Advent

"Welcome to the world of Outlanders."

Facing this hellish scene, Calvin looked unusually calm, as if he had already gotten used to it all.He could even shrug his shoulders lightly, showing a sarcastic smile when facing Allen's horrified face.

In fact, Allen soon realized what happened to these poor people outside the territory after he was shocked.

It's not hard to guess.

In the battle where the Naga attacked the Tianmao human military base not long ago, even the combat forces in the base, that is, the group that has undergone precise training and has excellent equipment (of course, the so-called excellent equipment actually needs to be mixed with A little water) soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Allen once saw that miserable scene with his own eyes. In the high-end coffee shop originally used for romance, countless soldiers lay under the earth scenery simulated by the projector and kept whining, moaning, and enduring the pain.

But when Alan looked at those soldiers who felt desperate because of their injuries and could only wait in line for medical treatment in the medical cabin with great heartache—Alan never thought about it, and he was also working on the surface of the base, but completely What happened to the people from outside the territory who had no protection and a larger number.

In the routine broadcast of the base.

Every time those medical teams check on Raymond...

During the interview with Rafael and Sakhir...

No voice has ever mentioned the existence of people from outside the territory.

They seem to have disappeared from the entire base—although they actually still undertake the hardest, most primitive, and highest casualty work in the entire base.

Of course, even Allen, who knew nothing about the situation of the human military base in the Virgo, could still barely guess that the group of outsiders who were rejected by mainstream humans and gradually included in the earth's cultural and political system until these years even After the war, there will certainly not be such a good medical environment.

But Allen still felt that what he saw was beyond common sense.

There is not even a basic medical equipment here, let alone a treatment chamber for treating serious physical injuries...

These are the people who just lay there, vocalizing in pain...or not even vocalizing at all.

Just when Allen was so shocked by what he saw and heard that he could not speak, a hunchbacked figure slowly walked from among the wounded.

It was a hunched and bony old man.

The old man was wearing a white robe, but the hem had already been dyed colorful by the blood of the people outside the territory.

On his back was a hand-woven pannier, with some shaking injections in it, but what was more conspicuous was the unknown plants that occupied most of the pannier.Some of the leaves shone with familiar silver light, which made Allen involuntarily think of the silver tree that was kept at the bottom of the central axis area.

By the way... Allen also remembered the bowl of herbs that Wujie Yada gave him.

"That's...the doctor?"

Allen asked tentatively.

"That's right, that's our doctor..."

Calvin nodded in agreement.

"The situation here is terrible, but I can assure you that it would only be worse if it weren't for the presence of doctors."

He said.

Calvin said that the doctor looked very old, but when he was walking, he was always surrounded by many young people in white robes like him.

The old man's face was calm, as if he didn't notice the crowded children around him at all.He personally checked the wounded lying on the ground one by one.

Sometimes he would bend down, pull out a plant from the basket, chew it in his mouth for a while, then spit out a mouthful of strange black-green mucus in his palm, and smeared it on the bleeding wound of a wounded person wound surface.

Even after such a distance, Allen could still see that under the influence of those strange herbs, the wounds of some of the outsiders looked better than before.

At other times, the old man would carefully take out the injection from the pannier, and drop a few drops of the silvery liquid into the mouth of the wounded.

"That's the sap of the silver tree."

Calvin said abruptly.

"The sap of that sacred tree is very important to us—sometimes, it's the only medicine we have."

So, did you and Wujie Yada reach such a close cooperation relationship?

Allen always felt that Calvin seemed to be explaining to him, but then Calvin fell silent again.

At the same time, the simple and rough treatment on the field suddenly changed—the old man suddenly stopped and stood quietly in front of a bloody body.

A sad look appeared on his face, and then he drew a strange gesture on his chest with his fingers.

There is no need to wait too much, soon, the young people who surrounded him before will run over, they hugged the hands and feet of the body neatly, and then roughly dragged it out as if they were dragging some cargo This open-air, extremely simple "ward"...

