Reborn as the Darling of the Delta

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Hamk snorted coldly. This Hafk Group was indeed up to no good, having secret connections with so many leaders in the Asara region. It seemed that his plan needed to be implemented quickly.

"What is our current troop strength like? What are our chances of success in a surprise attack on Reis?"

Hamk sat inside the tank, looking at a man with an extremely dark aura beside him.

"Our numbers increased after annihilating several small villages, but recently, because there aren't many people left to send to Hafk, they've been giving us fewer resources. If you ask me, that village that Said took over before was a real piece of meat!"

This man was Hamk's strategist; both men were treacherous and cunning, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were in cahoots.

"Give up your idea. We can't take that village. Said won't give you a second chance to launch a surprise attack. He's like a crocodile lurking in the water, suddenly jumping out and giving you a vicious bite when you think he's gone. Think of another way."

Said, who is learning to grow potatoes: Oh? Me? Like a crocodile? That's terrible, I'm going to be eaten to extinction. (￣﹃￣)

"Then I suggest sending a few small teams to Longbow Valley from time to time to cause some trouble and see how things are going on Reis's side. I don't believe he suffered any losses last time he stole the Mandel Brick."

The strategist suggested that they could harass Reiss 24/7. Even though his Longbow Valley was currently the most powerful place in the Asara region besides Yusef's, it was still a good option to send people to harass it, given its size.

"Okay, let's cause some trouble in the nearby villages first, and it would be best to capture a few people to exchange for some resources for Hafk. Apart from this tank, we don't have enough to confront Reis head-on."

Besides wanting to find Asara's old king and his family, Hamk's second desire is to seize Longbow Valley, which is currently controlled by Reiss.

He had once been one of them, and as the old king's most loyal henchman, Hamk hoped to settle the old king in Longbow Valley as soon as he found him.

However, he also knew that this matter could not be rushed. Now that he had betrayed Yousef, he was hated by everyone in the Asara region. Before finding the old king of Asara, Hamk decided to continue to endure humiliation and wait until he found the old king to clear his name!

"Hafk, Reiss, Yousef... you just wait, I will wipe you out one by one!"

Said, who learned how to grow potatoes: No? Am I not worthy?

Hamk: There was no way around it, I almost kicked you to death back then.

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Dam Zero, the land above it.

Saeed stood up, stretched, looked at the potato seedlings that had been planted nearby, and nodded in satisfaction.

As for why a dam leader would plant potatoes here, it all started this morning...

"Said! You better get out of the toilet right now. I confiscated your phone and you've been stuck in there for an hour? Is elementary school math really that hard?"

Abel was carrying a stack of completed documents past Said's office when he heard Sofia's angry roar from inside. He silently wiped away imaginary sweat, placed the documents at the door, and turned to leave.

Abel: Sigh, why is it so difficult for Boss Said to learn elementary school math? Should we call the strategist over sometime to give him some advice?

Sofia was angrily pounding on the bathroom door. She now seriously suspected that Said was just making excuses to avoid math class. What kind of toilet could take an hour?!

"Waaaa, Sophia, don't force me! I just don't want to study math. I can do simple addition and subtraction, right? I don't want to memorize those multiplication tables that Xiao Hao brought! I want to study politics!"

From inside the bathroom came Said's helpless cries. He was already over 30 years old, why did he still have to learn elementary school math? And you never said it was Chinese elementary school math. He was just a mascot, why did he need to be so smart?

Hearing Said's words, even Sofia, who always considered herself to have a good temper, was so angry that her veins bulged and she was trembling with rage.

Sofia: When I first met him, I thought he was a cold and arrogant man, and so powerful, but now I realize I was wrong, terribly wrong. This guy is just a dam mascot.

"Said, I don't want to get angry right now. You'd better come out before I count to three. My patience is limited. If you don't come out by the time I finish counting to three, you can go to labor camp!"

