Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 "You said why the fish people didn't negotiate with us, it's clear that they have so much wealth." Saifei asked in a puzzled manner as he moved the group of wounded to the rear warehouse. Although Syfiel hadn't found anything from the murloc warriors, the spoils that Lawrence seized made her realize that the murlocs were not as poor as she thought.

"Do you think there has been no negotiation in human history?" Lawrence shrugged helplessly, "But ordinary murlocs are a little better than wild beasts. Other creatures are just moving flesh in front of them. As their leaders. The transcendents of the class do not want to obtain what they want through exchange..."

"Why?" Saifel did not understand, "I just talked to the soldiers and they told me that most of the things that the murlocs took were wood, steel, various daily utensils and food, in short Everything they see can be exchanged for a lot of pearls in your place. I really can’t understand such things as paying dozens of lives for a pot.”

　　 "You don't understand it because the structure of the murloc society is completely different from ours." Lawrence explained. "As the ruling class, the murloc transcendents are like gods among the murlocs. They do not regard ordinary murlocs as compatriots. In their eyes, these mindless guys are just their tools. It’s still free."

"So, it is a consensus among the leaders of those murlocs to use the extremely cheap lives of these ordinary murlocs for what you want. That is why they refuse to trade with us, because in those who control the murlocs In the eyes of the extraordinary murlocs of tribal power, it is obvious that you can get things by paying for some free tools. Why should you pay for the resources to buy."

"And those ordinary murlocs have no intelligence to express their needs. They can only blindly follow those extraordinary murlocs. Born in the chaos, grew up in the chaos, and finally died in the chaos, it is naturally impossible to What’s your opinion about the war? That’s why we need to fight this group of fishermen year after year.”

　　 At the end Lawrence shook his head helplessly. Similar problems are not limited to fish. To be precise, this type of problem is why many races are considered non-negotiable wilderness races.

　　Because they, like murlocs, only transcendents possess intelligence like humans, and the majority of ordinary creatures are only slightly stronger than animals in this respect, and they are only slaves or even tools of these transcendents.

Not long after Lawrence and the others sent the wounded back to the medical station, a temporary medical barge drove over from the canal behind the dock area to prepare to evacuate the wounded. At the same time, a young ensign on board brought a new transfer order. .

　　 "The command ordered us to return to the rear now?" Lawrence took the transfer order and looked at it after confirming each other's identities, and then looked at the ensign with some confusion. "I think we have just started to understand the new wartime rescue system. Is it too early to return now?"

　　 "I personally think that the big figures in the command headquarters are a little too nervous." Knowing what happened here before, the ensign shrugged helplessly. He felt that the command headquarters had given him a hot potato. "After all, after dark today, the group of **** stinky fish began to disperse a large number of small units to bypass our reconnaissance net on the lake and attack all points. Although there are very few that really succeed, the command also hopes to be like you. People can stay away from the front line a little bit."

"We obviously can protect ourselves." Saifei murmured as he boarded the ship, "We killed half a dozen Murlocs just now. If we hadn't taken it, the guards here would have to run into the warehouse area. Call for reinforcements."

"Miss, what you said is indeed correct." The young ensign smiled and said, "But the problem is that there are too few members of the Federal Academy of Sciences who can fight like your companions. In their impressions. , The members of the Federal Academy of Sciences are all very smart but very ordinary middle-aged and elderly people."

"I can understand their caution." Lawrence, who was on the side, helped two paramedics lift the stretcher onto the boat, and said to Sefer and the ensign in front of him, "It is not a bad thing to choose a conservative plan at this time. ."

　　 "Ah, it's great for you to understand my job." After listening to Lawrence's words, the ensign seemed to relax a lot. Although the second lieutenant who became a regular army at this age was also assigned to work in the command center, it shows that he still has a little background, but he is still in a weak position when facing young members of the scientific society like Lawrence.

　　 Before he came, he had been worried that members of the scientific society like Lawrence might be young and vigorous and would not listen to the command. If that's the case, it would be absolutely uncomfortable for him to be caught between Lawrence and the command as the commander. Fortunately, Lawrence is very reasonable, which finally let go of his previously hanging heart.

　　 "Okay, let's go!" After all the seriously wounded who needed to be evacuated were sent into the cabin, the captain and a crew member removed the springboard, and then let the ship slowly leave the dock. Because the boiler was not extinguished when it was first moored, the air pressure in the boiler has been maintained at a relatively high level, so the ship quickly reached its highest speed.

The small steam barge was moving fast on the river with a faint mist. Just when the boat turned from the narrow artificial river to the main inland river in the city next to it, a cloud of flame suddenly moved away from them. A short distance from the bank of the river appeared, and at the same time there was the sound of messy gunfire.

　　 "Where is it?" Looking at the flames on the shore ahead, Lawrence asked nervously the captain who was manipulating the ship by his side. "It's where the fire is over there now."

　　 "If I'm not mistaken, there should be the Pearl District Data Center." The captain also looked a little nervous. "The most important difference machines in the city are all there, and they are responsible for calculating some very important data in the city. Damn, the fire there is so big now, there will be no problems, right? In case my tax payment records burned It will be bad for me to submit it again in the future."

"The situation is not so bad." After seeing the flame, the ensign was surprised and then took out the binoculars and looked in that direction. Soon he could see through the thin mist the specific situation of the fire point ahead. At the same time, he made a simple analysis using his military knowledge.

"The place that is on fire is just the sidewalk trees outside the data center fence. It must be the place where the murloc commando can't take the key defense and set fire everywhere to create chaos." At this point, the officer turned his head and looked at the captain and said, "Here The flames will soon attract the nearby army, and the fish people will definitely run away before that. So I think we’d better find a place nearby to hide, UU reading www.uukanshu.com avoiding fish on the water The human commando met head-on."

"You're right." When the officer reminded the captain, he also woke up. He first extinguished the whale oil lamp used for navigation above the wheelhouse, and then drove the boat to a riverside where the air was filled with a faint smell. In the small harbor. "This is a small wharf where the barges transporting garbage are temporarily docked, and there are garbage dumps around it. I believe those murlocs will not come here."

　　 I have to say that the location chosen by the captain, who is a local resident, is indeed sufficiently concealed. Hidden in the boat, Lawrence, they could even hear the sound of gunshots not far away and the crackling footsteps made by the webs on the murloc's feet when they ran on the slate floor, but there was indeed no murloc approaching here.

Taking advantage of this time, Lawrence went to the cabin to check the wounded. Through the inspection, he found a very thankful thing, that is, these wounded were basically some wounded with broken bones or severe blood loss. After emergency treatment The injury has been completely stabilized, so they can wait here for a while.

　　 "Nothing is going on right now?" After taking care of the wounded, Lawrence asked Syfiel, who was standing at the top of the cab and inspecting the surrounding situation.

　　 "Nothing has been found for the time being." Said Safir, but when her voice just fell off, there was a peculiar sound of murloc fins running across the slate floor on the road in the distance.

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