NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1006: The Military’s Dilemma
"I'm very happy that my son thinks so highly of me, but I want to tell you that if you still want to realize your great ideal, I think we should consider the current ownership of the Trident of Poseidon. You have seen how strong Su Xiuyu is. So in the future, you'd better follow his pace. Only in this way can you succeed."
Atlanna's advice is very straightforward and crude, and it also has certain reference value for Om.
"Also, when you sit down at the negotiation table with humans, you'd better communicate with Su Xiuyu in advance and strive for some benefits. Although the ocean and the land are not completely opposite, they will not be polite when it comes to fighting for benefits."
"I understand." Om knew that his mother's nagging was all for his own good, so he just needed to listen patiently.
"It's a pity that I don't have a daughter. If I had a daughter, maybe I could have a way to establish a relationship with Su Xiu Yu." Queen Atlanna knew very well that no matter whether it was herself or Om, at least her mother would not be in Su Xiu Yu's eyes.
There are at least three women around Su Xiuyu now. Mera has definitely fallen for him. This is Atlanna's intuition as a woman. If Atlanna also has a daughter of similar age, there may be other developments, but Atlanna only has two sons.
"No need, mother. I, your son, am still the king of Atlantis, and you are still the queen. We don't need to be humble to Su Xiuyu. Even if he is a Kryptonian, so what? Even if he is a god, so what? We will not worship him."
"Okay, Om, the first thing is to stabilize the situation and continue to cooperate with Zebel. There are several other countries. I heard that you killed the King of Saltwater Kingdom?"
"Yes, for a while."
"It's not a bad thing to give more gifts to the princess of the Saltwater Kingdom and maintain a stable contact." Atlanna is no longer the simple woman she used to be. More than 20 years of loneliness has transformed Atlanna's thinking.
"Mother, you may be troubled by the people in the council." Om will not encounter any difficulties because he is an orthodox pure-blooded Atlantean.
However, because Atlanna had escaped from her marriage and had a child with a human on land, this matter has always been regarded as a shame for the royal family, so even if Atlanna returns, she cannot avoid a lot of blame and sarcasm.
Atlanna is the only royal member in the history of Atlantis who escaped from marriage and gave birth to offspring with the people from land. This kind of thing may still be used as a negative example by someone five hundred years later.
"It's okay. This isn't the first time I've been bullied. Besides, cold eyes and sarcastic remarks can't hurt me. Compared to the minions of the Trench Clan, these are just small matters."
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In half a month, the place where the Atlanteans and humans fought was still covered with icebergs and snow. Of course, the temperature also rose from minus 170 degrees Celsius to minus 80 degrees Celsius.
Although the temperature is still very low, it seems to be more normal than before. Because at least it is within a normal low temperature range. The previous low temperature was almost only found in the laboratory, and the current low temperature is the extreme low temperature of Antarctica, so more staff have been added.
The people of Atlantis can directly study the icebergs on the sea, while the US military mainly studies the land.
"Sir, we have collected 100 samples from the ice layer. Do you want to collect more samples?"
"Keep collecting! We also need to collect enough samples from the icebergs at sea!" Rick has been working here for half a month and is very angry. The climate and environment are already bad, and there are always stupid problems. In the past half month, three eunuchs and nine others have needed amputations.
Fortunately, the temperature has risen now, and there are fewer accidents of frostbite, not as outrageous as in the early days. The results of ice layer sampling have also come out one after another, and the result of the analysis is - no results.
The conclusion of scientific analysis so far is that it is a normal freezing phenomenon. Although the temperature is extremely low and the sea is frozen, the conclusion is still that it is a normal freezing phenomenon.
The Atlanteans may be happy to accept this result, but it is difficult for humans, especially the military, to accept this result. Although the sea area belongs to the United States, in fact, the ice here has been collected by locals at great risk and a large number of samples have been sent to researchers from all over the world. After all, as long as someone pays, someone will take the risk.
As for the national level, the US military took the initiative to donate a large number of ice samples - this is not because the US military is soft-hearted, but in the modern era, the conflicts between the Eastern and Western camps and between different countries have become much smaller.
There is no way. The world is now attacked by aliens and mysterious forces every now and then. Sometimes it seems that humans are no longer the protagonists on the stage, so the most direct disputes between countries have become less.
America is the country that has encountered the most aliens, so it has to count on support from other countries at critical moments - to be honest, even a country of its size has been dealt a heavy blow.
The war between the Atlanteans and the land people had just started not long ago, but the casualties of the US military were quite exaggerated. Not to mention the consumption of bullets and weapons, the pensions for the large number of dead soldiers had become the heaviest pressure on the military.
The preliminary statistics show that the death toll is over 2, and there are a large number of missing persons - of course, this is a trick of the military. The missing persons are basically those who died without leaving anything, but the military will not include these casualties in the death population, so naturally no pensions will be paid.
You should know that in the past few years, the U.S. military often defaulted on pensions, but now the military almost dares not do such a thing. Even if it has no money, it will find a way to pay the pensions as soon as possible.
The reason is very simple. Soldiers are now really risking their lives. The casualties in fighting aliens are too horrific. Now the military's actions are planned according to different targets. As long as they are dealing with aliens, the soldiers' subsidies and salaries must be fully increased.
If the news gets out that the military is withholding salaries or pensions this time, there will really be no one left to go to the battlefield.
However, Amanda is even more ruthless than some military leaders. She directly proposed to force the serious criminals in the prison to undergo training and to keep them for use in dealing with aliens. Of course, death row prisoners would be better, as they are all going to die anyway and should not be wasted easily.