Sofia expressed her frustration, saying that in the morning she not only had to deal with various miscellaneous matters related to the dam, but also had to find time to tutor Said in elementary school math. This kid's academic imbalance was off the charts; when he was obsessed with studying politics, she felt like she had a TV presenter next to her, constantly telling her how to mobilize public opinion, etc.

"Three! Two! One!"

Just as Sofia counted to one, the toilet door opened. Just as Sofia thought that Sayyid would finally sit down and do his math problems, Sayyid quietly uttered:

"Hey, give me a shovel, otherwise I can't dig the soil with my hands."

Sofia: (╬▔皿▔)╯

"Get out of here!!!!!"

(Being relentlessly tortured on the new map, exposed to drafts from all sides.)

Chapter 153 I want to sleep!

That day, Rometheus was sleeping soundly. You see, he had been working on some data until 5 a.m. the night before. It was only after he noticed his heart was pounding, his head was starting to ache, and he was experiencing tinnitus that Rometheus decided that saving his own life was the priority and went back to his room to sleep.

Meanwhile, at the space base on the other side, after countless times of falling into and waking up from a coma, Demulan rubbed his throbbing head and looked at the date on his phone, which had the three words "Zha Reis" written in bold red font.

"Hiss, so much time has passed. Hmm, it's time to send Rometheus to cause some trouble in Longbow Valley of Reis."

Demulan shook his head, looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and couldn't help but think of his beloved daughter.

But as soon as he thought about it, Demulan unconsciously thought of "Little Sun" Zhang Hao again.

"Once this busy period is over, I'll use the resources from the space base to go to Dam Zero and find Said. I'll see if I can bring Xiao Hao over. If he doesn't want to release him... my skills in poaching people are top-notch."

Demulan felt quite happy whenever he thought about seeing Zhang Hao and Kami by his side after he retired, but then he thought about Asara's terrible situation, and who knew how long it would take for her to retire.

Demoulin: Wait a minute, I'm not that old, why am I already thinking about retirement?

Saeed: Hehehe, you still haven't experienced the joy of slacking off. Once you did, you'd probably just start giving up immediately, just like me, hehe. (●'?'●)

Demulan took out his phone, saw that it was already past 9 o'clock, and thought that Rometheus should be awake by now, so he called him directly.

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"

As luck would have it, Rometheus's cell phone was right under his head, and the strong vibration woke him from his deep sleep.

"Uh... who is it? Damn it, why are you calling so early in the morning instead of sleeping?!"

Rometheus didn't bother to check who was calling; he answered the phone and immediately launched into a barrage of questions.

Demoulan: So...so early in the morning?

"Ahem, it's past 9 o'clock, it's getting late. I thought you were already up. Do me a favor, take your Blue Eagle helicopter and bomb Longbow Valley in Reis today."

After Demulan finished speaking, he waited for Rometheus's reply, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sound from the other end of the phone. Demulan thought his phone was broken, but after checking it, he found that there was nothing wrong with the phone.

Demulan: Could it be that Rometheus's phone is broken?

But just as Demulan was about to hang up, a sound came from the phone, only... it was Rometheus snoring.

De Moulin: What the hell?! (╬▔皿▔)╯

"Romeo! Me! Theus!"

This loud shout completely woke Rometheus up, mainly because his ears seemed to hurt a little.

"Damn you, old woman! What are you trying to do?! I was doing experiments until 5 a.m. last night, and you're yelling at me again after I took a nap. Just wait until I get [Zero] back, and then you'll see how I deal with you."

Demulan was too lazy to argue with him any further. This guy was just a jerk, and talking to him nicely was useless. She already knew this before she even experienced that explosion.

So after repeating what he had said before, Demulan threatened him with Richard and then hung up without waiting for Rometheus's consent.

"Hey! I don't want to! Sex is free! You're going to pay me? Hey! Are you there, you bastard!"

After discovering that Demulan had already hung up the phone, Rometheus declared that he was about to turn evil! Aaaaaah! He was the manager of the entire Tower of Babel, how could he possibly obey orders?

