Chapter 386: The Old Father in Superposition
Sudden mission!
Looking at the line of words that popped up in front of her, Su Xia was stunned for a long while.
He held the "Dragon City Hero Medal" in his hand and stared at the task prompt quietly. After a while, he clicked on the prompt.
[Mission: Dragon City Split]
[You found a genuine "Dragon City Hero Medal" in Andrew's collection room, which made you suspicious. Why would the hero's descendants be so poor that they have to sell the medal to make a living? ]
[And, Andrew said, this is not an isolated phenomenon]
【……】
When Su Xia saw the first few lines, she knew that this task was not easy.
Just as he had wondered before.
A hero should be treated well and not fall into such a miserable state.
"This mission will most likely turn the entire Dragon City upside down." Su Xia took a deep breath and continued reading.
[Since the establishment of Longcheng , only 1,165 hero medals have been issued, more than half of which were issued to martyrs and heroes to represent their honor]
[Each medal comes with an accompanying certificate]
[Please ask Andrew for the certificate of the medal and learn more details from the certificate]
[After getting more details, this mission will be transferred to the Dragon City Split Line]
[Dragon City is in danger and will be split in one night, please hurry up]
【……】
"Certificate?"
Su Xia was startled and immediately asked Andrew: "Where is the certificate that comes with this medal? Why isn't it in the display case?"
Andrew immediately replied, "Sir, I put it under the cabinet. The certificate is in someone else's name and it's not convenient to show it. I'll take it out for you right away."
As he said that, he ran forward two steps, like a fat penguin, squatted under the cabinet, and searched with a flashlight.
Soon, he found a certificate of honor with a red surface.
He opened the certificate intact and placed it on the glass display case for Su Xia to see.
The certificate contains a yellowed headshot, and also states the owner and origin of the medal.
【Name: Wang Xinglie】
Age: 21
【Gender: Male】
【……】
[A legendary tank driver who joined the combat unit at the age of 13 and fought in various places from north to south. In the first large-scale battle, he and his crew members defeated seven heavy mechanical ground teams...]
[…At the age of 15, he was injured, his left leg was blown off, but he insisted on returning to fight… and was injured again…]
[…I lost my right hand at the age of 16. After studying in the rear for half a year, I joined the battle again…]
【……】
[…At the age of 21, he died gloriously while protecting his teammates in the third large-scale battle. He was only 21 years old…]
【……】
In the yellowed photo, there is a young man with a youthful smile on his face. He is thin, with a childish look on his face and a mouthful of white teeth, as if he is full of hope for the future.
After that is a full two pages of personal description.
After watching it, a tragic and heroic atmosphere came over me.
In the racial war more than ten years ago, the human race was defeated miserably. In the first few large-scale battles, the sky was filled with smoke and bones piled up, and almost all the well-trained warriors were killed. The number of people became fewer and fewer, and they were almost wiped out.
As more and more young people were drafted to the front, there appeared young people like the certificate owner who went to the front at the age of 13.
In peacetime, children of this age should be enjoying their rare youth in school.
The war period was too chaotic, with countries, cities, small and medium-sized organizations in disarray. Regular troops, private armed forces, militias, etc. were mixed together, and there was a lack of unified dispatch and personnel arrangements.
The owner of the certificate, Wang Xinglie, was initially defined as "missing" and was confirmed dead two years after his sacrifice. He was subsequently posthumously named "Dragon City Hero" and awarded the "Dragon City Hero Title and Medal."
This medal was awarded to his descendants and is the highest symbol of honor in the entire Dragon City.
After reading it, Su Xia was silent for a moment, and then said to Andrew: "You just said that in several small settlements around Dragon City, more than one person is selling these medals and certificates?"
"Yes." Andrew nodded. "Every time I sent munitions over, I could see people selling them. At least hundreds of them have been sold."
"so much?"
"Probably more than that. After all, it's a precious thing. The guys selling the medals looked quite pitiful, with pale faces and skinny bodies, so I bought one."
Andrew thought about it carefully, touched his head, and said, "I'm not the only one who bought it. Some people who like to collect medals specialize in buying medals in various garrisons outside Dragon City. They can basically buy real ones. Fake ones don't have certificates."
Su Xia asked him, "Are there other medals for sale?"
