Chapter 3 Meeting

“buzzer------buzzer---------buzzer"

Jack smiled for some reason when he heard this voice and said:

"They're back, let's go and have a look!"

In this way, Jack didn't notice what Maggie originally wanted to say, and directly left the small garden and moved upward.

Maggie was left smiling to herself with a disappointed look on her face.

"I am stupid...."

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Rockhill Valley is a long and narrow underground valley with mixed houses on both sides of the valley. It is 2 kilometers long and has a height difference of 100 meters. The highest point is the entrance to the refuge room.

At this moment, the heavy metal door next to the beginning of the river opened with the sound of an alarm. Under the flashing yellow warning lights, hundreds of heroes came back from the gate one after another. They were none other than the human resistance.

Since humans were forced to flee underground, the remaining humans in various places have continued to form armies to resist the army of intelligent machines. The rebels come from their own training camps in various shelters. They not only shoulder the mission of resistance, but also if the army of machines attacks. They are the last line of defense underground, so everyone treats them as heroes.

Every time the rebels go to the surface to perform a mission, it is a combat and reconnaissance mission that lasts for several days. Few people may come back each time, so whenever they come back, civilians will gather at the underground gate to greet these heroes.

"Thank you!"

Both sides of the gate were crowded with civilians who came to welcome him, cheering and applauding. The members of the resistance army came in one after another from the door. But facing the enthusiastic residents, they did not have happy expressions. They were all tired and solemn, and the better ones managed to squeeze out a smile, because they had gone through a life-and-death battle before finally coming back.

A 38-year-old woman in military uniform had already been waiting in front to greet her. Her name was Caitlin Soren, and she was the deputy commander of Rockhill Valley. She walked towards one of the returning men and said:

"Commander Cade, welcome home, how is the situation this time?"

It turns out that Caitlin is here to greet Commander Cadren.

Commander Cade is worthy of being a commander. No matter how tired or worried he is, he doesn’t show it. He just smiles bitterly and says:

"It's okay... let everyone rest first, we will have a meeting later..."

Caitlin knew that what the commander meant was that things were not going well, so she followed him without asking any further questions.

The welcome was not over yet, but two faces squeezed out of the crowd, one was Alex and the other was Maggie.

Alex looked expectantly at the rebels returning one after another, as if they were waiting for someone. On the contrary, Maggie didn't like coming here, so she had no choice but to fold her hands in front of her chest and purse her lips.

At this time, the appearance of a rebel soldier caused a commotion among the crowd. Everyone regards him as the hero of Rock Hill Valley, and even girls regard him as their ideal match..

He is – Leo Oster

Although Leo Oster is only 25 years old, he is very talented and bold. He has participated in many ground battles and annihilated many mechanical and biochemical soldiers. He is tall and masculine, with a handsome face and a lot of energy. People are optimistic about him as the next commander of the Rock Hill Valley Resistance Army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rising star.

Leo can be said to be Alex's opposite, but more popular with the crowd. Every time he appears, Alex feels a little inferior, because Alex is just an ordinary young man, minus his family's wealth and handsome face.

His arrival made Alex turn around not wanting to face him.

Not long after, the last group of people finally returned. Alex raised his hands and waved happily like he was waiting for the person he wanted to see, and shouted:

"Hi! Heroic Beauty"

That's right, the last batch of resistance members who stepped through the door included several female members. Although some of them were injured, they were all confident and proud of the scars on their bodies, especially one of the girls, tall with blond hair and sharp eyes, who was both courageous and arrogant. She was one of the most beautiful women in the entire Rock Hill Valley. She is Anna Rayne.

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Anna is the daughter of Commander Cade. She has received strict training since she was a child. She is extremely proficient in various shooting and fighting skills. She is beautiful and sassy. Both men and women admire her. Although many people want to pursue her, she Disdainful.

Perhaps, the person who wants to chase her must be a hero.

Of course Alex came all the way here just to see her.

“ Hey Anna, you're back!”

Alex saw Anna squeeze out of the crowd to walk with her and struck up a conversation, but Anna only responded coldly:

"Prince Alex, don't you have anything else to do?"

Alex smiled and said:

"Of course, I have to be very busy helping my family patrol the factory, but how can I miss to welcome you, the heroine, and give me a chance to have a drink at the campfire party tonight?

Anna had heard this kind of invitation thousands of times, which made her feel always frivolous and ridiculous, and she stopped to respond to Alex.

"Thank you Prince, I don’t want it"

Anna refused Alex to end the conversation with a slightly contemptuous smile, and continued to move forward with the team members, completely ignoring Alex.

There was no way, who taught that to Anna, Alex was just a playboy who was one year younger than her, and he was not enough to take a second look at.

But Alex was not that thin-skinned. He just watched Anna leave and sighed a little.

"Have you been rejected again? She won't like you! Give up!

Maggie walked up to him proudly and teased him, it was very satisfying to see him fail to pick up girls.

Does Alex care?

No, he turned to Emma and said with a smile:

"Hey! I'll get her someday!"

