Chapter 1268 Star Sea (72)
Chapter 1268 Star Sea (72)
Chapter 1268 Star Sea (Part )
That night, Meng Liangao, the commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of Senhai, hosted a banquet at the Wantai Hotel in the Yinsen Underground City to welcome Wang Chen.
As the empire's last stronghold on the Senhai star, the Yinsen base is divided into two parts: the surface and the underground. The upper part is a military base, while the underground part is a city that accommodates hundreds of thousands of people.
The first impression Wang Chen had of this underground city was that it was ancient.
It’s not that its history is very long, but that this city seems to have traveled through time from hundreds of years ago to the present, or it has not been updated for hundreds of years since it was built.
The various buildings, public facilities, including means of transportation, etc. inside, were things that Wang Chen had only seen in historical documentaries.
For example, all the cars running on the streets are fuel-powered!
The most luxurious hotel where Meng Liangao hosted a banquet for him made Wang Chen feel as if he was dreaming back to his previous life.
There is not a single trace of the empire's high-tech here.
"Get used to it."
Meng Liangao was obviously worried that Wang Chen would not be able to adapt, so he consoled him: "When I first came here, I felt like I was exiled to a wild planet. It took me a long time to barely adapt."
The reason why this scene appeared at the Yinsen base was entirely because the geomagnetic storm and energy tides interfered and invaded the high-tech products too much.
In fact, this underground city was built less than a hundred years ago. Although it has been equipped with various defense and shielding measures, it cannot completely resist the influence from the outside world.
Those valuable technological products often become scrapped within a few weeks, and no one can afford such losses for a long time.
That’s why the things in Yinsen Dungeon seem so ancient—simple and durable!
Although the situation at the surface base is better, it is not much better. Large equipment such as transport spacecraft usually stays in space stations in synchronous orbit and only lands on the planet when a safe window appears.
This also resulted in the people on Senhai being unable to access and use the star network, making them isolated among the hundreds of life-bearing planets in the empire. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were sent here in exile.
The mechanized infantry officers who were sitting at the same table all showed expressions of empathy.
Wang Chen nodded: "It's okay, I can get used to it."
Although Senhaixing is backward, for him, he can still live comfortably even on a truly wild planet, so why would he care!
The most important thing is that the Seventh Fast Reaction Fleet gave Wang Chen a very short deadline for the mission. Regardless of whether he completed it or not, he had to return to the TK043 Space Fortress.
"That's good."
Meng Liangao said with a smile: "Come, have a drink, this is the unique green fruit wine on the Senhai star!"
The mechanized infantry commander used a turquoise-green wine to entertain Wang Chen tonight. It smelled fruity and tasted great, making people feel refreshed.
Wang Chen finished the glass and nodded involuntarily: "Good wine."
"Drink more if you like!"
There was a hint of ambiguity in Meng Liangao's smile: "Let's drink first, there will be more entertainment later."
Wang Chen played with the empty cup in his hand and smiled without saying anything.
Although this kind of fruit wine is not a technological product, it has a weak hallucinogenic effect, but it is masked by its unique taste and ordinary people cannot distinguish it at all.
Then the more I drink, the happier I get.
The more you drink, the more drunk you get!
Are you so eager to drag yourself into the water?
Wang Chen could guess what the following program would be like with his toes, it was nothing more than debauchery.
But since he had just arrived, he saw the whole thing but did not say anything. He just drank till the glass was full, toasting with Meng Liangao and other mechanized infantry regiment officers, and had a great time.
After finishing more than a dozen bottles of liqueur, Meng Liangao and several officers all had red faces, wandering eyes, and slurred speech. They were at least 60% to 70% drunk.
Wang Chen, who drank the most, sat still without changing his expression, and his eyes became even brighter.
"Staff Officer Wang has a good alcohol tolerance!"
Meng Liangao realized that it was impossible to get Wang Chen drunk, so he sighed, "I can't accept my age anymore. Let's stop here tonight. What's our next show?"
There was a hint of seriousness in his tone.
Wang Chen happily said: "Okay."
This Wan Tai Hotel not only has a restaurant, but also a large casino and nightclub, providing a complete range of food, drink and entertainment.
With Meng Liangao's hospitality, after Wang Chen had his fill, he went to the casino to play some games, winning more than 100,000 star dollars, and then went to a nightclub to spend it all.
As the highest military administrator of Yinsen Base, Meng Liangao was like the emperor of this underground city. He entertained Wang Chen with the best wine and the most beautiful women, and he didn't even pay a penny out of his own pocket!
Wang Chen did not refuse the other party's hospitality, but in the end he did not take the girl to stay overnight in the hotel.
His first day at Senhaixing was quite fulfilling.
The next day, Wang Chen met his men in the surface base.
He came here as the staff officer and military police captain of the Senhai 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
Although the former is the main job, this army ranks very low in the Imperial Army and belongs to the third or fourth-tier local garrison troops. In addition, Senhaixing is far away from the front line, so the staff officer is basically a decoration.
Even if Meng Liangao died suddenly, there would still be deputy regiment commanders and sergeant majors to take over, and it would not be Wang Chen's turn to take over.
On the contrary, the position of gendarmerie captain is a real position.
The military police of the Senhai 100st Mechanized Infantry Regiment has a staff of 74 people, but only of them actually reported to Wang Chen, including civilian personnel.
The other 26 people were either killed or injured in the previous civil unrest, and the vacancies have not yet been filled.
The military police sergeants did not show much welcome or respect for Wang Chen, the young captain who was airdropped. Most of them had suspicion and vigilance in their eyes, as if the former was not a superior but an opponent.
This situation is obviously abnormal.
Wang Chen didn't care about it, nor did he do anything to show his authority. He just said a few simple words and told everyone to return to their positions and do their own things.
In the next few days, Wang Chen was not in a hurry to investigate the rebel forces hidden on the Senhai star. He familiarized himself with his job duties step by step, and gradually understood and mastered the internal situation of the Senhai First Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
The soldiers and officers of the Senhai 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment gradually got to know the new major staff officer.
But apart from the superficial courtesy, they did not have much respect for Wang Chen. Some people hid their contempt and hostility in their hearts, and then tacitly kept a distance from Wang Chen.
It feels like someone should keep a distance from you.
As a result, after half a month, Wang Chen did not successfully integrate into the army. Instead, he was excluded and isolated.
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(End of this chapter)
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