Chapter 543 A friend in need is a friend indeed
Xinghe year 2, October 27th.
Balkans.
The southern part of the Nemanya Republic.
A city covered in falling snow, a towering border watchtower, and a silent forest.
The city and the mountains are clearly separated, and the surrounding fields have long been abandoned.
"It's snowing again..." Cage, the security guard in charge of the 5066 sentry tower, leaned against the railing and looked at the white mountains and wilderness.
"Cage, do you want to travel to the Space City during the holidays?" another black-haired security guard asked while observing the situation on the south side through a telescope.
Cage thought for a moment and said, "I heard that traveling to the space city requires half a month's vacation. Agatha just got pregnant a while ago, and I don't want to travel far."
The black-haired man didn't force it when he heard it. At this moment, he found that there were three hot spots in the jungle on the south side approaching quickly: "Cage, there is a situation."
In an instant, Cage turned on the safety of his assault rifle and aimed at the three hot spots that were approaching.
In the forest, three figures in down jackets sneaked towards the watchtower little by little, taking cover from the bushes. As they got closer to the watchtower, their speed became slower and slower.
One of the middle-aged men looked at the row of barbed wire surrounding the watchtower with a trace of helplessness on his face.
At the border between Nimanya and other areas, there are only watchtowers but no barbed wire fences, except on the Blackbird Land side.
At the beginning, the Blackbird Land didn't care and happily followed the European Union.
However, as time goes by, the entire European Union is now facing frequent problems. As the core of the European Union, France, Western Rome and Germany have to give priority to self-preservation at this time.
As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. For Europeans who put profit above all else, they have no concept of helping others in need. Not adding insult to injury is already a sign of great kindness on their part.
Under such circumstances, the three core areas of the European Union will naturally have to abandon some areas where their expenditures are insufficient, with the Balkans being the first to bear the brunt.
In Blackbird Land, where economic benefits were very small, aid was cut by 80%.
Blackbird Land, which used to rely on aid, tourism industry and garrison economy to live a relatively comfortable life, is now suddenly in trouble.
America, which could no longer maintain its global military presence, decisively sold or gave away its bases and equipment in the Mediterranean to the Europa Union.
The US military base in Blackbird Land was naturally cut off. Currently, there are not many European Joint Forces stationed here, only two regiments and a radar station.
As for the tourism industry, let alone.
Now even the middle class within the European Union is not in the mood to travel, but is thinking about how to make money and maintain a decent life. Unnecessary expenses such as travel will definitely be cut first.
Aid, tourism, and garrison consumption all decreased, and their own agriculture could not withstand the ravages of natural disasters, and they did not have abundant mineral resources, so life suddenly became very difficult.
Although the people of Blackbird Land made a fuss several times, it was of no use.
The Homo Sapiens Company has never liked people from Blackbird Land, especially adults, otherwise they would not have set up a large circle of barbed wire here.
The middle-aged man came to the barbed wire, picked up a wooden stick with a pair of white underwear tied to it, and shook it towards the watchtower, hoping to attract its attention.
However, Cage and Black Hair on the sentry tower remained unmoved.
After the three people approached, the sentry tower had already identified their specific identities through pheromones.
"Tsk, you're just a bunch of opportunistic rubbish." Cage had great contempt for these three guys.
According to the intelligence database, these three guys are notoriously idle in Blackbird Land. They have done a lot of things to exclude and harass the Nemanya people in the past, and have also made a lot of hostile remarks against Homo sapiens companies on the European and American Internet.
Now that they see that Blackbird’s welfare is declining and aid from the European Union has been reduced, they thought of the Sapiens Company and want to come over to take advantage of the welfare.
This kind of people are directly blacklisted and have no chance of joining the Sapiens company.
The brunette raised his assault rifle directly.
Bang bang bang!
Several bullets passed by the three guys, splashing some snowflakes.
The sudden gunshot scared one of the young men so much that he peed: "Huff, huff, huff... I'm not going anymore!" After saying that, he ran away.
The middle-aged man also turned pale, but he looked at the tower fiercely, kept the incident in mind, threw down the branch, and moved away from the barbed wire.
After leaving the barbed wire, the three of them stopped at a small wooden house.
"Boss, what should we do now? Those bastards won't let us pass." A young man with triangular eyes spoke while warming himself by the fire.
The young man, who had just changed his wet underwear, was warming himself by the fire in silence. It was obvious that he was very upset about his performance and could not raise his head.
The middle-aged man ignored the pissing man and said with gritted teeth: "The Homo Sapiens Company must be angry with us because Blackbird was unwilling to cooperate with them."
"What should I do? The prices of things in the supermarket have increased several times, and my savings are almost used up. Asshole! I should have saved more money if I had known!" The man with triangular eyes was full of complaints.
The middle-aged man lit a cigarette and blew out a smoke ring. Then he narrowed his eyes and said, "Since there is no way to get through Blackbird Land, we can take a detour. There are no restrictions in other places."
Hearing the middle-aged man's proposal, the triangular-eyed man's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes! As expected of the boss, when the time comes, we just need to disguise ourselves as people from other places in the Balkans, and the Homo Sapiens Company will definitely not be able to find us."
"Haha..." The middle-aged man laughed triumphantly.
Obviously they didn't know that Sapiens had the genetic and pheromone data of everyone in the world, so it was impossible for them to get away with it.
The three of them roasted the fire for half an hour and then hurried back to their town.
The inconspicuous town is also covered with ice and snow.
The streets were deserted, with only a few pedestrians walking in a hurry.
Three people passed by the only bakery in the town and were about to buy some bread when they found a price increase notice hung on the door of the bakery.
Triangle Eyes took a look at the price and was immediately shocked: "Is this a robbery? Five times the price?"
The bakery owner spread his hands in embarrassment: "Don't blame me. The price of flour has increased a lot now. Add up the electricity and heating bills, and I don't make any money at all."
"..." The middle-aged man hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and took out most of the money in his pocket: "Give me 30 kilograms of the cheapest whole wheat bread."
The boss didn't take the money, but shook his head: "Visa, see clearly, the purchase limit is 2 kilograms per person per day."
"What?" The middle-aged man clenched his fists.
But the bakery owner had no intention of compromising. He was not afraid of Visa and his two companions because his brother-in-law was the town's sheriff.
In the end, the three Visa people could only buy 6 kilograms of bread to take back.
As soon as he returned home, looking at the two chattering old people, Visa went to the kitchen without saying a word and started making bread. He made bread with all the remaining flour in the house.
After all, he was going to other places and he didn't have much money on him, so he could only rely on a bicycle and had to prepare his own dry food.
As for whether the two old people would starve to death because the flour at home had run out, he didn't care at all.
After baking bread all night, Visa and his two companions finally prepared 60 kilograms of bread. They rode their bicycles and left the town while no one was paying attention.
