People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

"You get stuck in a rut too easily, Tallulah. If just accepting my help a few times makes you feel like it's gone, and the Power Integration Movement I'm helping with is heading into an extremely difficult, even hopeless, situation, then perhaps I shouldn't have helped you in the first place."

"What did you say?"

Tallulah looked at Fang Zhou in disbelief, not understanding why he suddenly said such a thing.

"I remember a heroic man with a warm heart who once said: If you can't do anything without something, then you didn't deserve it in the first place.

Tallulah, you should think about this problem carefully. I have said many times that you don't have to feel any psychological burden about my help. Everything I do for you and any movement is just an investment. I am exploring your potential, and before you really grow up, using my own strength to protect you is what an investor should do.

So you don't have to feel ashamed of my solitary help, but don't rely too much on my strength either. Alina is already doing this. Lately, many people in the Reunion seem to think that as long as I'm in the Reunion, they have nothing to fear. But that's not right, Tallulah. You're the leader of the Reunion, and this kind of thinking will corrupt the minds of the warriors. When they encounter difficulties in the future, they will subconsciously seek my help, and this will deprive you of the opportunity to grow.

This land will not allow a self-satisfied organization to continue to develop steadily. Every living being and every organization is striving to crawl, run, and leap forward. Those who remain complacent and stagnant will only end up being treated as a snack by this land that never stops pursuing them.

Hearing Fang Ark's endless nagging and reasoning, Tallulah pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Let's just talk about some big principles. You've already agreed to join the Integration Movement, so why are you always using this investment and that investment to pull yourself out, making you look like an outsider? Helping is helping, but it's like we don't appreciate your kindness."

Fang Zhou froze when he heard that and stood there in a daze.

This should be considered a bad habit.

In the previous world travel arks, people would leave for the next world after helping to repair the world. Even if they left ties in that world, it would be difficult to have the chance to meet again in the future. Otherwise, he would not have saved the world for more than ten years and still be alone suffering in the middle of the night.

One is that they are worried that others will not be able to adapt to the world outside their own. After all, each world has its own unique rules, and some worlds even have physical laws that are different from other worlds.

Secondly, no one knows how long his journey to save the world will end. To put it nicely, it’s saving the world, but to put it bluntly, isn’t it just wandering around without a home?

Although Sougo Tokiwa said that he could treat Nine-to-Five Hall as his own home, Fang Zhou was somewhat upset because of Tokiwa Sougo's self-willed behavior back then. Even though he seemed to have a good relationship with Sougo Tokiwa, Gates, Tsukuyomi and Wozniak for more than ten years, there was still a gap between them.

And now, even though many knight worlds have been separated from other worlds, Fang Ark still can't relax his mentality for a while and separate himself from the world he is in, because he knows that no matter how great a career he makes in this world, he will have to leave one day.

Just like Xiao Ming, but that guy Shi is very easygoing. He also owns a photo studio, and has partners like Onodera, Guang Xiahai, and even Lady Haidong. As for himself...

Wait, after I assist Amiya and help her become Oma Zi-O, can't I just settle down here?

Fang Zhou looked up at the sky, and in that instant his originally closed thoughts became clear.

White clouds wrapped in the cold wind were flowing in the clear sky. The wind seemed to penetrate the mask and blow onto Fang Zhou's face, and also blew into his long-closed heart.

"Hey, hey, why aren't you talking? Is there anything in the sky?"

When Tallulah saw that Fang Zhou stopped talking and looked up at the sky after she spoke, she also looked up at the sky.

The many crises that were prevented by Ark also made her subconsciously feel that everything Ark did had a deep meaning.

"Do not."

"what?"

Tallulah looked at Fang Zhou with a silly look on her face, and the latter just laughed lightly.

"Nothing, I just thought of some interesting things. Maybe I'm a little squeamish about some things."

"Okay! I was distracted while talking to you, weren't I? Did you hear what I said just now? You're still being squeamish. Don't think I don't know that you put a lot of pressure on your body when you were training in the Ino Originium technique."

"I heard it, my Lord Leader. And I'm talking about mental pampering, not physical pampering."

"You're not particularly delicate mentally, though. You're more skilled at commanding the Reunion Movement than I am. You can even give me orders directly. Sometimes I can't figure out who's the leader, me or you."

Fang Zhou turned around and waved.

"Come on board. We're going to have a meeting soon. We need to discuss our next steps. After the group army's attack, many things have changed. We need to rethink."

"Tsk, you're just using work to pressure me."

Talulah's mumbling came from behind him, but Fang Zhou didn't pay any attention to it. He just felt suddenly unusually happy in his heart.

It was as if some restraints were finally loosened at this moment.

It feels like the tide coming in the Qiantang River, and today I know who I am, that kind of sudden enlightenment.

At the same time, certain thoughts that had been suppressed began to take root deep in my mind.

Chapter 75: Determining a new course of action and seizing Chernobyl

"Although we successfully survived the Fourth Army's attack, it also disrupted our entire deployment."

In the conference room of the high-speed battleship, all the top leaders of the Integration Movement gathered.

