Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Passed through Western Gray Kangaroo Legion territory!

"Those black things are the sea."

Fredo smiled and nodded.

"Yes, but the sea used to be blue because the sky was blue."

Jamie raised his head and looked at the gray sky. He couldn't imagine the color Fredo was talking about. He stood up excitedly. Fredo lit a cigar. They had completely passed through the Western Gray Kangaroo Legion. Territory, you can now reach the seaside in a straight line.

Fredo is happy because he can start the journey right away. Now he only needs to arrive at the seaport for a period of preparation before he can sail. The land, sea and air mechas specially prepared for the trip are also ready, but they need to be added. Big improvement, because now there are Jamie and Imogen.

"What's that scientist's name?"

"Dave."

Fredo replied. After staying for a while, Fredo continued to start the motorcycle. He wanted to move slowly and easily. There was still a lot of food left. There was still less than 30 kilometers away from the sea. He only needed to go around. You can reach it by crossing a mountain.

The mountains in the distance stand quietly under the gray sky. This is the calibration mountain that Fredo has seen countless times. In the past few years, Fredo has traveled back and forth frequently, bringing back bit by bit some of the technology he collected. A secret port on the seaside.

The preparations for the trip were completed bit by bit. Jamie kept asking about the ocean. Fredo described the magnificent ocean to Jamie. There were many behemoths in it, so when traveling, he had to go around. It's OK, but you can't cross the sea directly, because everything is small in front of those behemoths.

"Is it really that big?"

"When I was young and training at sea, I saw those huge monsters poking their heads out of the deep sea."

Jamie swallowed. He didn't quite believe it, because Fredo said that those monsters were bigger than a kangaroo branch city. Jamie could not imagine it. This was far beyond his knowledge.

The mountain in front of him was getting closer and closer, and soon Fredo came to the foot of the mountain and drove around to the left. At this time, there was a pungent smell of metal in the air, and Jamie sneezed. Come.

However, Fredo suddenly stopped at the next moment. Jamie was startled and almost hit him. He hugged Imogen.

"What's wrong Fredo?"

The moment Jamie finished speaking, his eyes widened, and then he wiped it, and a black wall appeared in front of him with a striking red circle on it.

"That's 0, right Fredo?"

Fredo hummed, and he could clearly see a huge wall with a red number 0 on it. Fredo took off his sunglasses. He had no idea that the location in the distance had been planned for many years before it became official. A steel wall has now been erected on the dilapidated coast.

Fredo hasn't been back to this place for two years. Dave will come over from time to time to take care of it. Fredo puts on sunglasses.

"Coco."

The height of the wall in front of me was quickly calculated, and it was over 80 meters. On the wall, there was a striking gray kangaroo pattern surrounded by golden wheat ears. It was already certain that this was the newly built branch city of the Western Gray Kangaroo Legion.

The only thing Fredo can think of now is that the reason why they established such a branch city on the seaside should be because they discovered seabed mineral deposits somewhere in the sea.

At this moment, Fredo's head was blank and buzzing. Everything collapsed in an instant. Fredo had been preparing for this travel plan more than ten years ago, but now everything is over.

Countless days and nights of hard work, Fredo going through life and death countless times to get the things he needed, traveling back and forth again and again. Fredo still remembers those days when he was alone, but now it's all over.

Soon Fredo thought of Branch City 99 in his mind. Perhaps that place was his only way back. The firmness in his heart was shaken at this moment.

"Fredo, can't we leave?"

Jamie asked, but Fredo didn't answer. He asked no more questions. He had never seen Fredo with such an expression. Now Fredo looked very sad.

Jamie kept waiting, and Fredo just smoked cigars silently, one after another. An hour later, Fredo returned to the motorcycle.

"Sorry to disappoint you Jamie."

Jamie smiled and shook his head.

"We can secretly find another place to continue preparations."