Allen's breathing paused for a moment, but Calvin explained again at this time:

"That man is dead."

"I know."

Allen said sullenly.

He just didn't expect... Here, death seems to have become a very common, very understated thing.

At the moment when Allen was talking with Calvin, someone had already brought another motionless and very weak outsider to the empty seat.

The new wounded filled the place left by the dead with incomparable speed—

In this alternation of life and death, the only ritual was probably that someone took away the previous person's blood-stained cushion.

"Although it looks a little cruel, there is no way... We must move the dead out of here as soon as possible. Even a dead body may become a source of infection, and our place is already full... this Nor can it withstand any excessive loads."

Calvin said to Allen word by word without any emotion.

"..."

Allen remained silent.

He didn't even know what he could say—no matter what he said seemed a little light in his capacity.

And at this very moment, the doctor has skillfully inspected the entire area.

He raised his head and looked at Calvin.After discovering Alan beside Calvin, the old man walked slowly and came to the two of them in an older and more tired posture than before.

"&&...%...?"

"k*&￥#..."

Seeing the old man's actions, the young people who had been surrounding the old man couldn't help whispering to each other.

As people outside the territory, most of their conversations use dialects. Even Allen, who has super-hearing hearing, seems to be able to understand the only sentences such as "damn human beings" and "why is there an inspector".

But just a few words and phrases are enough for Allen to realize that this group of people does not welcome his existence

Ok……

If Alan changed his perspective with those children, he would probably feel the same way.

Allen thought.

Until now, Allen is still wearing a straight and sturdy inspector uniform (if there is no built-in temperature control system in the inspector uniform, I am afraid that Allen would have been frozen by now), he is so clean and beautiful among the wounded It really seemed out of place with everyone.

"The goddess is above..."

At this time, the old man had already come in front of the two of them.

He seemed to say hello to Calvin, and Allen noticed that the center of the old man's white robe also had the same goddess face as Calvin.

Then the old man turned his head and stared at Allen.

The doctor looked as if he was 300 years old, but his eyes were still gentle and compassionate, like clear spring water.

"I'm glad to see you're back to health, silver star..."

The old man said softly.

Completely different from his companions, the old man did not show the slightest resistance or disgust when facing Allen.

Allen didn't know if it was his own illusion. He even felt that the old man's attitude was gentler and more... humble than when he faced Calvin?

Allen didn't know how to describe the feeling the old man brought him, he just simply felt a little uncomfortable.

and……

"Silver Star"?

The lingua franca used by the old man was very outdated, and Allen was slightly taken aback, a little confused about what the old man's last address was about.

However, Allen was grateful when facing the doctor.

He knew very well that he was afraid that after he came here, the person in charge of treating him would be the doctor in front of him.

Back in the tent, Raymond had said that the doctor had asked him to stay by Omega's side as Alpha, because the fusion of pheromones between Alpha and Omega would help the recovery of injuries...

Thinking of the information that Raymond inadvertently revealed, Alan's eyes flickered even more.

And although the healing method shown by the other party before is so old, ancient and almost primitive, he still clearly understands the subtle relationship between Omega and Alpha on the earth (AO contact therapy is even popular on the earth recently. Cash Medicine).

Allen can be sure that the old man in front of him is by no means an alien wild doctor who doesn't know the world.

On the contrary, the medical knowledge possessed by the other party is probably more profound than those medical officers in the circular area who always wear glasses, wear white robes, and manipulate advanced equipment in their hands.

After all, not everyone can stabilize the lives of these seriously injured and dying wounded under such crude conditions.

"Thank you for your help."

Allen said dryly to the old man.

"Oh, please don't say thank you, white star... As long as you exist, we have hope... You are necessary, you are arrogant, and it is my honor to help you... "

After the old man heard Alan's voice, his voice trembled.

