Returning from the abyss

Chapter 516 Traceback
"Navy... is actually better. You won't have a very intuitive sense of the number of casualties, press the button, activate the weapon, and death is at least tens of thousands of kilometers away from you... You can even treat it as an accident .”

"Thanks, but I'm going to be in the Army."

"...Have you thought about it clearly? The current interstellar battlefield is completely different from the former home planet. The continuation of the war is not measured in years, but decades, and it may also be a hundred years. There are countless soldiers who have psychological problems on the battlefield. Because it's too long. A tough person can endure more than ten years of killing, but no matter what kind of mind it is impossible to remain motionless in death."

"Yes, I have read some information. Although the name has been concealed because of confidentiality work, I can still see some clues. But I choose the army. No, I don't mean to blame the navy and your mentality. After all, I want a normal As time goes on, people always have to find some psychological treatment for themselves. But I want to understand those deaths."

"You're still young."

"So, I can bear more deaths than anyone else."

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"team leader?"

Lu Ning opened her eyes and yawned slightly. Her gaze swept across the screen in front of her. The self-cleaning system was working normally, the communication work in multiple areas had been restored, and the wandering Eudemons had been reactivated for internal defense. removed by the system.

Most of the mechanized work in the outpost has long since been automated.Lu Ning doesn't need to fully restore the research facilities and other parts that require manual participation, so her team can control the entire outpost with ease.

Then, she turned her head to look at the bayonet, the person who had just called her.

"Didn't you say that you can move freely? Now the system is running automatically, no manual effort is required."

"Uh..." The bayonet stuck, "I have something to report."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Do you remember the original egg? The one we found before, buried in the ruins. The brush went after the area was cleaned up, and many people insist that it is too dangerous to come into contact with Eudemons again now, In short... everyone has some disagreements."

"Where's Josh?"

"He said he had no objection, and Yang Hao felt that this was tacit approval." Bayonet's tone was a little anxious.

"Well, what's your opinion?"

"I don't agree."

Lu Ning looked at the bayonet, thought for a moment before saying, "Bayone, in terms of experience in this team, you may be the least outstanding one."

"Uh...I know." Bayonet nodded, "Everyone is amazing, even insect bait has profound knowledge of pharmacology, and I even only..."

"I'm not sarcasm or accusation, bayonet. You've done a lot in this operation, no one will take you lightly, and you know as much about firearms as worm bait does about medicine. I mean ...Haven't you noticed that your intuition is actually very sharp and accurate?"

"Huh?" The bayonet was stunned.

"I have seen many soldiers. Years of tactical literacy, battlefield experience, and fighting instinct... These allow them to make correct judgments before the body reacts. Coincidentally, you are exactly the same as them. Bayonet, you have Talent, I don’t know how this kind of talent is stimulated the day after tomorrow, but judging from your performance along the way, your judgment in an instant is often correct, you need to be confident.”

"Really? Oh! That's Captain. Do you agree with me?"

"Well, the containment room has been cleaned. I ordered Yanghao not to conduct any research work on the egg without my permission. You can go and notify now."

"Yes!" Bayonet turned around and left immediately, and his steps were much lighter.

"Ah... being a leader is also quite difficult." Lu Ning shook her head with a smile, pressed a communication button in front of her, and connected the communication button.

"This is BW-001, Outpost No. 10, and I am the captain here. Please report the team number and outpost number."

"DU-003, I'm at Outpost 48, good morning, Mo Ningyan."

After a second of silence, the other party spoke again.

"I said my name in the communication unit, but I was specifically called by this name. I think we probably know each other."

"That's right. Didn't you come to find me specially?"

"Is that Lu Ning?"

"Your tone is quite calm. I originally thought that there was a deep hatred between us in your opinion. It was so big that the Rosicrucian would intervene to control the problems between us. Now it seems a bit overwhelmed?"

"... People often have serious guesses about things that they can't judge, but it's not wrong." Mo Ningyan turned off the sound filtering system and restored the original tone, "Sure enough, you are not unsuspecting."

"Ah, since I have been reminded, I naturally need to take a closer look at the situation. If you can be accepted by the Rose Cross, then at least the bottom line of character is guaranteed, and most of the time I have parties with dolls in the scenes. The villains are hostile, and you should have nothing to do with those people. In this way, the scope is almost narrowed."

"You probably didn't expect so many things at the time."

"No, I'm very clear... the past will keep coming back to you like ghosts, trying to drag you back into the abyss of the past. It's just that the incident with Carl is not that serious. Now that Robert has returned safely, I think you will also Know exactly what the situation is."

"Yes, Karl made a choice that he would make himself, no matter how I simulate, he will definitely bear that part of the responsibility."

"May I ask about your relationship?"

