Walk alone in the abyss

"The main engine of the spaceship is off, the second auxiliary engine is being repaired, and the third auxiliary engine is working normally."

"Dark Star No. 1 support ship has transitioned and can join in fifteen minutes."

"Eighty percent of the worms in Luofeng have been wiped out, and it's only a matter of time before the rest of the worms are wiped out. We sacrificed more than 16,000 soldiers and lost 12 ships."

"The pseudo-mothers have been defeated one after another, the swarm has lost its activity, and is being divided and surrounded by the Sherman Empire fleet, annihilating them one by one...

"The military of the Sherman Empire launched a national public live broadcast, broadcasting the siege battle that was already well established to the entire Sherman Empire, emphasizing that they defeated the sinister conspiracy of the New Federation.

"The new federation has already started organizing an emergency press conference, trying to explain that this matter has nothing to do with them."

Law's voice paused:

"The army of the New Federation withdrew in an orderly manner after seeing the Zerg, which became the most favorable evidence for Sherman."

behind the porthole.

Yang Ming, who was slumped in the chair, heaved a long sigh of relief when he heard the news that this 'little' swarm of insects had been wiped out.

"Law, has our landing point been detected by the Sherman military?"

"Not for the time being, boss. To be on the safe side, we are heading towards the border of the Sherman Empire at the moment, making a picture of returning to the Sherman Empire. We have already passed by the edge of the detection system of a boundary marker of the Sherman Empire. Turn around as soon as you leave the mark."

Li quickly explained:

"Even if the Feinan loses most of its power, its performance is better than that of a ship of the same length.

"I have turned the hidden system to the maximum, and the energy of the spacecraft can still maintain three galaxies, which is enough for us to wait for resupply."

Yang Ming nodded, and began to look at the projection screen with great interest.

On the projection screen, there is a live broadcast of the Sherman Empire extermination.

The ability of the Sherman Empire to seize opportunities is indeed much stronger than before.

This is the aristocratic gentleman, aware of the benefits of guiding public opinion?

This battle also intuitively reflected how terrifying the war power of the imperial fleet with the support of dreadnought ships was.

This swarm is a death squad sent by a mature group of fifth-order half-space Zerg.

With one-tenth of the strength of the Death Squadron, the military alliance of the Luofeng Empire that Yang Ming now controls almost exerted all his strength, and he had to pay a certain amount of casualties to annihilate it.

And the main body of this death squad, facing the dreadnought formation and the powerful expeditionary force of the empire, fell apart in an instant.

What is strength?

Dreadnoughts are strength!

However, Yang Ming also knew that his desire to own such a powerful ship was still wishful thinking at present.

"Law," Yang Ming said, "the compensation for the soldiers who died in Luofeng this time came from our private funds, which is twice the standard."

"Yes, boss."

Law lowered his voice and reminded: "Miss Hera is also listening, we can discuss this matter later to avoid causing pressure on her."

Yang Ming turned his head to look, and Hera was standing by the porthole a few meters away, staring blankly at the window.

Yang Ming nodded lightly, indicating that Lu Lu would go to work first, got up and walked over.

"never mind."

Yang Ming embraced her from behind:

"There is a vacancy in our early warning mechanism. The direction from which the bugs came is our usual defense gap, which will be filled after this time."

"Lots of sacrifices, huh?"

Hera whispered:

"This is my responsibility. My experiment is destined to cause disaster."

"That's also the responsibility of the two of us. I sponsored the whole process of your experiment."

Yang Ming hugged her in his arms, feeling the tremors from her petite body, he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Ming, I can't return to the Luofeng Empire anymore," Hera said, "I want to go to an uninhabited planet, and I will find a way to prevent the swarm from contacting me, such as turning on the signal blocking device all the time. I have already researched the same Well, I can also actively take samples from the microorganisms that infect common worms, so as to cover the infection and completely cover the microorganisms that may have mutated in my body, I..."

She couldn't speak, because Yang Ming had already raised her chin, lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Hera's body became more and more limp, but she soon began to struggle.

"Ming...Ming!"

"Okay," Yang Ming let go of his arms, Hera turned to face him, and took two steps back to touch the porthole.

She looked at Yang Ming with complicated eyes: "I already know why the swarm came."

Yang Ming frowned and said, "I didn't ask Li to tell you this."

"I have communicated with that female worm," Hera's lips were trembling, "the swarm thought that the natural enemy was defiled the female worm, they worshiped and reproduced, I also tried to explain to it, I am a human being, but its cognition It didn't budge."

Yang Ming: ...

"We are human beings," Yang Ming said, "Hera, you have to admit this, we are all human beings, but there are some abnormalities."

"Yes, you are human, but I am not necessarily human."

Hera was a little emotionally broken:

"I can feel their thoughts. After I communicated with the queen, I even experienced new changes. I can feel the fluctuations when those bugs are defeated. They also have emotions and fear.

"I could feel their fear and anger.

"Ming, I really... I can accept that I am not a good person, I can betray my country, because I feel that my country has done something unjust, but I can't accept that I am no longer a human being, I am clearly... I Obviously..."

