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What's the matter with this world?
This is a question that Lockon and Graham kept coming from the heart after witnessing the corpses all over the mountains.
At this moment, in front of them, nearly a hundred men and women with rosy faces, young and old, lined up in a row in front of the VF-25 in human form. In their eyes, it seemed that ZAFT's MS's VF-25 raised its gun, everyone was nervously doing what Lockeon and Graham said.
"You! Come here. What's going on here? What's going on in the corpses all over the mountains outside?" After searching the crowd, Lockeon's eyes raised his hand and pointed at the middle-aged man who looked a little timid under his gaze.
"ah?"
"Speak quickly!" Locken, who was deeply stimulated by the tragic appearance outside, had lost his former maturity and stability, and went forward rudely and grabbed the middle-aged man's collar and shouted. Graham, who was driving the VF-25, also aimed the Gatling machine cannon in the VF-25's hand at the crowd as Locken moved.
"Say. I say!!! No, don't hit me!" With Lockeon's fierce gaze and the dark muzzle of the VF-25, the middle-aged man's psychological defense was easily broken.
"Speak quickly!" Lockon repelled the middle-aged man's collar and scolded him again.
The middle-aged man staggered a few steps, lost control of his balance, and fell to the ground, sighed and said, "I am a resident of the city not far away. He is, too, she is, we are all residents of that city. Not long ago, ZAFT spread neutron jammers to the earth. The nuclear power plant that supplies our city stopped operating from that day. Our lives suddenly fell into darkness. In desperation, we tried to leave the settled city and start to move towards the surrounding cities. But after going around, we finally led the army sent by the nearby military base station to come here and come to this logistics base jointly built by the earth."
"Since it's a logistics base, how come so many people die?" Lockeon asked.
"Yes! How could so many people die? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"In the end, you were lucky enough to hide in this base just before the energy was exhausted. And more people were blocked by the iron door that had lost power and closed, right?" Graham's voice came from the VF-25 through the external device.
"Yes. Although the entire base lost its energy and was closed urgently. There are still emergency facilities for lighting and sufficient water and food left here, so before this MS broke through the thick iron door, we survived." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he lowered his head and covered his face with his hands and started crying. Because just now, when he told his memories not long ago, the breeze had already blown the unknown and rotten smell outside through the iron door that was broken by the VF-25.
As the increasingly strong odor spread, the crowd finally realized what was going on outside. The people with weaker ability finally couldn't bear it and rushed to the corner and started to vomit.
"Is this the case? Is this the war in this world?" VF-25's hand slowly lowered, and Graham leaned against the driver's seat, saying with a hint of mockery and a hint of disgust.
"That's it! Graham, do you still remember our celestial beings?" Lockeon's eyes passed through the fearful crowd, and finally frozen in the face of a child hiding in his mother's arms and whispered softly.
"Remember!" Graham closed his eyes and recalled for a moment, then opened his eyes and said, "It is undeniable! If you celestial beings come to this world, you will definitely become heroes!"
"Hero? I don't need such a thing at all!" Lockeon said mockingly.
"Pu, pu..."
At this time, the stenchy smell that blew into the hole in the iron door suddenly stopped. A figure walked in slowly with the sound of footsteps that were not too fast.
After looking back at the door, Lockeon turned his head toward the crowd and said, "Boss, I've asked about it all."
After his eyes hidden under the large sunglasses slowly swept through the faces full of fear, He said inexplicably: "I already know the things. I heard "they" say it when I was outside. I may know more than you."
"They? Are they really scary?" Lockeon grabbed the point of He's inexplicable words and couldn't help but complain.
"Yes. They." He Wuming's cold voice made the crowd start to tremble. Although Lockeon and the MS who looked ZAFT were very fierce just now, in fact, they did not make any other moves except for asking questions. But the man who walked in now was filled with a cold and unresponsive atmosphere all over his body, which made the crowd who was already very scared stir up again.
He Wuming ignored the fear of the crowd, walked to the VF-25, stood still and said, "After the base lost its energy and was closed urgently, the army stranded outside snatched the only food and left everyone outside the base without paying attention. The corpses on the hillside we saw on the way here were left by the crowd trying to cross the mountains to survive." He Wuming looked up at the crowd and said, "Among those people outside, there are all your relatives. Let's meet them for the last time! This is also their last wish."
As soon as He Wuming finished speaking, the crowd became boiling. I don’t know who took the lead first. In just a few breaths, nearly a hundred people rushed out of the base like a swarm.
After the person left the base empty, Lockeon looked at He for no reason and asked, "Have you found the reason?"
"Yeah. Found it." He Wuming took off his sunglasses and rubbed his nose. The golden light that occupied He Wuming's eyes for several days began to fade gradually. "I didn't expect the resentment left here to be so huge. It can affect my spiritual power. The changer's loss of control is caused by this situation."
"Where is the resentment? It sounds like a ghost in a horror movie." Lockeon complained.
"Is that so? This is also the new power gained by humans on the road of self-evolution." He inexplicably flipped his right hand, threw his sunglasses back to his personal reserve space, and turned around and left the base. Lockeon and Graham, who was driving the VF-25, also followed behind. When they walked out of the base and were about to leave, they were stopped by several people.
"What do you want to do?" He asked inexplicably with a cold face.
"Are you all the people of the Earth United?" asked the bald middle-aged man in charge.
"No." After He inexplicably denied their inquiry, he went directly over the several people who blocked them, and walked along the way he came without looking back.
The crowd gradually gathered together wanted to keep up, but under the threat of the Gatling machine cannon in the hands of VF-25, he refused to give up.
After going around the mountain and blocking the crowd's vision, Graham switched the VF-25 back to the Guardian form. After He Wuming and Lockeon jumped on the VF-25's outstretched palm, they accelerated and returned at high speed in the direction they came.
Facing the refreshing breeze blowing in the forest, Lockeung breathed a long sigh. On the ground full of the strong breath of death just now, Lockeung felt an unimaginable pressure. He said, "Is everything here over?"
"Well, it's over. Next, we should go to the East Asian Federation." He nodded inexplicably and said.
"Is the East Asian Federation? What are you going to do?" Lockeon asked.
"Get the trust of the senior officials of the East Asian Federation and then gain the best interests in this war." He said inexplicably silently.
"Don't you want to stop this pathological world?" Lockeon asked in a deep look in the distance.
"Does the concept of heaven and man? We can not spend much time in this world. Moreover, the contradictions in this world are more serious than those between the three major economies. Lockeon, I understand what you mean. But our time is not enough to implement the concept of heaven and man here." He looked at Lockeon for no reason and said seriously. Finally, he said: "Lockeon, what I felt, who became a changer, just now, is deeper and more intense than what you feel."
"I know!" shouted Lockeon. He looked at He's inexplicable eyes with equal seriousness and said, "If there was such a slight possibility, would you end this twisted war? As a changer, answer me."
The golden light bloomed again, and He Wuming's deep eyes were once again filled with dazzling golden light, and a cold and firm voice sounded: "If there was such a slight possibility, I would choose to end this war! Swear as a changer!!"
Chapter completed!