Walk alone in the abyss

Yang Ming had seen various forms of space zerg in the game "Abyss", but he had never had such complicated emotions as today.

I used to think it was a game.

Now I find that that thing is probably a galactic civilization simulator!

Hera has successfully entered the underground base.

Because Naldo was watching over his daughter, the staff of the security system did not check Hera too strictly.

When they asked Hera to hand over the backpack, Hera kept pulling on the strap of the backpack, allowing them to use various methods to check the inside and outside of the backpack, as well as various documents and files in the backpack.

There was nothing unusual about the backpack itself.

According to Li, what can really affect Hera is the weak biological factor that Yang Ming left on the backpack.

In simple terms, it is smell.

After passing the security check, Hera and her father boarded the ferry suspension vehicle, and there were several security gates on the road ahead.

Yang Ming waited quietly;

Waiting for the moment when the real Zerg appeared in front of his eyes.

In the past few days, he tried to recall the information about the Zerg in "The Abyss" many times.

If you regard part of the game background of the "Abyss" game as a calendar for the next twenty-eight years of this galaxy.

Among them, the larger Zerg incident was that in 731 of the new empire calendar, that is, six years after Yang Ming's time, a small-scale insect plague broke out in the Sherman Empire without warning, and within ten years, there were A string of second-day disasters, the worst in the history of the Sherman Empire.

Yang Ming didn't pay much attention to this matter before.

That is actually far away from now.

The active cycle of the space Zerg has an interval of hundreds of years. At this point in time, it should be a period of low incidence of insect disasters. All countries have relaxed their vigilance against the space Zerg. The pest index issued by relevant international organizations has always been at the lowest level.

Everyone's focus is also on the multi-level hegemony resulting from the rapid rise of the new federation.

No one would think that bugs would appear suddenly, and no one would give an early warning of pest control.

But who would have thought...

Under the quiet star Ram, there is a base for researching space zergs. The new federation has already laid out plans to use insect plagues to trigger the overall decline of the national strength of the Sherman Empire.

Bugs became political tools.

This taxi is making a long circle around the area where the base is located.

Yang Ming closed his eyes and rested his mind, and waited quietly for a few minutes.

"There are photos, boss!"

As soon as Lu's voice fell, several photos immediately popped up on the projection screen in front of Yang Ming's eyes.

That is the transparent laboratory located near the entrance of the base.

A few bugs in basic form stuck to the ground as if they were dead, with dense probes and coils wrapped around their bodies. At least ten laser cannons were aimed at their foreheads and torsos.

Several men and women conducting experiments through special glass are recording data item by item.

In Yang Ming's view, the basic form of insects looks like a combination of 'crab' and 'praying mantis'. They have light red hard shells, sharp blade limbs, triangular heads, and faintly shining abdomens.

These bugs should be the second-order or third-order basic bugs.

There is a structure similar to a ladybug's carapace on their backs, and two pairs of thin wings that can vibrate at high speed are hidden inside, enabling fast flight.

"Boss, your brain waves are starting to appear abnormal."

Law gently reminded.

"I'm a little eager to fight now," Yang Ming said in a low voice, "It should be the instinct of the ancient gods affecting me, so don't worry."

"Boss," Lu said, "you can actually return to Feinan now."

"Wait a little longer," Yang Ming said, "If everything goes well with Hera, let's verify how these bugs will react if I appear above the base."

"Yes, boss, this is very necessary."

Law softly agreed.

She seemed to be in a good mood.

More and more photos appeared in front of Yang Ming, and Lu synchronously drew an 'estimated bird's-eye view' of the underground base.

The structure of the entire underground base is like a ferris wheel that has been brought down.

In the center of the base is the circular space where the queen's giant petri dish is located. With this as the center, passages spread in all directions, connecting to various laboratories, incubation rooms, and armed rooms.

The experimental personnel lived in another underground space, completely isolated from the Zerg area.

According to the details of several pictures:

The interior of the base is also full of security doors. Once an emergency occurs in a certain area, the area will be quickly isolated;

There are high-tech machinery everywhere inside the base, densely packed laser cannons on the walls, and a large number of mechanical guards of various types. They are responsible for guarding and directly contacting bugs to reduce the loss of experimenters during the experiment.

Law said softly:

"Boss, if we want to capture this place, we can use these robots.

"However, the robot systems here are very complete, and it takes some time to prepare for remote control of them.

"Luofeng's military technological level is nearly half a civilization level behind that of the New Federation."

"Lü, try to avoid fighting," Yang Ming said indifferently, "What we want is information, if we expose our identities here, I'm afraid we will be hunted down to the ends of the earth by the New Federation."

New photos keep popping up.

Naldo and Professor Pat appeared in the photo, and they seemed to have a dispute, while Hera watched coldly.

Yang Ming frowned and asked, "Lü, can you let me hear what they are saying?"

"I need to work on the audio a bit... that's it."

As soon as Lu's voice fell, the debate over there reached Yang Ming's ears.

The older voice belongs to Professor Pat, and his standard Federalist appearance can be seen in the photo-broad forehead, high nose bridge, and deep eye sockets.