"Calm down Hera," Yang Ming said in a deep voice, slowly hugging Hera.

Hera suddenly collapsed emotionally and sobbed in Yang Ming's arms.

Although Yang Ming's focus may be a little strange in this situation, he clearly feels...

Hera's mood seemed to be back to normal.

Her emotions that had been suppressed and affected before, and the emotional system that she had lost before, seemed to have suddenly recovered at this moment.

She is no longer so compulsively calm and rational.

There were signs of this change before. Yang Ming recalled it carefully, and it was probably around the same time that she adjusted the direction of the experiment and started trying to give instructions to the bugs.

The reason why Hera's emotions were suppressed before was because of the microorganisms in her body?

It's quite magical.

Yang Ming quickly suppressed these thoughts and began to comfort Hera gently.

It stands to reason that in this atmosphere, they can start a great journey of post-war tenderness;

But Hera insisted that they could not engage in any cross-border behavior now and must maintain a certain distance.

This made Yang Ming feel a little annoyed.

Fifteen minutes later, a water-drop-shaped, 500-meter-class large supply ship appeared above the Feinan.

This supply ship is obviously a copy of the latest special ship of the New Federation. The tail of the "water drop" is the engine room and the control room. The nearly three-hundred-meter-diameter circular cavity in front of the "water drop" has a super large volume.

Feinan maintained optical stealth and faced the supply ship.

The outer deck of the supply ship was constantly rotating, and a huge gap slowly opened, swallowing the Feinan in one go.

Subsequently, the supply ship began to coat, jump, and disappeared in this desolate star field.

…

In order to avoid possible pursuit, the supply ship first jumped into the no-man's land within the Sherman Empire, and then jumped four times in a row before returning to the Fallen Wind Empire.

The Dark Star No. 1 supply ship is a support ship tailor-made for the Feinan.

The Feinan docked in the dock, and several huge telescopic mechanical arms immediately pressed over to secure the Feinan firmly.

Dozens of suspended platforms painted silvery white floated forward, forming a stable passage outside Feinan's main cabin door, connecting the luxuriously decorated rest platform.

Hundreds of mechanical guards lined up behind the metal frames on both sides.

Rows of crawler robots quickly passed by the bottom deck and began to perform maintenance on the Feinan.

When the hatch was opened, the mechanical guards and the robots everywhere stopped moving at the same time. These machines with independent thinking bodies inside, at the same time, caressed the chest of their father, the great goddess of law, and saluted.

"is it beautiful?"

Yang Ming asked Hera with a smile, and the latter nodded slightly.

Yang Ming curled his lips and said, "Three hundred million. The total cost of this ship and the machinery inside it. It's all beautiful in exchange for money."

Hera smacked her lips slightly.

Yang Ming remembered something and turned around to wave to 026.

026, who was admiring the scenery inside the ship, immediately ran up and was given a few instructions by Yang Ming to help Hera go to the platform to rest first.

Then, Yang Ming turned to face the black box that could not be seen by outsiders, smiled and said:

"Welcome aboard, Examiner."

The examiner appeared above the black box with his hands behind his back, turning his head and looking around, his eyes full of emotion.

Yang Ming quickly got into the mood and started talking:

"The Luofeng Empire and the surrounding subordinate political systems that you saw before were just the forces I formed on the surface.

“You know, I have no roots, unlike Levi Sherman, who came from a noble family that owned territory and led his family to fight all the way.

“My roots now are these little guys that I personally raised.

“The next thing we are going to is our Dark Star Base No. 2. After Hera is settled, we will go to Base No. 1 for a walk.

"Also, can you guide me? I want to protect my partner. Can we use our existing technology to build a shielding facility to ensure that she is not threatened by the insect swarm?"

The examiner nodded immediately.

"Rules are dead, people are alive. Your cherishment and love for your partner makes me look at you."

The examiner turned his head and looked around. He seemed to be able to see those small mechanical thinking bodies, and his old face was full of emotion.

Even a little moved.

"You have won my respect, Secondary Ancient God Life Form. This is the second time I have said this. All of this is simply unbelievable."

Yang Ming and Lu looked at each other, their expressions tightened, and they continued to remain serious.

Although the Dark Star Project is their backup plan, the original intention is to solve the BUG in the assessment after the efforts to gain power fail;

But from now on, Yang Ming, who has mastered the 'assessment code', has decided that they will control a human force from the beginning in order to better develop the Mechanical Star!

"Clear priorities".

Dark Star's second base was chosen on the abandoned resource star near Luofeng's third administrative star.

The scale of the base here is not too large. Unlike the No. 1 base that goes deep underground to develop an underground city, the No. 2 base is only opened at a depth of two hundred meters above the surface. It relies on three connected abandoned mines, and the construction volume is much smaller.

Nowadays, Base 2 already has the prototype of an underground city.

Its main body consists of a medium-sized shipyard (under construction), two mechanical automatic production workshops, a heavy machinery assembly workshop, and twelve maintenance workshops;

Around these core buildings, residential areas have been built to accommodate thousands of mechanical thinking bodies.