Bodracasti, Froststar, Alina, Talulah, and other captains of combat teams as well as representatives of the Sarkaz Mercenary Group.

Because Garson was dead, the Sarkaz mercenaries lost their unified leadership. Although the most powerful Hedley's mercenary group was nominally the new leader, a few days was not enough for all the mercenary groups to carry out a new round of integration, so there were now several more Sarkaz in the conference room.

They centered themselves around Hedley, with W also joining in the fun.

Among these Sarkaz, there was one that caught Ark's special attention.

He was a tall and strong man wearing heavy armor. The huge armor made his body look a little bloated. He held a square-headed hammer in his hand. The moment he looked towards him, one could feel a heavy breath coming towards him.

Mudstone.

The leader of one of the Sarkaz mercenary groups.

Outwardly, he looked like a Sarkaz man who was easy to talk to, but Fang Zhou knew that underneath that heavy armor was not a burly brute, but a beautiful Sarkaz girl.

However, due to the complexity of mercenary life and for her own protection, this young lady has always hidden herself under heavy armor and adopted the masculine code name Mudstone.

Of course, Ark was interested in this Sarkaz girl not because of her outstanding appearance, but more importantly because of the power she possessed.

If nothing unexpected happens, the power carried by Mudstone should be the former royal court species among the Sarkaz, a subspecies of Sarkaz named Behemoth. However, due to various problems in the past, the Behemoth clan fell into the same embarrassing situation as the Wendigo today. In the end, like the current Liaoyuan Royal Court, it was considered extinct by the Sarkaz clans, and then the Royal Court was replaced by the Stone-winged Demon.

But no one expected that there were still descendants of the Behemoth clan existing on this land.

Mudstone noticed Fang Zhou's gaze and turned his head to look over here.

Fang Zhou did not avoid it, but just nodded, then turned his attention back to the automatic sandbox in front of him.

This technological product from the 22nd century can automatically explore the surrounding terrain and generate a corresponding sandbox. It is a very useful prop in military terms.

"Although we have now dealt with this Fourth Army force, I believe that after experiencing this battle, everyone understands the gap between our current strength and the real violent groups in the Ursus Empire. Also, Frost Star, judging from the high-speed battleship you attacked last, the commander of that battleship had already sent our intelligence when you entered it, right?"

"Yes, sorry, if I had been faster this wouldn't have happened."

Froststar nodded, then became a little frustrated.

If I had been faster, or if I had ignored the three internal guards and opened the can of the high-speed battleship directly, I would not have allowed the other side to send out the information about me and others.

"No, Froststar, there's no need to blame yourself for this. Didn't you do your job well? It was just a small accident."

Talulah comforted Froststar lovingly and took care of her emotions, but the more Talulah said this, the heavier Froststar felt her emotions become.

"This accident is very likely to allow the Fourth Army to continue tracking our position. This means that there is now a constant tail behind us that we can't get rid of, and this tail is something we can't get rid of under normal circumstances."

"ark."

Tallulah called Fang Ark softly, and signaled him to pay attention to Frost Star with her eyes, but Fang Ark shook his head slightly. Now was not the time to take care of other people's personal emotions. Some problems had to be put forward, and others had to understand the seriousness of the problem.

"So what should we do now? Continue migrating south as planned?"

Frost Star sorted out his emotions and looked at the sand table on the table. Their current location was about 3,200 kilometers away from the Sochi Plain. If they followed their original plan and marched at a normal speed, it would take at least more than two months, nearly three months, to reach the Sochi Plain.

But now they have captured a high-speed warship from the Fourth Army. If a high-speed warship has sufficient fuel and is running at full power, and the pilot works without sleep, the distance of more than 3,200 kilometers can be covered in less than a day.

This also indirectly shows the high-speed feature of the high-speed battleship in its name. With a speed of 284 kilometers per hour, even if it departs from the capital of the Ursus Empire, the Fortress of Saint Jun, it only takes 18 hours for the high-speed battleship to reach the capital of the Victoria Empire, Londinium, at full speed.

Of course, these are all extreme data. In a real war, no high-speed warship will be able to reach such speeds.

Froststar's words also reflected the thoughts of the others present. Fang Ark said that the Fourth Army's attack had disrupted all subsequent plans. So, if that was the case, what should be done next? Does the original plan need to be changed?

"Stop nagging me. Hey, old bastard, just give me a clear answer. Should we continue heading south?"

W couldn't stand the depressing atmosphere of the meeting, so he stepped on the conference table with his legs raised, looking at Fang Ark with a savage smile on his face. The knight badge on his neck, which turned red gradually, was extremely dazzling under the light.

"W, this is not the place for you to mess around, take your legs off."

Hedley glared at W. Seeing that Fang Zhou didn't answer her question and under Hedley's glare, W curled her lips, took her feet off the conference table, and leaned back in her own chair, folding her arms across her chest to form a round curve, lying back like a big boss.

"Excuse me, please continue."

Hedley glanced at Fang Zhou apologetically, but Fang Zhou didn't say anything else and continued to explain by pointing at the sand table.

"There's no doubt about W and Frost Star. Our next direction won't change. We still need to continue south into the Sochi Plains. Only by entering there can we gain stable space for development."