Years of scientific research made the old man a little bald, but the rate of baldness was far less than that of the middle-aged Dr. Naldo.

Professor Pat kept talking, very dissatisfied with Hera's reappearance:

"...This is not an ordinary experimental project, Naldo, I know you love your daughter and don't know how to educate children, but in this, this laboratory that is related to the national destiny of our country, I can't let you father and daughter nonsense."

Nardo argued: "Professor, you can take a look, Hera's research is definitely meaningful!"

"I'm not interested in how they communicate now. Even if you know it, can you stop it? Is there really a way to interfere? We've already demonstrated it!"

Professor Pat's voice is getting higher and higher:

"Naldo, you have to be clear, what are we doing now! We are artificially controlling natural disasters, and we want to use dirty bugs to achieve even more dirty political goals!

"Your daughter doesn't need to be involved in this anymore, we have set her free!

"Freedom! Do you understand? How precious is this thing! Do you know how many people were killed because of what happened eight years ago!

"Just because of her ridiculous values ​​like a white lotus!"

"Professor!" Naldo said excitedly, "You can't blame her! We are all responsible for that!"

Hera said suddenly: "Father, the professor is right."

Pat and Naldo fell silent simultaneously.

Hera said calmly:

"Right now, our country and the Sherman Empire are on the brink of war.

"In the past thousands of years, every country that threatened the hegemony of the Sherman Empire was eventually destroyed by the cannons of the Sherman Armada.

"There is no balance between the galaxies. This is the idea that the Sherman military insists on. They want their citizens to become the most superior human race in the galaxy. This is their internal propaganda slogan.

"We will have a battle with them.

"I have now realized the problems of the past, please allow me to participate in your experiment again, the Zerg we cultivated can replace our soldiers to die, this is not a shameful thing.

"The national interest is above all else."

Nardo asked tremblingly, "Hera?"

"I lost most of my emotions because of the amnesiac operation," Hera said indifferently, "so now I only have rationality and can maintain calm thinking."

Professor Pat asked: "What do you think is the significance of your research?"

"If we thoroughly study the means of communication between Zerg individuals, we may be able to issue orders directly to them."

Hera seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and she answered extremely quickly:

"You should have realized that the Zerg has the queen's brain as the core, building a network with the entire group, and the high-level Zerg even has the ability to communicate across airspace.

"Communications and engines are the foundation of everything.

"The importance of my work is second only to the infinite reproduction of the two queens and the individual replication of the queen."

"interesting."

Professor Pat's voice became extremely deep:

"You know what you're talking about, right? Going forward on this road, there is only sin, no redemption, and you will end up with no honor after death."

Hera said: "Yes, professor, I need this opportunity. This is my complete thesis. Although it is very long, I suggest you read it carefully."

...

Still in the circled taxi.

Yang Ming thought carefully.

Yang Ming couldn't tell what Hera's real intention was.

Is she going back to do research? Or is it really to stop this evil plan?

According to Yang Ming's judgment, Hera should have deliberately mentioned the phrase 'national interest'.

Yes, she is trying to increase the credibility of this [information].

Law reminded: "Boss, with this recording, combined with these photos and the internal structure diagram of the underground base we calculated, it can already cause a sensation."

Yang Ming asked: "Is this information enough?"

"The one I want to give to Sherman is almost enough. If I can learn more about the Zerg, it will definitely be valuable."

The law said quickly:

"We can only send this information to some ministers and elders, and it is difficult to send it directly to the powerful dukes and emperors of the Sherman Empire.

"If we can get the planet where the New Federation hides the eggs in the Sherman Empire, and find the eggs directly in the Sherman Empire, things will be much simpler.

"The full-scale war between Sherman and the New Federation is an excellent period of opportunity for both Luofeng and Dark Star."

Yang Ming smiled and shook his head.

This is really, lack of scheming to swallow like a snake.

Wanting to obtain the top-secret egg distribution map through Hera is tantamount to wishful thinking.

Professor Pat, they will definitely monitor Hera closely.

Even, it is very likely that there will not be that map. Professor Pat and the others are only responsible for cultivating eggs, and other things can be handed over to the CIA's intelligence forces.

More photos kept coming out.

Hera was brought into a rest room, where she was asked to change clothes, and was also asked to wash herself, multiple disinfections, and change the clothes provided by the institute under the supervision of a female researcher.

Without Dr. Nardo by her side, Hera couldn't continue to be 'hard-hearted'.

The female researcher reminded: "Please throw away your contact lenses immediately. This is the rule here. We will equip you with new ones as soon as possible."

"There's literally no human rights here," Hera murmured.

"Please don't blame me," the female researcher expressed her apology.

Hera was the first to throw away the contact lenses.

Obviously, the scenes of her taking a shower and disinfecting her whole body will not be directly watched by Yang Ming.

Yang Ming continued to wait.

Based on his initial understanding of Hera's character, he felt that Hera would most likely activate a backup plan to collect more information.

as expected.

About ten minutes later.

The new photos reappeared, the pixels have been improved a lot, and the pictures can be directly connected like a video after frame extraction.