Of course, they have no complaints about the harsh environment, and they are working hard every day for the prosperity of civilization.

Yang Ming introduced the No. 2 base in this way:

"This is a production base, and also a foothold for future foreign trade. In the future, the number of mechanical thinking bodies here will still be controlled at 3,000, and a large number of low-end artificial intelligence machines will be stationed for fully automated production.

"My plan is to let the most outstanding mechanical thinking bodies be stationed here, equipped with a unified and realistic skin, so that they can integrate into human society.

"After all, the thinking blueprints of these mechanical thinking bodies rely on the imitation of human thinking."

"That's right," the examiner said with a smile, "Actually, they are more like extensions of human minds, but without the weak body of human beings."

Yang Ming slightly nodded and said with a smile:

"I and Li have designed a whole set of logical structures, and each area is equipped with a psychological counselor to avoid thinking astray.

"You can browse briefly first. After we build the defensive barrier and settle Hera, I will take you to the No. 1 base right away."

"Let's move quickly," the examiner urged, "I can't wait to announce your assessment results. The method I gave should be very simple."

Law appeared beside him and complained: "It's very simple. Using the biomagnetic field to manipulate particles in the microcosm. Teacher, you haven't considered it. Is it possible that the technology I have mastered at this stage cannot meet this requirement?"

"This," the examiner wondered, "is it difficult to do? Have you only been studying how to make yourself cute in the past few years?"

Li pursed his lips tightly, turned around and disappeared.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "She is really cute."

The examiner shrugged.

After mastering the preferences of the examiner, the next assessment will become extremely smooth.

In particular, they arrived at the dark star after half a day, the capital of darkness and the underground city that had already grown in size, which amazed the examiner.

The existence of the Dark City guarantees the logical commonality between the mechanical thinking body and human beings.

——The thinking body born in it subconsciously thinks that it is a human being.

And this steel city built on the underground ocean maintains the activity of more than 100,000 machines on weekdays, which can already provide hardware support for 60,000 mechanical thinking bodies.

Although in order to support the construction of the No. 2 base, the number of thinking bodies living here is only a few thousand;

But as long as there is an emergency, the Dark City can pull out an army of 60,000 mechanical thinking bodies at any time.

The underground ocean is originally dark, but under the illumination of this mechanical city, there are also patches of light here.

After walking around Base No. 1 for half a circle, Yang Ming parked the hover car near the man-made beach, took the examiner up to a lighthouse-like building, and turned around to look at the entire city.

The examiner's eyes were full of emotion, but he still reminded himself:

"Pay attention to the scale, it must not be too large, otherwise the Faya civilization will treat this place as an omnic crisis.

"Although I am very glad that you can accept the form of mechanical thinking body civilization, the Milky Way is now the territory of human beings, and you still have to make a supplement here, mainly to manage the existing human social order.

"I don't want to find such a good seedling, but it is ruined by Faya unreasonably."

Yang Ming pondered for a few moments: "Is there something concealed in your description of the Faya civilization?"

"Of course," the examiner said with a smile, "when you have more information and a more comprehensive understanding, you can get more truth. The development of civilization is cruel, and there is no emotion at all. To submit to the collective will is the tyranny of the majority."

Yang Ming nodded.

Powerful Faya civilization, cruel Faya game.

"abyss".

Zerg.

Valkyrie threat.

The Luofeng Empire and the main civilization of the Milky Way.

Yang Ming's emotions were very complicated at this moment, but these complicated emotions quickly turned into a shallow smile.

"What do you seem to have figured out?"

The examiner asked with great interest: "Can you share it with me? Before I declare you pass the assessment."

Yang Ming shrugged: "I just thought...Compared to the moment I opened my eyes to recognize this galaxy, I already have a lot now, so why worry too much about the endless crises, to meet and conquer."

"The mentality is good," the examiner's projection left the black box, and he had an extra scroll in his hand, "Okay, I'm going to announce your results next."

Lv appeared in a corner, nervously waiting for the examiner to speak.

"Your first assessment result was excellent, undisputedly excellent, and your score was 126,705.2, 60,000 higher than the baseline.

"I announce that you have passed the first examination of Omnic Twilight.

"Next, you must set aside three months to go to the omnic Twilight to accept the gift of this lost civilization and start a new round of assessment cycle.

"Although the technology given to you after the first round of assessment is only the basic technology for the development of a first-level civilization to a second-level civilization, it is also the cornerstone for you to undertake future high-level technology.

"This assessment has been successfully concluded."

The examiner paused, and the black box became dull at the same time.

Before leaving, the examiner blinked at Yang Ming:

"This time, you can bring a 400-meter-class ship over.

"It's time for me to upgrade your protection measures, the enemies you face are too powerful for you at this stage.

"If my master knew that their successors would be bullied by such humble high-dimensional insects... Oh, that's unimaginable. I would definitely be thrown into the time vortex for hundreds of millions of years."

400-meter class?

A higher-level transformation than the Feinan?

Yang Ming's eyes became extremely shining.

Made!

He had no choice last time, Feinan was his first ship, this time he will get a gunboat with dual main guns!