyone present condensed their spirits to the extreme in an instant.
The leader of the riot, Rize, seemed to have caught something.
"Haha, here they come!"
"We won! Kill him!"
At this moment, it jumped up violently and began to try to pull the trigger, trying to kill Zhang Yuan directly.
The cold murderous aura instantly awakened Zhang Yuan's tense nerves, his pupils dilated, he jumped up from the ground, stretched out his left hand, and blocked the hole of the gun!
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise!
Crack, accompanied by the sound of metal clapping.
"Sir!" Soldier Li Junkang rushed over with his eyes wide open!
But after the order was issued, the other Gliese remained motionless, as if stunned.
The entire pistol exploded because the hole of the gun was blocked!
"Don't think that I don't have the means to fight back!"
Zhang Yuan felt his whole body was sweating, and all kinds of parts that exploded from the chamber scratched his helmet with scratches.
The bionic manipulator also has a sense of pain, even if it forcibly blocks the bullet, it still produces a burst of intense pain.
He immediately smelled a smell of rotten eggs, indicating that the spacesuit was damaged, and quickly pinched the damaged part with the other hand, and then held his breath!
Rize was also in a state of confusion, the firearm did not kill the opponent, but the densely packed pistol parts splashed himself. Moreover, the most important thing is that the lights just flickered just now...
The so-called reinforcements, there is still no movement...
"Rize, calm down!" Almost everyone was extremely nervous, including the group of companions behind it.
"Calm down!"
Soon some companions hugged it tightly, what are you kidding? If Zhang Yuan dies, everyone will be buried with him!
Almost everyone supported themselves to the limit, and some rebels have already begun to ponder whether the so-called reinforcements are impossible to come, and whether to surrender to the regular army.
"Give up, the outside world has long been completely degenerated." "
Hey, even if there is a war, it may not be able to win it."
Looking at the decadent companions, Rize seemed to have foreseen his own failure. It yelled loudly, "Only war can save our civilization!"
It frantically picked up a small knife and stabbed at Zhang Yuan!
Zhang Yuan's pupils constricted, and he really wanted to take a step back...
Bang!
Another burst of gunfire.
The rebel leader was lying in a pool of blood.
It was a sniper who shot and killed the opponent at the critical moment.
After the dragons had no leader, all the rebels quickly surrendered. An anticlimactic farce ended like this...