Hera crouched in front of the mirror in the bathroom and kept retching, and there was no supervisor behind.

She was wearing a vest and tight shorts, and she was still holding the backpack that Yang Ming gave her with her left hand.

There are all kinds of materials she stored in the backpack, and she has always been with this backpack on the grounds that only she can handle these materials.

Even if it was wet in the corner at the moment, Hera didn't let it go.

The elastic hairpin was pinned in her thick hair, even if she looked carefully, it was difficult to find its trace.

Yang Ming said with emotion: "As expected, she has not given up and will continue to update the information."

"Boss, although this is beneficial to us, we must also beware of her sudden betrayal of secret agent Alex."

"Liu, her eyes are very firm, I think I can trust her."

Yang Ming said:

"Let's see how many surprises she can give us. As long as we are sure that she can't get more information, we will leave immediately."

"Okay boss."

In the 'cassette video' sent back, Hera picked up two other ordinary hairpins as a cover.

She stepped on the backpack under her feet, picked up a side of clothes and dressed neatly, finally put on a white coat, put the backpack on her shoulder, and left the lounge.

For the next half an hour, Hera spent the preparation work in the laboratory assigned to her.

Yang Ming could feel that Hera was gradually losing patience... She took the initiative to contact Nardo.

Naldo hurried over, holding a stack of documents in his hand, trying his best to express his kindness: "What's the matter? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Hera made an obviously unreasonable request: "Father, I want to see it."

"It? Who?"

"Queen Mother Worm."

"Are you crazy?"

Naldo's eyes were wide open, and he subconsciously glanced left and right: "You stay here honestly now, don't run around anywhere!"

"But Dad," Hera said in a low voice, "some things happened to me, I must figure out the reason of these things, and find a way to prevent this kind of thing from happening... This is the second purpose of my coming here. "

Hearing these words, Lu in the Feinan and Yang Ming in the taxi all looked stunned.

Hera's other motivation for doing this is now very clear.

"Boss, she should know that it was the Queen Mother who controlled her before."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "I like her character."

Nardo's greetings came from the 'video': "What's the matter? Hera, you have to tell me the truth, my daughter, what happened to you?"

"Father, can I trust you?"

"I'm even willing to give up my life for you!" Nardo's Adam's apple trembled, "Of course, I must save my life to complete the project I haven't finished yet."

The corner of Hera's mouth twitched slightly.

She looked at the backpack in front of her and quickly made up her mind: "If something strange happens to me, you can stuff the backpack into my arms. Remember, Dad, you must do this."

"Okay, I understand."

Naldo grabbed the backpack with both hands, and Hera slowly let go of the shoulder straps of the backpack.

She waited quietly for a few seconds, then slowly took a step back.

Sudden!

Her breathing became disordered, a light green light flashed in her eyes, and her eyes became extremely cold.

Naldo's hairs stood on end.

He has dealt with bugs for so many years, how could he not be able to tell the difference... Nardo immediately rushed forward and pressed the backpack to Hera's chest!

Hera's thin body suddenly jumped to the side, fell heavily to the ground, and ran and crawled towards the door of the laboratory.

"Hera! Hera!"

Naldo hurriedly chased after him, not forgetting to ring the alarm bells that could be found everywhere.

In the taxi.

"Boss! Hera's brain waves are abnormal...she's connected to the swarm!"

Yang Ming yelled: "Nardo, you trash! Is it difficult to throw the backpack over there?"

In the video screen sent back, Hera kept running forward, rushing towards the direction where the queen's petri dish was.

Although Nardo reacted a bit slower, he was not too stupid, and immediately called for the mechanical guards to stop Hera.

The scene was very chaotic for a while.

After a simple chase, Hera was pinned to the ground by two mechanical guards, and suffered multiple bruises on her body. Professor Pat rushed over after hearing the news, and because he was closer, Pat arrived at Hera more quickly than Nardo. pull beside.

"What happened to Hera? Nardo!"

"She, she suddenly..."

Pat yelled, "The light in her eyes...it's a bug's light! Damn it! Naldo! What have you done to your daughter!"

"I didn't do anything! She is my only treasure, how could I harm her! Hera! Hera, what's wrong with you!"

"Shut up! What is she talking about!"

Professor Pat yelled, and the entire corridor fell silent instantly.

Under the faint sound of the mechanical guard's engine, Hera's lips opened and closed slightly, her eyes glowed green, and she said something:

"Humanity……"

Humanity?

Could it be!

Professor Pat crouched down subconsciously, and put his ear close to Hera's lips.

"Let... me... away from... there are... monsters..."

In the taxi.

Yang Ming's forehead was covered with black lines.

What the hell!

what's the situation?

Don't Zerg never communicate with humans?

"Boss," Li reminded, "shall we evacuate now? It's too abnormal for this bug to communicate with humans."

Yang Ming thought for a few seconds, and immediately ordered:

"Law, turn on the particle transporter.

"Drove the taxi to the area close to the base, now is our only chance to see how the bugs react to me!

"You decide when to pick me up and leave. The Feinan is fully functional and ready for continuous jumps!"

"yes!"