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At night, the residents of Yanqiu Valley gather in the brightly lit square. This is because every time the rebels return, a party is held to honor these heroes. Therefore, this is also a rare happy moment for the residents of Yanqiu Valley.

At this moment, in the center of the square, Irish music played by violinists was playing. The joyful atmosphere was so warm that everyone danced around the campfire, even drank the local wine produced in the Rock Hill Valley, and ate the local barbecue. The vegetarian meat applauded, so happy.

Although this is a time for joy and relaxation, not everyone can be so relaxed. Not far from the square, there is the resistance base of Yanqiu Valley. In the towering command tower, several important figures are gathering for a meeting at the moment.

During the meeting, several remaining rebel team captains who were not involved in this operation arrived. Commander Cade pointed to the map on the conference table and solemnly explained the battle and reconnaissance on land.

"A few days ago, we followed the "nest" No. 8 as it moved south to the north of Vancouver. It turned out that he found a shelter. Unfortunately, we found that it had been able to penetrate 300 meters of the ground and attack shallower layers. The refuge..."

The team leaders present at the meeting all looked at each other in shock when they heard the news, causing a commotion.

"So...that refuge room...has been..."

One of the gentle-looking captains with glasses named Chris asked in surprise.

Cade didn't want to aggravate everyone's worries but didn't want to hide it, so he could only close his eyes and sigh and answer:

"Yes...it's gone..."

Although we are all brave and capable members of the resistance army, we still became anxious when we heard such terrible news. After all, in the past few months, the mechanical and biological corps has been more active than ever in arresting humans, even the huge mobile capital." "The Nest" has also begun to enhance its ability to search and drill into the ground. If this continues, one day it will come to Rockhill Valley...

"Alas...what should we do? We are still no match for these artificial intelligences. It seems that humanity is destined to perish..."

Seeing all the squad leaders sighing in despair, and the atmosphere of the entire meeting becoming increasingly gloomy, Commander Cade suddenly said:

"It's not all hopeless."

This sentence attracted everyone's attention. They stopped sighing and looked at Cade. There was a sudden silence. Everyone wanted to know what he could do.

Commander Cade looked at everyone and said:

"After the intelligent biochemical army captured and massacred this shelter, we found a dying man... He said that the biochemical army has been eager to attack various underground shelters recently, and they are searching for a person. This person is a scientist. It is said that he has already We have developed a way to fight against the mechanical army."

Cade's words revived hope among the team leaders present.

" If it's true...then we can take back the world!"

While others regained hope, Deputy Commander Caitlin, who had been silent at the scene, calmly asked:

"Are you sure this is true? How to find this scientist?"

Everyone looked at Cade again, and Cade said:

"I'm not sure... I'd rather believe it's true and work hard... than give up hope and wait for death to come..."

Speaking of this, Cade made a decision and stood up resolutely and said:

"So, in order to find this scientist as soon as possible, we need to expand our recruitment of resistance members!"

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The atmosphere in the square was filled with joy. Although everyone on the rebel base had gone to the other side of the square, there was a young man who had to stay in the equipment warehouse to repair the damaged equipment of the rebels alone.

He is Max, a logistics worker of the resistance army. Although he dreams of joining the regular members of the resistance army, his 90 kilogram weight has never made any captain dare to accept him, because once he reaches the ground and confronts the agile mechanical creature, I am afraid that only He is waiting to be slaughtered, so it is for his own good to only let him be a reserve.

Max was not interested in the Irish joyful atmosphere coming from the square above. He was only focused on the gun sling he was repairing, but soon, someone interrupted him.

"Whoa whoa whoa! What is our lovely Max doing?"

This kind of joke made Max know who it was as soon as he heard it. He said impatiently.

"Stop it, you dance king, the party is busy, why don't you go? Alex..."

Yes, it's Alex. Alex picked up a gun casually with a smile and said while playing with it:

"Please! As your friend, of course I have to take you to see him. Aren't you bored here?"

Introverted Max nervously pushed up his glasses and shook his head.:

"I don't want to go, I don't like the excitement...you go.."

Alex joked, pretending to be unhappy.

"Some people don’t want to join the crowd!"

Then, another voice appeared.

"Who doesn't want to go? Why are you so unsociable!?"

Max turned around and was stunned when he realized that the voice came from his other friend Maggie.

Yes, Alex, Maggie, and Max are best friends.

This is not surprising. The three of them have played together since they were children. Although Alex likes to pick up girls and is frivolous, he will never dislike them because of his wealthy family, but will treat them equally.

However, Maggie's appearance immediately changed Max's attitude, and he said with a shy smile:

"It turns out you are going...I am going."

The dull Max would be shy when he saw Maggie. Alex knew that, but just matched the two people's boldness and said:

"This is right! Let’s go!"

So, Max put down his work and went to the square together.

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In the square, a burning campfire was played with Scottish music played by violinists. Residents and rebel members danced around the fire. For a moment, the atmosphere was so joyful.

Alex dragged Maggie and Max to the square. Seeing the happy atmosphere of the crowd, he couldn't help but have the idea of dancing on the stage. He turned to Maggie and asked:

"Come on! Let's have a dance too!"