Fredo nodded, but he did not tell Jamie that many core items were in the dilapidated shipyard, and it would be very difficult to collect them again.

"Where are we going now?"

"The territory of the Pygmy Kangaroo Legion."

Fredo turned the motorcycle around, went back around the mountain, and went directly to the east. It only takes half an hour to get to the territory of the Pygmy Kangaroo Legion. The territory of the Pygmy Kangaroo Legion is only 40 kilometers away from here. arrive.

It's just that Fredo deliberately slowed down because he needed to think about something. Dave was his last hope. He had not contacted Dave in the past two years because Dave was trustworthy and he was the only one who survived in the past. companion.

Dave did not actually participate in any of Fredo's resistance activities, but quietly provided all technological support behind the scenes. Now that Dave is almost 40, he does not have much time.

Fredo hopes to find Glittering City and come back to tell Dave that his previous research was not in vain.

Fredo did have some wavering before, but that dream always reminded Fredo that as long as he continued according to his own ideas, there would be no problem.

"Did Fredo think of something?"

Jamie asked and Fredo grinned.

"It's okay Jamie, I still have a loyal friend, there will always be a way."

After the motorcycle drove for a while, Jamie looked at a kangaroo city that was not too high in front of him with some surprise. It had the number 28 on it.

"so small."

Jamie muttered, because he had seen many kangaroo branch cities that were very huge, and he also heard that the kangaroos here were very small, only as big as a human hand.

But Fredo did not approach the dwarf kangaroo branch city, but went north. At an hour, Jamie saw the dark sea and a circular tower on the seaside, surrounded by some construction facilities. Jamie I found that these facilities were only slightly higher than my own.

"Let's go."

Fredo got off the motorcycle.

"Dave, are you there? I'm back."

Jamie curiously walked to the small window of the tower and looked in, and found that there were some chairs and beds inside, but they all looked very small, even shorter than his own arm, but there was also one that seemed to have many mechanical walls. The mecha looks pretty awesome.

"Oh, it's Fredo, wait for me, I'm in the underground research room."

Fredo sat at the door of the room and waited. Jamie looked around. Many of the kangaroo furniture he had seen before had shrunk a lot and looked very weird.

"Are they really that small?"

Fredo nodded.

"No more than 40 centimeters."

Seeing Jamie's incomprehension, Fredo showed the approximate height with his hands.

Time passed minute by minute, Jamie yawned, and at this moment the room door opened with a click, and a brown kangaroo that was even shorter than Freddobby just now jumped out. Sure enough, he was like a lot of people. As people say, these dwarf kangaroos are very small and look very weak.

"If you think I am very small and weak, you are totally wrong. Young man, the most powerful thing about us dwarf kangaroos is the mecha, because no matter where we go, we will ride in the mecha."

Jamie swallowed. Listening to this somewhat old voice, the kangaroo jumped up to Jamie, looked at it for a while and then sniffed.

"That little girl"

"It's just a temporary injury. It will get better after a while."

Fredo said hurriedly and Dave nodded.

"The room is too small, but I still invite you to come in."

Jamie looked at the small furniture around him and seemed a little overwhelmed. Dave was already sitting on the mecha, and Fredo casually found a corner to lean on.

"Tell me what happened Dave."

"I have to explain this matter slowly, but don't worry, the underground warehouse where everything is stored is still there and has not been discovered."

Fredo took off his sunglasses and grinned. Jamie shouted excitedly. At this time, Imogen was walking around the house and bumped into many things.

"Watch this little girl first."

Dave said, and Jamie hurried over to hold Imogen.

"The thing is like this, Fredo, after you left, the guys in the west started talking to us about the construction of some coastal bases. After I heard about it, I went to the dock to do some cover as soon as possible, so during the construction At that time, they didn't discover it, and I still left a passage, and recently I was opening a secret passage leading to the sea."

"Great, Dave!"