"Hey, Ella, get those guys in the Blue Eagle squad sorted out. Have Black Hawk take them to the edge of Longbow Valley in Reiss, drop a couple of bombs and come back. What? Oh, some bastard wants me to do it. I was completely forced into it. Well, I'll leave it to you. I'm going back to sleep. I'm going to die of exhaustion if I don't sleep soon."

After handing the matter over to Ella, Rometheus turned off his phone, threw it out of the room, turned over, and went back to sleep. A short while later, snoring could be heard again from the room.

Cell phone: You're so great, it's not like I'm the one calling. You always break me. When you want me, you're always "defiled" me with your big hands. When you don't want me anymore and get tired of playing with me, you ruthlessly abandon me. You eight bastards!

Ella then went to input the command codes into these people, and after handing over command to Black Hawk, she sent them to fly to Longbow Valley to cause trouble.

"Sigh, at such a grown age, they still don't know how to take care of their health..."

Ella thought of Rometheus's "young man's" lifestyle and couldn't help but shake her head helplessly. Then, quite naturally, she turned on her computer and started gossiping with Mary at the space base.

What did you say? Why isn't Ella working? Are you kidding me? Ella says she's just a secretary and student. If her boss isn't working, who is she supposed to work hard for?

As luck would have it, Hamk also gathered three squads that day. According to his previous plan, he wanted these three squads to cause some minor trouble in Reis's Longbow Valley and capture a few people for him. Then, he would have the other three squads take turns harassing Reis, which would reduce his combat strength to some extent.

"I've finished explaining the mission, do you all understand?"

The three teams stared at the massive tank before them with fervent eyes. It was well known that most of the soldiers Hamk had recruited were not afraid of battle; many even craved it.

If Said were here, he would say that these people should all go to hell to atone for their sins against the innocent people of Asara, and that these bastards should be sent to Rometheus for surgical experiments.

Rometheus: Sorry, I need someone with disabilities. This kind of scum is better suited for Reis. I heard he calls one or two soldiers to his room at night when he's free. (???`?)

Reese: Damn it, all you do is slander me. I'm asking for the latest intelligence. If this kind of guy comes, he'll just be castrated for my few brothers with weird tastes to enjoy. I'm not interested in men. I like big butts, you know?

After giving his instructions, Hamk ordered the three teams to begin their operation.

And so, people from both factions began their advance toward Longbow Valley in Reis.

Chapter 154 Equivalent Exchange

On the Black Hawk helicopter, everyone remained silent (in a physical sense). They had received orders to drop bombs over Longbow Valley and then run away.

Black Hawk sat in the co-pilot's seat, watching the area displayed on his monitor. He would take command of the operation once they reached their destination.

Unlike the silent Blue Eagle helicopters, the three squads sent out by Hamk presented a completely different scene.

"Hey, Captain, if we run into any pretty girls when we go out to cause trouble later, don't report it. Let the guys have a taste of the good life!"

The people in this group are all ruthless criminals; to describe them as utterly wicked would be an understatement.

"Hmph, you just wait and see. We're going to break the arms and legs of a few more people and hand them over, you know? And keep that woman for me, you can have your fun with what's left."

Their captain spoke to them without any politeness, but none of the team members objected. The reason was that every captain in the team arranged by Hamk had completely subdued the team members with force. There was no such thing as management skills or intelligence here, only force, and force was everything.

Besides causing destruction, another thing they did this time was to create some "disabled" people and send them to Hafk in exchange for weapons and resources. It should be noted that Hafk is not like the other two leaders.

Said has the support of Youssef, and although he doesn't have many resources, he can still maintain a basic survival. On the other hand, Reis has found a large amount of the old King Asara's property, so he can be said to be the richest man in Asara.

As for their leader Hamk, he was wanted for quite some time after betraying Youssef, but it was during that time that he discovered the castle behind the Ouroboros district, which has now become their "base camp".

