Walk alone in the abyss

As soon as 026 ran back to the bridge out of breath, he found that the atmosphere was very dignified.

The big boss and the second boss accompanied the big boss's wife at this stage, and surrounded the display screen of the testing instrument.

026 zipped up the zipper on his chest to cover up the cellulite that he had developed in the past two years, and put his hands behind his back.

"Boss, I'm back!"

"Well, you did a good job," Yang Ming complimented perfunctorily, and then continued to look down at the display screen.

026 glanced with his hands behind his back and saw an eight-digit number. He couldn't help but ask, "Is this the number of bugs?"

"Estimated number," Lv breathed out lightly, "I suspect that the female worms here are close to the fourth-order. Most of these insects should be third-order, and there must be many special individuals."

Hera said: "The population of more than 30 million on this administrative planet is not enough for the first wave of these bugs to harvest."

Yang Ming folded his arms and sighed long.

The Zerg found it, but it was a little too strong.

"I can't deal with 12 million bugs... a fraction of them kill me, enough to make me exhausted."

Several people became silent again.

It took them twenty days to find the bug swarm, but because the bug swarm was too strong and being on an administrative planet might affect innocent people, they couldn't directly talk about it.

Yang Ming is not in the character of a mother-in-law either, and said with a smile: "It is better to have results than to have no results. Let the Sherman Empire military know, and it will be considered a good deed."

Law sighed: "We are too unlucky. This is the first administrative planet to discover a worm's nest within the territory of the Sherman Empire."

026 nodded in agreement: "The new CIA is too sinister, their minds are really bad!"

"Let's deduce how things will develop," Hera folded her arms. "I don't trust the Sherman Empire military. This is a radical and violent organization in a warlike country."

Yang Ming laughed and said, "I think the most likely scenario is that the imperial military first evacuated the crowd, and then bombarded the administrative star."

"It's unlikely," Li reminded, "Will the cost of destroying the planet be too high? Evacuating 30 million people will cost a lot of manpower and material resources. The number of large transport ships used must exceed 5,000. How to arrange them is also a problem." , and the current value, future development value, and cultural value of this administrative star... the empire cannot be so rich."

Hera said: "I think there may be no evacuation link."

"Destroy the planet without evacuation?" 026 was shocked.

"The empire has done such things in history, and it was also against the Zerg," Hera said, "There was a military operation that directly caused the death and injury of millions of people, because the military desperately covered all firepower in order to destroy the Zerg nest. "

Hera paused, and added: "In the empire, only 80% of the population has basic power. Most of the imperial army is lunatic."

"It's simple," Yang Ming said, "Let's make this a public opinion event, and first use public opinion to set up the military so that they can't do anything recklessly."

Hera said: "The insect swarm here is very likely to have the ability to cross the star system. When the imperial military soldiers press down on the border, they are very likely to respond in advance. What we are facing is a group of people whose IQ is not lower than ours. cosmic creatures."

Law: "Boss, I just completed the deduction of the three possibilities."

"Just talk about the odds in our favor."

"yes."

With a serious expression on his face, he flicked his fingertips lightly, and a series of simulated animations appeared in several projection frames.

"The only path that is best for us is to fish in troubled waters.

"We use the name of the white ghost to carry out a large-scale public opinion pressure within the empire.

"This is the first administrative star to discover insect nests in this round of man-made disasters and insect disasters. It has a high publicity value and will make the whole empire feel the crisis of the imminent insect disaster. They destroyed more than 30 barren planets before. , just releasing shipboard energy.

"This news must be shocking, and it is in line with the interests of most of the aristocracy in the Sherman Empire.

"We can also take advantage of the warlike nature of the imperial nobility.

"As the boss said, use public opinion to support the Sherman Empire military, so that they dare not directly destroy the planet. We must rescue more than 30 million people here. When they engage in contact with the Zerg, we can start from the battlefield. Harvest at the edge.

"The specific calculation model is full of uncertainties, and the reaction of the Zerg after discovering the boss must also be considered.

"But the most urgent issue now is to ensure that the military will not attack us, and how we can get out unscathed after we have reaped enough benefits."

Hera said with a smile: "If you can get benefits by killing insects, it can make the white ghost a hero of the empire. Worshiping the strong, advocating heroism, and valuing personal honor are important parts of the cultural genes of the empire. Simply put, Face-saving, we can take advantage of that."

026 asked in a low voice: "Why don't you come to a live broadcast interaction? Live broadcast killing insects? The white ghost has many supporters in the empire, and maybe he can receive many gifts."

Hera, Lu, and Yang Ming all turned around and looked over.

026 panicked: "Did I say something wrong?"

"Beautiful," Yang Ming gave a thumbs up, "Lü, go get a live broadcast platform."

"Okay boss, I'm going to hack a batch of distributed servers."

Law's projection flickered lightly and disappeared immediately.

026 smiled happily, she finally contributed to the team, and she didn't take the salary from the boss in vain.

Yang Ming stared at the heavily polluted planet outside the porthole, and already had a bold plan in his heart.

When playing "The Abyss", he spent most of his time in the imperial camp, and he had a certain understanding of the customs and behavior of the empire.