Andrew nodded: "Yes, there are, such as the Defense Medal, the Courage Medal, the Combat Medal, etc. Although they are not as good as the Hero Medal, they are also worth collecting. The cheapest ones are only a few hundred yuan."
"Um……"
Su Xia was in a heavy mood and carefully put away the medal and certificate.
Apart from anything else, the phenomenon of selling medals on a large scale is worth pondering.
If the goods sold are fake, it can be understood as unscrupulous business behavior, but most of them are genuine products with accompanying certificates and numbers.
Soon, the task popped up a follow-up prompt:
[Through the certificate, you learned the origin of this medal]
[According to the relevant laws of Dragon City, the recipients of the Hero Medal and their families should be given preferential treatment in all aspects]
[However, through Andrew's description, you find that this preferential treatment has not been seriously implemented]
【……】
[The fruits of honor are stolen, the glory of victory is buried, termites occupy high positions, and clowns run rampant in the world]
[The glory is gone, the hero has fallen]
[A battle of blood and chaos is about to begin in Dragon City]
[Please rush to Longcheng immediately to find the descendants of Wang Xinglie, the owner of the medal, and learn more details from them]
【……】
[The current mission has reached the first stage: The Eve before Dawn]
[Please note that this is a large-scale mission and may trigger a melee among the human army. Please be prepared in advance and suppress everything with thunder and lightning, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.]
[Current mission stage requirements: Ensure the medal owner's descendants are safe and sound]
【……】
[Task Reward: A Treasure Map]
Su Xia read the entire task description carefully, and the more she read, the heavier her heart felt.
The requirement at the current stage is actually just to protect the descendants of medal recipients.
You know, the descendants of heroes should have been protected by the Dragon City government, but Dragon City did not do so. Instead, they needed an outsider, Su Xia, to protect them.
Now the war is not over yet, victory has not yet come, and the inside of Dragon City has become like this.
If the world is pacified in the future, what will happen inside Longcheng?
Without the pressure from the mechanical race, I'm afraid it will become even more corrupt.
"Mission reward, treasure map..."
Su Xia's gaze moved to the last line, which was something that looked like a golden scroll.
Click on the reward details to see:
[Treasure Map: A Scroll Leading to an Unknown Land]
[Through this scroll, you will arrive at a mysterious area, where you will find the wreckage of an alien spacecraft and obtain a complete "Interstellar Survey Ship" from the wreckage, thus having the ability to leave this planet]
Seeing the description, Su Xia was shocked.
A complete ship!
When I first met Hal at the new base of the Oasis Camp, Hal said... there might be a complete small survey ship in the crashed spacecraft.
As long as you can find a survey ship and have the technology to drive an interstellar ship, you can enter the starry sky and start a new life.
Now, Su Xia already has the driving skills, which is the "Battleship Driving Experience Handbook" obtained in the last mission, but he has not used it yet.
What he lacks now is a ship.
If he could enter the starry sky and find the location , perhaps he could verify some of his guesses.
Of course, the premise of all this is to defeat the mechanical race!
Only after ensuring the stability of the planet's rear area can Su Xia embark on a space journey.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Andrew suddenly spoke, cautiously and in a low voice.
He noticed that Su Xia looked dazed, as if distracted, and couldn't help but remind her.
Now his life and property depend on Su Xia, and he doesn't want Su Xia to get into trouble at such a critical moment.
"Nothing." Su Xia shook her head gently.
"Sir, do you know the owner of this medal?" Andrew keenly noticed that Su Xia might have some connection with Dragon City, or perhaps she actually came from Dragon City.
After all, most of the people in Dragon City are determined fighters who want to fight the mechanical clan to the last soldier until the last drop of blood is shed.
Su Xia sighed and said, "I don't know. I just thought that some people's blood might have been shed in vain."
Andrew said, "Sir, why do you suddenly feel a bit neutral?"
"Oh? Neutralists?"
"Yes, there are many people who are tired of war, frustrated, and do not want to fight. They can be called neutrals, and they are currently a large force in the entire human camp."
Andrew talked about the confrontation between factions and camps again.
In this era, the same blood, skin color, language, etc. cannot bring enough sense of identity, but the same ideas and beliefs can.
Some people who come together with the same ideals may be more trustworthy than brothers.
Even if they come from different countries and regions, and even don't speak the same language, on the battlefield, they can safely leave their backs to such people.