"So what plans do you mean when you say we need to change them?"

Tallulah looked at Ark in confusion. Just like before, the methods and opinions proposed by Ark seemed to be contradictory. He proposed to change the migration plan, but then said to continue heading south as before.

"The part we want to change is after we reach the Sochi Plain."

Ark slid the sand table, and a virtual screen appeared under his hand. Because the Sochi Plain was too far away, the automatic sand table could not include the terrain on that side, so Ark had to input the data manually.

"what do you mean……"

Tallulah reviewed her and others' migration plan and soon discovered the blind spot.

According to their previous plan, after arriving at the Sochi Plain, they would find a place to establish a base and then slowly develop. But if it is the current situation, Tallulah and the others have no way and no time to slowly build their own base.

Because there was a tail behind them called the Fourth Army, and there was no way to get rid of this tail.

First, their intelligence had already been leaked. If they used high-speed warships to reach the Sochi Plain, the enemy would only need to chase after the track marks. After all, they didn't have the time to clean up the tracks after a while. If they did that, they might be caught up while they were still cleaning them. Unless a heavy snowfall came while they were moving, covering up the dozens of centimeters deep track marks left by the high-speed warships. If they didn't use high-speed warships, the result would be the same as before: they would be chased by the high-speed warships while they were still moving.

Secondly, according to the current clues, becoming an infected person, wandering in the tundra, establishing an infected organization, and leading the infected to resist may all be part of the plan of the old black snake. Considering the identity of the other party's Grand Duke, as well as the internal guards and snake scales encountered, those military nobles must have colluded with the old black snake. In that case, the tail behind himself and others may not only be the Fourth Army.

"We've lost the opportunity to establish our own base on the Sochi Plain. We don't have time to develop slowly. So if we want to stick with our original plan and create a home for the infected, we can't build it on our own in the limited time. Since we've lost the opportunity to establish our own base, but we still want one, the choice left to us is self-evident."

As he spoke, under Tallulah's increasingly profound gaze, Fang Zhou placed a small flag on a mobile city on the Sochi Plain.

The name of the city is Chernobyl.

Chapter 76: The Indispensable Fatherly Love and Filial Piety of Masked Rider

"Capturing the city, we finally have to come to this."

After the meeting, Tallulah leaned her hands on the automatic sandbox, looking at the three-dimensional composition of the city called Chernobog that appeared on it, her eyes a little gloomy.

Tallulah didn't want to take this step until the very end.

Capture the city.

Although up to now, the Reunion Movement's actions in the tundra have always been against the behemoth Ursus, whether it is rescuing the infected in the mining area or attacking the stronghold of the infected patrol team, it is just a small fight for the entire Ursus.

Tallulah, who leads the Reunion Movement, also believes that the current Reunion Movement is absolutely not prepared to confront a huge military empire head-on.

The previous destruction of the infected mines and attacks on the infected patrols were just minor incidents of the infected on the border, in the eyes of the entire empire.

Even if the Reunion Movement did not do it, other infected people would not be able to bear it and would do it. It would not be a big deal. But this time, the infected guerrillas wandering on the tundra actually head-on defeated a small force of one of the eight Ursus armies.

This is no longer an ordinary team of infected people. Even from the perspective of the Empire, a heavy blow must be dealt.

And this is exactly what Fang Zhou emphasized at the meeting just now, that is, after this, the integration movement will inevitably come directly into the perspective of the Ursus Empire, and even their information will be placed on the emperor's desk. By that time, they will no longer have time to slowly develop their own base and build their own home on the Sochi Plain.

They will confront the behemoth Ursus Empire head-on. Although the current emperor seems to be biased towards the infected in terms of political policy, that will definitely not be reflected in a team of infected who dare to humiliate the Ursus Empire army.

So they have to consider the worst.

That is, the Ursus Empire will officially mobilize the power of the state machinery to deal a devastating blow to them.

Therefore, they must immediately have their own base that can support their own production activities, and it must be a mobile type, and then leave the border of Ursus in a short time.

And there is only one thing that can meet all the conditions they need: a mobile city.

It is quite unrealistic to have your own mobile city and build it from scratch before the attack of the Ursus Empire comes, so you can only choose the last method.

Seize by force.

"Are you still burdened?"

Ark came behind Talulah, who looked like she had seen a cucumber-like filin beast. Her tail with silver and black scales straightened up and almost hit Ark's calf.

"Don't scare me."

"You're just thinking too hard about things."

Fang Zhou sat down on the chair and tapped the table lightly. Looking at his expression, Tallulah knew that he was waiting for the answer to the previous question.

"I can't say there isn't a psychological burden, but it's not as big as you think."

"Actually, before you came, we had two plans. One was to keep moving south, looking for abandoned mobile plots as bases for slow development. And the second one..."

"Capture the city?"

"Yes."

Tallulah looked at the sand table in front of her.

"We've had this plan for a long time."

The silver-white longsword hung diagonally at Tallulah's waist. There was a cloud of sorrow in her beautiful eyebrows, but there was also the determination to break through the clouds of sorrow, which turned into flames burning in her eyes.