Although he has established that "The Abyss" is not equivalent to the current Milky Way.

But Yang Ming felt that there should be no change in the behavior style of the imperial nobles.

After thinking carefully for a while, Hera finally nodded slowly:

"This method is very good, there is a high probability that the military will not take action against the white ghost.

"As long as the White Ghosts are defending the honor of the Empire, they will assist the White Ghosts.

"However, we still have to plan how to retreat. This time, we will directly disclose the super combat power of the white ghost. The special forces of the empire will be very interested in the white ghost."

Yang Ming raised his eyebrows.

What does the matter of the white ghost have to do with him, Major Luofeng?

Speaking of Luofeng, Yang Ming suddenly thought of another thing.

Emilia and her mother, Princess Dana, should have arrived at Earl Mensa's feudal planet by now.

It's not too far from here, and it can be reached in a few jumps.

‘Should be fine, Edwan officially called Earl Mensa, they should not do anything to Princess Dana. '

Yang Ming shook off this thought, and continued to plan the great cause of killing insects.

The value of the white ghost's false identity is getting higher and higher.

...

Earl of Mensa fief administrative star.

On the plain with the most pleasant climate and spring-like seasons all year round, a vertical mountain rises from the ground.

The top of the main peak was artificially flattened, and a luxurious manor opened its protective cover all day long. The outer periphery of the main peak was the training camp of the earl's private army, equipped with an air defense system and a heavy anti-aircraft firepower camp.

Standing in any room of the main peak manor, looking into the distance, you can see the densely populated city.

Emilia is standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows at this moment, admiring the beautiful scenery.

She also doesn't understand whether all those in power like to use the "elevation of residence" to show their power. Her hometown, Luofeng Imperial Palace, is also built on a cliff.

Behind Emilia, several young men from the Mensa family were joking and joking, trying to attract Emilia's attention. A little further away was the scene of Princess Dana chatting intimately with several middle-aged women.

Two handsome young men suddenly let out high-pitched voices.

"Oh! God!"

"White ghost! The white ghost has appeared again! This is the seventh time he has appeared on the Internet! However, several times it is said to be a fake synthetic video."

white ghost?

Emilia had to admit that she too was attracted to attention.

But she waved to the maid next to her, who immediately brought a dedicated network access terminal within the Sherman Empire.

Emilia opened a portal at random, and easily found the video posted by the white ghost.

Emilia has been researching the white ghost for two years. The white ghost seems to be omnipotent in the online world. It seems to have appeared as many as seven times, but each time the technical team of the Sherman Empire was at a loss.

Of course, except for the first time when the white ghost took the initiative to launch a network offensive, the other six times only secretly released images without showing any traces.

This time seems to be a little different.

Emilia refreshed the interface a few times, and saw video entries appearing and disappearing one after another.

Another large-scale cyber operation?

She clicked on the video on the top bar, and a twenty-centimeter-high holographic projection appeared in front of her eyes.

The white ghost stands alone in space.

The iconic tactical helmet, the gray and white exoskeleton armor with the function of the spacesuit turned on, and the jetpack with the magnetic aperture.

Emilia's eyes sparkled suddenly, and her eyes were filled with anticipation.

What will he say?

Emilia turned up the volume slightly, and the loud voice mixed with electronic sounds immediately filled her ears.

"Meet you again, incompetent nobles of the empire."

Emilia took a peek at the young men and women behind her, and found that these insulted targets were not displeased at the moment, but a little excited.

What a strange phenomenon.

The white ghost spread out its hands, and its figure slowly turned, and a planet appeared behind it.

"I don't want to show up too much, I have my own work to do, and it's more interesting to fight the Federalist CIA than to chat with you.

"But your ability to work is really bad. Doesn't the Military Intelligence Department consider engaging in foreign intelligence infiltration?

"Oh, yes, we have the Invincible Fleet, intelligence or something is irrelevant, now, listen up, hurry up and bring your Invincible Fleet here!

"The Military Intelligence Department has received the original information I sent, and I will show it to you here. This is the information I obtained in the New Federation... This string of numbers is the coordinates of the burying point, and the reference system is the New Federation Ram star……

"Yes, the administrative star behind me, the administrative star Zubin with a population of 30 million, hides a large number of eggs.

"You can turn a deaf ear to this information. After all, my specialty is collecting intelligence, and I don't know much about military knowledge... But before you take action, I have to remind you of three things.

"First, although Zerg individuals look stupid, their collective intelligence is amazing, so don't underestimate them.

"Second, before your warship comes over, it's best to do evacuation first. These bugs have the ability to observe human society, and the warship will directly alarm them.

"Thirdly, countless papers have confirmed that there is information exchange between the swarms. Dozens of low-level swarms have been destroyed in the past two years. This will inevitably lead to a counterattack by the swarms. I hope you don't take it lightly."

A disgusted emoji appeared on the white ghost's tactical helmet.

He made a gesture to turn off the camera, paused again, and said slowly:

"Oh, by the way, if there is nothing wrong with the instrument in my hand, there should be millions of Zerg hidden here, and the third-tier queen is guaranteed.