Well, now Allen can be sure that the respect and admiration he felt in the old man before is indeed not his own illusion——

When the doctor whispered softly at Allen, he didn't look like a doctor talking to his patient, but more like... more like a humble servant praying to his god.

Allen was a little stiff - he had no idea why the other party had such an attitude, let alone how he should deal with the other party.

Similarly, many people present had never imagined that a highly respected and respected doctor in their own group would show such a submissive attitude in front of that man.

They were suddenly dumbfounded.

After being dumbfounded, confusion and dissatisfaction came to my mind immediately.

"Doctor! You, you... this guy is a human! The kind of human on earth!"

A child who looked very young suddenly poked his head out and shouted.

After the words fell, he stared straight at Allen, with undisguised hatred on his face.

"That's right...why should we be so kind to this kind of human? In order to save him, we wasted a lot of precious herbs. Those herbs could have made brother Dick less painful..."

Immediately afterwards, another young girl yelled involuntarily.

The old man frowned immediately.

Before he could speak, the older assistant at hand had replaced the old man, turning his head ferociously and yelling at the young people who couldn't hold back their emotions.

"Shut up—"

he shouted.

"You are not qualified to speak at this time!"

While cursing, the assistant shook his head in his heart.

If it wasn't for the fact that the previous war with the Naga was too sudden, the number of wounded Calvin secretly sent back to the autonomous region was too large, and there were simply not enough manpower...

This group of frizzy young people is not qualified to be close to the doctor - the latter is also the most important elder in the entire autonomous region.

In the same way, no one would dare to interrupt the doctor when he was talking.

However, although the assistant is strict on the surface, it is not strict in practice.

After all, from a certain angle in his heart, he can understand each other more or less.

Just minutes before, the young girl and the boy had dragged their father to the morgue with their own hands.

The people outside the territory are not qualified, nor do they have the extra energy to hold funerals or mourn. If you are accidentally injured, and you are unlucky and die directly without making it through, then your body will quickly die in the reactor. Turn the earth into ashes, you will not leave any relics... The only comfort that death can bring to people is that illusory piercing, if you listen to that person's singing... your soul will drift to a better place Heaven!

It's just that, under the current situation, these people present have not heard that person's singing for a long, long time.

After all, this world is so cruel.

Under such grief, it is indeed difficult to force the young children to put on a good face towards this human inspector who obviously came here from the ring area.

The assistant sighed silently, and then saw the doctor raise his hand.

A small movement instantly silenced all the whispers and dissatisfaction...

"Please treat him with respect..."

The old man spoke hoarsely, and Allen couldn't help but concentrate, but then, the old man muttered a series of indistinct old sayings. After the words fell, the boys and girls who had seemed rebellious before walked out of the queue stiffly , Then knelt down towards Allen.

"I'm sorry, sir—we were rude to you."

After saying this, the boy who was still a young child in Allen's eyes suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist, and was about to wipe it off his face...

"No - stop!

Allen shouted immediately.

The boy was about to slit his own lips with a dagger.

The old man coughed softly, and the boy let go of the dagger tremblingly.

The weapon fell to the ground with a thud... and at this moment the girl was crying out of fear.

——The old man's order just now is actually very simple. As punishment for speaking rudely, they should cut off their own lips directly in front of the inspector.

"Please don't do this." Although Allen couldn't understand the old man's detailed instructions, the actions of the two children in front of him had already explained enough things, which made his response dry, "...for you For me, I may indeed be an outsider. You just spoke a little louder just now, which is nothing at all.

Allen said.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he found that the doctor was looking at him with a surprised look.

It's as if... His actions just now were very unexpected.

"Doctor, he is different from others..."

Calvin didn't speak until this time, smoothing things over.

Perhaps sensing Alan's nervousness, Calvin whistled again, and the children who had been clustered around the doctor quickly dispersed with nervous and confused expressions.