Andrew said: "In the eyes of some neutral parties, fighting is meaningless. Winning is meaningless, losing is meaningless, it doesn't matter if humans are finished, it doesn't matter if they die, nothing matters..."
"Oh, I shouldn't be like that."
Su Xia shook her head. She just had some inexplicable feelings just now.
The battle must continue!
The huge war in the future must not only be fought, but also fought thoroughly, so that the mechanical race will be completely defeated and unable to raise their heads.
"However, among the neutral faction, some people don't seem to really want to be neutral."
Andrew said: "Some seem to be neutral, but in fact they just think that there is no hope for humanity, and they want to preserve the last spark of fire for humanity through neutral means... These people will not give up, but will study the plan to preserve the fire. Some of them have turned their attention to outer space..."
"Yes, I know."
"Sir, with your ability, if you don't have to fight..."
"Needless to say, I will continue along this path." Su Xia certainly knew what Andrew was thinking, but he had no such plans at the moment.
Andrew hadn't finished speaking yet, but seeing that Su Xia had no interest, he had to shut up.
He actually thought that if Su Xia could join the neutral faction, perhaps he could escape from the current vortex of war and stay out of it.
By then, with Su Xia's ability, it would be no problem for him to live for a few decades easily.
And he can also live the next few decades of his life under Su Xia's protection.
Su Xia's eyes were calm as he continued to collect the valuable collections in the room. He didn't say anything else, but he was thinking about Longcheng in his heart.
In the dark, there was a force slowly pulling him to Dragon City.
As early as in the mission "Commander's Last Wish", Su Xia got an identity card leading to Dragon City, but he was too weak and had too many things to do at the time. He felt that the time was not right, so he never took action.
Su Xia knew that after settling the internal problems of Dragon City and the human race, the final curtain of this planet would slowly open.
There will eventually be a large-scale direct confrontation between the mechanical race and themselves.
He needs time to develop.
Moreover, he had some complicated emotions in his heart that he had not been able to sort out.
Is the man in Longcheng his father?
As long as you don't go to that place, this question will never have an answer. It will be in a superposition state of "yes" and "no", but at least there is still hope.
But once you go there, the answer will be revealed, just like opening Schrödinger's box.
Su Xia was very conflicted. He really hoped it would be the case, but was also afraid of getting a negative result, so he kept procrastinating until the [Dragon City Split] mission appeared, forcing him to go.
If he doesn't go now, his old father in the superposition state might be gone.
"Sir, I have some valuable collections in other residences and safe houses." Andrew suddenly suggested, "If you need them, we can go and take them away this afternoon."
"No, this is enough."
Su Xia slowly collected the collection and said, "Your future journey will not be easier than mine. Fighting against this group requires a lot of money. You can keep those things. I will deal with the sub-base in Kaiba City before I leave, giving you some time to develop."
"Thank you, sir."
"Well, help me find the contact information of those three fishing companies. I need to contact them as soon as possible."
"yes."
Andrew took action immediately and was delighted to see the phone numbers and email addresses of the three companies.
He soon found out and told Su Xia.
"Contact them." Su Xia ordered, "This is my card. Use this account to transfer the deposit to them. Tell them I need the lumpfish. The sooner the better. Price is not a problem."
"OK!"
Andrew took Su Xia's phone and immediately started contacting the other party as instructed.
After the call was connected, he began to communicate with the other party.
Not long after, he was shocked and hurriedly looked up and said to Su Xia: "Sir, there is a batch of lumpfish from Yuanhang Fishery Company. There are nine in total. They were fished out individually underwater with a high-pressure water tank. They are all alive and absolutely fresh!"
"Oh? So lucky?"
Su Xia was stunned. According to Andrew, this kind of thing usually only produces a batch every half a month or even several months, but a batch was auctioned last week.
Therefore, he thought it might take a long time before the next batch came.
This sudden good news made him feel like his luck had turned.
"Sir, the other party asked us to make a decision as soon as possible."
Andrew said: "Many people have expressed their willingness to buy this batch of lumpfish, several times more than last time. Because the mechanical tribe has now blocked the sea area, even ordinary fishermen cannot go out to sea. There is no new news about the fishing boats of the three companies that are still at sea... This may be the last batch in the near future!"
“A lot of people rushed to buy it?”
"Yes." Andrew looked serious, "The competition here may be much more intense than last time."
"Well, just suppress them all."