"Officials and nobles on Zubin Planet, if you still have a little conscience and blood, organize the retreat, don't let me look down on you from the bottom of my heart.

"See you later, the trash under the emperor's star."

call out!

The video stops abruptly.

Emilia typed in the text quickly with her small hands, and Zubinxing's information was displayed in front of her eyes.

The young nobles behind her sighed with emotion:

"He's so cool!"

"My God, I wish he could call me trash in front of me, that's the real manliness."

"Oh, he's actually a bit rude, isn't he... well, although he is indeed cool, he is a hero, if it weren't for him, we would lose billions of low-level people."

"The New Federation is simply vulnerable to him."

Emilia glanced at her cousins ​​with some astonishment.

What kind of magical species is this? You can still find pleasure in being scolded.

at the same time.

The new federal capital, Minter City.

Congressman Allison, who was watching the same video, was frowning and analyzing.

The white ghost is active again.

But the news he released did not receive any response... Why?

Guess wrong?

Ellingson was thinking quietly, and he shook his head slightly as he recalled the whole series of plans he had laid out.

He decided to continue to wait, and he always needs to be more patient when doing things.

...

After the video was released, Feinan temporarily moved away from Zubin Star.

The captain and several crew members performed their duties and hid in the gravitational stable zone on the edge of the channel, waiting for the reaction of the Sherman Empire.

Half an hour after the video was released, there was panic on Zubin Star, and a large number of civilian ships took off.

A group of nobles and officials fled first.

A small number of nobles and officials stayed and began to organize ship detection to verify whether the information given by the white ghost was correct.

Yang Ming originally thought that the first batch of civilian transport ships would be used to pick up and evacuate people.

The advice he gave was already very detailed, evacuate first, and then come to the warship, so as not to scare the insects in advance.

But the imperial military has their own judgment.

Two hours later, large ripples appeared in the space. Twelve main battleships ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 meters first appeared in the current airspace, and frigates and supply ships appeared behind the main battleships.

The shield ship opened the way, and the flagship moved backward.

The Sherman Empire's conventional combat fleet stationed at the nearby border arrived first.

Yang Ming gave a middle finger to the outside of the porthole.

Fortunately, these warships did not swagger to surround Zubin Star, they stopped far away, formed a fire coverage array, and dispatched several detection ships.

Yang Ming let the law spread the news on the Internet, reminding the military to detect the shallow surface of the earth, not the "conventional" mantle layer.

After waiting for more than an hour, the other two fleets jumped to the current airspace synchronously.

The number of main warships above 1,000 meters outside Zubin has increased to nearly 50, and there are more than 100 star cruisers above 500 meters.

This is a powerful military force that can directly destroy the original Luofeng Empire.

The dreadnought that Yang Ming was looking forward to seeing again did not appear.

The Sherman Empire military has obviously discovered the terrifying number of Zerg here, and has also begun to worry about the safety of the residents on Zubin Star.

The first wave of escaped ships only took away hundreds of thousands of people.

It's a drop in the bucket.

On the periphery of these warship formations, there are dozens of 'civilian ships'. They come from major news media and are paying close attention to Zubin Star.

Fortunately, the social order on Zubin has not collapsed.

Sixty percent of the population here are elderly people. At this moment, they are just calling for help on the Internet, walking on the street and looking up at the sky, waiting for the arrival of rescue ships.

Six hours after the video was released, the military finally sent fifty large transport ships to land on Zubin Star.

The civilian ships that were mobilized one after another, under the guidance of the warship, headed towards Zubin Star, and the scale gradually increased.

Through the porthole, Yang Ming stared at a 'stream' that appeared in space from afar, with a somewhat gratified smile on the corner of his mouth.

Although doing good deeds is a pseudo-scientific statement.

But his mentality is indeed much more stable.

"Law," Yang Ming laughed, "Tell me, if I accidentally become a superhero of the Sherman Empire and the emperor wants to give me a title, should I take it or not?"

Law's projection raised his hand to his forehead: "Why weren't you so optimistic before, they have a higher probability of catching you for dissection and cloning."

"Just kidding."

Yang Ming squinted his eyes and smiled: "The Feinan has already shown its face in the New Federation before, and today it happened to be bound to the identity of the white ghost."

Law didn't answer, but frowned slightly.

"Boss, the sensors we left on the surface have received data, and the surface of Zubin Star has started to experience a continuous slight earthquake."

A red exclamation mark suddenly appeared on the operation panel of the detector, and Miss Hera, who had fallen asleep with a mask on beside the instrument, immediately woke up with her eyes open.

There is a strong bioenergetic reaction on Zubin Star!

Hera turned her head to look at Yang Ming: "They took off their camouflage and moved underground at high speed, in the direction... the three main cities of Zubin Star!"

As soon as Hera finished speaking, a beam of light black light flashed across the surface of Zubin Star.

Near the synchronous orbit of the Zubin star, a civilian ship did not have time to open the protective cover, and the bow of the ship was pierced by the beam, causing a violent explosion.

The large dark clouds of Zubin Star were torn apart, and light black light bullets flew into space.

The insect swarm here has evolved into a far-fire type!