Chapter 1 The Kindness of Human Nature

"Colonel Nanfu, we've captured a total of three hundred and twenty-seven prisoners. What should we do with them?" a young adjutant approached and asked softly.

"Forget them, let them fend for themselves here," Colonel Nanfu waved his hand, somewhat agitated.

The young adjutant hesitated for a moment and said, "The EU's order is that we should capture some living people besides resources..."

"Report to them, saying that most of the people on this island died in the landing bombings. We tried to take some wounded prisoners back, but due to infection, the prisoners all died on the way," Colonel Nanfu adjusted his collar and said, "Anyway, they got most of the large amount of medicine and material resources they needed. Even if we didn't complete the task of capturing prisoners, they won't say much."

The young adjutant was silent for a moment, then turned and left.

Colonel Nanfu stood on the edge of the island, looking out at the distant sea.

This used to be a beautiful sea area, but now it is covered by war and has become scarred.

The scene before him couldn't help but remind him of his hometown.

But his country was luckier than this island. At least it had the backing of the EU and would not face the disaster of national extinction in the short term.

As the most powerful country on Blue Star, the EU's overbearing and cruel actions exceeded the imagination of many people. While commanding its affiliated countries to launch wars, in addition to plundering resources, they also wanted to obtain a large number of prisoners for human experiments.

Colonel Nanfu had witnessed some things with his own eyes, so he said just now that he would rather let that woman die here than let her return to the EU with the fleet.

Although his country was attached to the EU, he still retained a trace of kindness... No... in fact, this may just be the most essential unbearable feeling of a living being.

Just then, the sound of a machine gun rang out, and Colonel Nanfu was immediately stunned.

"What happened? Is there an armed force resisting?" Colonel Nanfu grabbed a soldier and asked.

The soldier's eyes flickered, and he dared not speak.

Just then, the young adjutant came over, with some blood stains on his body.

Seeing this scene, Colonel Nanfu felt a bad premonition in his heart and asked, "Where are the prisoners?"

The young adjutant was silent for a moment and said, "The prisoners have all been executed!"

Colonel Nanfu was stunned and glared, "How dare you disobey my order?"

"Sir!" The young adjutant was still very calm. He raised his head and looked directly into Colonel Nanfu's eyes: "We now belong to the EU. We know very well what kind of people the EU's upper echelons are. If they find out that we disobeyed their orders and secretly released these prisoners, they will definitely not let us go!"

"You can prevent them from being taken back to the EU and enduring a fate worse than death! But you can't put all of our fates on the line because of your own ideas!"

"These prisoners cannot be released. Once they escape to the EU and are discovered, we're done for!"

The young adjutant looked cold and said, word by word, "Giving them a quick death is kind enough."

...

The conflict between the two military officers did not escalate, at least not on the surface.

From an outsider's point of view, neither Colonel Nanfu nor Ke Qi's actions seemed wrong. It could only be blamed on this era, which had distorted human nature.

A fleet of more than twelve warships was sailing on the sea. After two full days, they had sailed thousands of nautical miles. On the third day, the sky gradually darkened, and the temperature seemed to drop.

Ke Qi came to the command room and asked Colonel Nanfu if they needed to find a temporary docking point tonight.

Because the temperature at night was very low, and since the Beast King retreated into the sea last time, it often launched retaliatory attacks on warships and transport ships on the sea, so even the warship team with strong firepower was a little uneasy after night fell.

Many Beast Kings were very active at night. In this case, finding land for temporary docking was the best way.

Colonel Nanfu nodded expressionlessly, took out a nautical map, glanced at it, and said, "There are two places closest to here, one in the southeast, the Kuangsha Islands in the former Cape Kingdom! One in the northeast, the northern port of the former Tanla Kingdom!"

"The Kuangsha Islands are a deserted island. I actually prefer the northern port of the Tanla Kingdom. After all, it used to be a city," Colonel Nanfu said.

Ke Qi smiled and said, "Colonel, although the northern port used to be a city, it has been plundered once by the fleet of the Russian-Nan Kingdom's affiliated country. It is now no different from a ruin!"

"Although the Kuangsha Islands are a deserted land, they are less than a hundred kilometers away from Kuangxi Island, the former tourist destination of the Cape Kingdom... It was once attacked by the beast tide, but it has not been searched by the army. We can land there and see if we can pick up some bargains."

After listening to Ke Qi's words, Colonel Nanfu thought for a moment and nodded.

Their current situation was not good. If they could get more resources back, they could have a better time in the EU.

"Tonight, we will dock at the Kuangsha Islands!" Colonel Nanfu said in a deep voice.

...

On the Kuangsha Islands, Lu Chi and Qin Yiming were leading a team of adult-level Combat Gladiators to measure the oil storage points. The gunboat was docked next to the trench in the northern part of the islands.

They had just received instructions this afternoon to leave Kuangxi Island and come here to carry out development business.

Tonight, they had to work overtime all night. After confirming the storage points, Li Tianran would bring the oil drilling rig over tomorrow to mine it together with the iron ore on Kuangxi Island.

Just then, conspicuous red lights lit up on the sea in the distance.

"What is that?" Qin Yiming squinted his eyes and looked over: "Beast King?"

"No! It's a fleet!" Lu Chi quickly reacted. Those lights that flickered with frequency were obviously mechanical lights, and in this case, it could only be warships!

"They are coming in this direction!" Qin Yiming exclaimed in a low voice: "Did they find us?"

At the same time, Li Tianran, who was in the castle on Kuangxi Island, suddenly opened his eyes.

Through a large number of detection radars scattered on the sea, Li Tianran had discovered the fleet approaching the Kuangsha Islands!

In an instant, countless pieces of information flashed through his mind.

Did the other party stray here, or had they long been targeting this place?

If it was the former, it would be fine, but if it was the latter... then I'm afraid a great war would be unavoidable.

No...

Perhaps this was not a bad thing, and he could use this incident to his advantage.

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and issued an order to Lu Chi and Qin Yiming, who were far away on the Kuangsha Islands...