"Hey Captain, we're almost there! What do we do next?!"

A shifty-eyed soldier named Asara, who clearly wasn't a good person, asked the captain, his face full of excitement.

"Hmph, why get so worked up? Just like before, take a few of the old ones with you, give the young ones a couple of taps on the head and limbs, cripple them and take them back. As for the women, take the pretty ones, and leave the unattractive ones the same as before."

The captain, however, had little interest. This was because Hamk had ordered them to do this kind of thing far too often, and he and the other captains had long since become numb to it.

Previously, there might have been some compassion for those babies, but as time went on, coupled with the fact that Hamk and his group of perverts had long since become a bunch of psychopaths.

Looking at the several new faces in front of him, the captain walking behind just smiled disdainfully. In his opinion, these newbies should die on the battlefield, and only veterans like himself who had been through countless battles could survive in this war.

These men, who deserved to die, even came up with an excuse for themselves. They often said to the new recruits:

"These people like to say that we Hamk people are brutal, but they are wrong, they are completely wrong. We are doing this for freedom! For Asara! They are going to die sooner or later anyway, dying on the road to Asara's freedom. This time, we are doing them a favor!"

Rometheus had also wondered why Hamk was always able to send him so many "fresh" experimental materials. He wasn't stupid; he could figure out the reason just by thinking about it. But he still chose to use Hamk's supplies to make an exchange with Hamk.

Ella knew at the time that these "disabled" individuals were intentionally created by Hamk, but seeing Rometheus still making deals with Hamk without batting an eye, she couldn't stand it anymore and confronted him:

"Teacher, I don't understand! You should know where these test subjects came from! How can you continue like this! Those were all children who should have been normal! You're doing this for your own selfish desires, for your dirty ideals!"

Rometheus did not look up at that moment, but simply gave a brief explanation:

"Ella, have you ever thought that since last month I've only been accepting elderly people, children, and women? Well, there might still be a few men with brain defects."

"I'm not talking about that right now, Rometheus! Where is your humanity?"

"Tsk, sigh! Ella, do you think their fate would be as rosy as you imagine if I didn't do this?"

Rometheus stopped what he was doing, rubbed his tired brow, and turned to look at Ella.

"They will still be found by Hamk. Hamk is just a bandit who claims to be restoring Asara. He will keep the useful men as his fighting force, but what about these old people, children, and women? Heh, what do you think their fate will be? Do you really expect someone like him to be willing to spend resources to support these [burdens]?"

After listening to Rometheus's words, Ella calmed down a bit and began to think about everything Rometheus had said.

"But...but why can't we let them come here safely? We..."

But this time, Rometheus directly and sternly interrupted the student who was bursting with "sense of justice".

"Why?! So now you think Hafk will act like a saint and support these people who are of no use to them? You should know about equivalent exchange, right? They come here, those who can survive will be saved, those who can't survive, those who have a rejection reaction to the machine, those who can't survive, that's their fate!"

Ella stared blankly at the man before her, a man who was no longer the innocent person Zoya had described.

"What I did could be considered giving them a second life, don't you understand? They should thank me. This is a win-win situation. After perfecting the brain-computer interface, it will benefit all mankind! So Ella, put away your school-era thinking. We're not in Russia anymore, this is Asara! This isn't school either, this is the Hafk Group's Tower of Babel!"

Rometheus said so much in one breath, then sat down in a chair, took a sip of coffee, glanced at Ella who was standing there in a daze, sighed helplessly, stood up and patted her on the shoulder.

“There are never any winners in war, only losers. Everyone is a loser. All we can do is minimize the losses and bring hope to as many people as possible. I don’t understand Hafk, but I can’t live without him. War is cruel. Ella, I hope you can understand. Go back and rest. You’re not feeling well.”

After saying that, under Ella's complicated gaze, Rometheus put on his white lab coat and returned to his laboratory.