Fredo is completely relaxed now. Although he now needs to secretly enter the newly built No. 0 branch city, his past efforts are still there.

Dave said that this was decided by their council because many rich seabed mineral deposits were discovered, but the pygmy kangaroos were not that capable of mining, so they reached an agreement with the gray kangaroo army, and both parties jointly used this Branch city, mining mineral deposits on the seabed.

Construction of this cooperation agreement started the day after it was signed. The Western Gray Kangaroo Corps provided more than 100,000 human slaves, while the kangaroos were responsible for the design of the branch city, and both parties jointly contributed part of their resources for construction.

In order to build Branch 0 City as soon as possible, Dave also participated in the design and construction at that time. Relying on his nephew's relationship, he obtained the construction area of ​​the dock and secretly changed the construction drawings without anyone noticing. , and a lot of the basic work was done by human slaves, so no one knew there was a basement hidden there.

In the past two years, Dave has gone back from time to time for maintenance and debugging, and improvements to the mecha without being discovered.

"Is there any way you can get us in?"

Fredo asked, Dave raised his hand and said.

"That's the point, Fredo, the way out is right over the undersea passage."

Fredo realized the seriousness of the problem. If they really opened a submarine channel and led directly to the mine, there would be a very difficult early warning and defense function near the channel. Once they travel, they may be sunk immediately. .

"Is there a way around it?"

"I haven't found a way yet, because if a tunnel is dug around it, the ground will be sunken. Without the support of the rock and soil below, the tunnel may collapse as soon as it is dug."

Fredo smiled helplessly.

"Isn't this equivalent to being helpless?"

Dave hummed.

"There's a high-risk way, and it's the only way."

Fredo thought immediately.

"Cut off the power supply?"

Dave grinned.

"Half, or one-third, of the answers are correct. Cutting off the power supply is one of them. How to sneak in, how to continue preparing in the basement, including how to evade the garrison, are all key. If these problems are not solved, , If you set off rashly, you will only end up at the bottom of the sea."

Fredo hummed, and Dave looked at Jamie, who was already dozing off, and laughed.

"You guys are tired. Let's rest for a day and then we can slowly make a plan."

Jamie looked embarrassed after being woken up.

"Jamie, please take Imogen to rest first."

Dave got off the rack and took Jamie and Imogen to a side room where some equipment was stacked.

"You two can rest here."

"Thank you."

Jamie said, and Dave smiled. He really wanted to ask Fredo why he brought these two good-for-nothing children.

"How many times have I told you Freddo, open the window."

Dave obviously didn't like the smell of smoke. After the window was opened, the smoke drifted out. Dave came to Fredo and jumped on the table.

"Why did you bring these two human children? Is it out of sympathy? You shouldn't do this, Fredo."

"maybe."

Dave was a little surprised, and Fredo laughed.

"It's not because of sympathy. I saw the light in those two children. It was just because of a mistake that the dull girl became like this."

"She is equivalent to death, why are you still carrying her?"

After thinking for a moment, Fredo blew out a puff of smoke.

"I didn't tell Jamie what happened to Imogen. He was the one taking care of Imogen all the way."

Dave nodded understandingly.

"Are you going to take them with you?"

"Well, I plan to take them to Brilliant City together."

Dave waved his hand helplessly.

"I really don't understand you, Fredo. If you want to take them with you, this trip plan will probably be even more difficult."

Fredo stood up and said.

"There will always be a way. If we just continue to be alone, there will be no future."

Dave jumped to Fredo's feet. Fredo stretched out his hand, and Dave jumped onto his palm.

"Leaving them behind is the right choice. If it's you, it's no problem to find Brilliant City. Even if that city really doesn't exist anymore, you still have the ability to come back here."

Fredo shook his head.

"I promised them that I would take them away together. Maybe when we get to Brilliant City, Imogen's symptoms will be solved."

"Too idealistic, Fredo, you always are. A complete idealist."