Even the doctor went a little further.

After waiting until only himself and Allen were left in the field, Calvin turned his head and explained to Allen:

"I'm sorry to scare you. The inspectors who came from above were very harsh on the people outside the territory. If our own people don't act like this, these poor children may be treated more cruelly... ..."

It would be fine if he didn't explain, but with such an explanation, Allen felt that his mood suddenly became heavier.

"I have no idea……"

He said dryly.

"Yes, there are still many things about this place that you don't know."

Calvin smiled wryly.

In fact, at the beginning, Calvin never thought that he would make such a dangerous move.

Under the supervision of humans, an autonomous region with such complete equipment and a large number of people has been established.

But if he didn't, too many people would have died.

The people outside the territory seem to be not even considered "human beings" to the real human beings on the earth-although they have received some protection in law, the human military base of Tianmao is too far away from the earth.

On the surface, the law is used to protect the people outside the territory, but here it has become the shackles and cages for the people outside the territory.

Officials regularly sent by the circular area to carry out inspections have the right to stay or expel the outsiders working in the base.Of course, the name they used could not be such a blatant "expulsion".

A more precise term is protective emigration...

"Young children, people who have lost their labor force, or individuals who are about to enter old age...all can be expelled from the Tianmao human military base in this name."

Even if these people gave all their health and life for the base just one day ago.

But once the Inspector gave the order, the next day, they would be put on a lifeboat and banished to the nearest planet.

Those planets are actually not suitable for human survival at all...

"Most of them are mining stars or resource stars. However, according to the records of military bases, these planets are... the so-called living places for people outside the territory."

How ridiculous, the reason for this setting is purely because some people from outside the territory may have mixed with a thin lineage of aliens a long time ago...

For example, Shalister can survive for 100 to 200 years in the scorching red sand without eating or drinking.

However, this does not mean that the Shali people mixed with the blood of the Shalister can live for so long without water and food on the desolate hot mine planet...

In the "Mistress" system of the military base, the Shalister and the Shali... are exactly the same creatures.

"...so I can't let it go at all."

Calvin sat on an abandoned metal tripod and said to the man beside him.

Place the identity plate on the discarded biological raw materials to simulate the aliens sending out of the base, and then place the survivors who have completely lost their identity in the exhaust area below the central axis area.

Find a way to treat the elderly and young children-these children are identified by the system as being easy to waste system resources.

Use the waste to rebuild the machine and make your own oxygen and water supply equipment...

Stealing energy from the main system to power the entire area...

"We even have our own farmland and medicine field, but the production is very scarce. Once there is a major accident, the supply will exceed the demand..."

After speaking, Calvin slowly turned his head to look at the "ward" on the other side.

The group of injured people were still lying there, but in just a short moment, Allen noticed with sharp eyes that there seemed to be a few more gaps there.

Someone else died.

"...Why are you telling me this? Don't forget that I am also an inspector."

When Calvin heard Alan say this, he lowered his eyes and showed a complicated smile

"Did I tell you..."

"Staying in such a dark and lonely abandoned area, this kind of ghost place like a garbage dump, and then contributing everything, spending almost all of my life supervising such an autonomous region... This is really a hell-like experience. And During this period, we always need something to boost morale, let us have hope for our future, for our life..."

Calvin said softly

Allen couldn't help frowning, and suddenly a word flashed through his mind.

"Silver star..."

What did the old man call him before.

At that time, I thought this word was a bit familiar, but now...

"It was a photo ball. We got it from the arms of a fallen soldier. It's funny. At that time, we didn't even know what this round thing was for. We just thought that It must be a very precious thing that the soldier treasured in his chest until he was about to die. So we brought that photo ball to the ruins where there was nothing at that time..."

"Then, it started."

As he spoke, an illusory smile appeared on Calvin's face.

It was as if he had traveled through time and space again and returned to that moment.

"What a beautiful song that is..."

he read softly.