"Karl saved my life at the first level. He has been taking care of me since the beginning of my growth. Although sometimes he behaves unreliably, he is worthy of respect as an elder."

"Um……"

"Then, in a test field with some serious results, I managed to survive and tried to go back to share this joy with Karl...Uncle Robert told me that Karl is no longer here." Mo Ningyan said calmly, " You have already reached the third level, so you should be aware of this feeling. We are always ready for an unexpected departure, but when it really arrives, it still seems that we are not ready for anything."

"...Okay, I understand."

"So I want to avenge you - if I don't do this, I will owe myself something in my heart. I understand the situation of your confrontation, and I also know the difficulties of confronting tourists in the scene, but all of this can never escape the fact: Carl disappearance, and you played a big part in that."

"Yes."

"I will do my best, Lu Ning. You can take this as a joke, a test, or whatever. But I never joke. In this scene, I will show what I have learned from previous experiences , Destroy everything arranged in the distribution center, stop me, or survive from it, no matter what you do is your freedom, we have a clear feeling for victory between each other, no referee is needed."

"Alright, I'd like to see your methods too." Lu Ning said, "But I really didn't expect that I would have the honor of being revenged one day. Thank you for your communication."

"It's okay, I don't mind small talk."

Lu Ning smiled and cut off the communication.Then she stood up and walked to another workbench.

At this time, except for Long Mai, Spider Silk and Qiu Shu who were still on the job, no one else was in the central control room.The previous chaos at the outpost was not simply caused by Eudemons, but also by that special disease.Don't worry about this now, and when the threatening Eudemons can't see a single one, the security of the cleaned block is quite guaranteed.

"Captain, good news, we have resumed most of the workshops in the production block." Seeing Lu Ning approaching, Longmai happily reported to her, "Now the ore mining machine has restarted, and we can produce collection robots for the surrounding Resources have been collected. Of course, I replaced the original old design with the latest structural drawings, at least to ensure that the work efficiency of the robot will increase by about 60% compared to before."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Hahaha, it's not hard, Captain. You have to know that I have long wanted to try this feeling of building my own fully automated mechanical defense base step by step, just like playing a real real-time strategy game. I didn't expect it There is still this kind of opportunity in this life, if you will allow me to install some small things of my own design, we can even..."

"It's best not to come to me for approval, I just don't know." Lu Ning interrupted him immediately.

"Hey! I just said it out and tried it. Captain, you are really willing to let us do it!"

"I let the worm bait develop his talent, let the bayonet cultivate her self-confidence, and of course give you the opportunity to show yourself. You can do whatever you want without threatening the safety of the team."

"Are all the soldiers of the alliance like you? Then what kind of underground research institute should I set up? Wouldn't it be better for me to sign up to join the army directly."

"...not all, every officer has his own style, and I just don't like completely unified subordinates."

Lu Ning patted Longmai's shoulder and walked towards the spider silk.

As a medical soldier, Spider Silk itself also has research on biology and other related subjects. Under the premise that insect bait and brush are somewhat unreliable, Spider Silk can be said to be the only stable researcher that can be counted on.Of course, her current workload is also very heavy. She is checking the previous Phantom Beast records through the restored database, and comparing them with the previous videos to determine the nature and characteristics of each Phantom Beast.And this will also be limited by the constraints of the old system many years ago, and the speed is not very fast.

"Spider silk, what did you find?"

"Captain? Oh, that... The number of samples of Eudemons discovered around this outpost is actually not many, only 33 types, but the database contains a large number of samples received from other outposts before, with a total of more than a thousand types. Moreover, the records are detailed, and it will take a lot of time for me to browse through them all, and this does not include research reports and papers..."

"What? There's no way to publish any papers in this place?" Longmai also heard the conversation here, and asked loudly.

"I don't know if it's because of this hobby or when I was preparing for the development of the phantom star to grab the first announcement. In short, it is cheaper for us now. Hmm... Among the more than a thousand phantom beasts, a total of five B-level phantom beasts have been discovered. species, but they all live in extreme terrains such as polar regions, high mountains, deep seas, and rift valleys. It seems that there are no B-level Eudemons reports in our hilly areas. There are more C-level monsters. I think the mountains and forests outside There will probably be one or two C-rank Eudemons."

"Well, but don't ignore it. This is old information from a long time ago. If the speed of change of those phantom beasts can be affected by diseases, then even a short period of twenty years is enough for them to double in number and type. times." Lu Ning exhorted.

"Yes! Captain, but creatures can never exist without the past. How they evolve and mutate, it is still valuable to study their ancestors." Spider Silk said with a smile.

"Okay, go on with your work, and take a rest if you're tired...Josh, where are you?"

"Archives." Qiu Shu replied briefly, and then explained in detail, "I have carried out data recovery on some previously damaged modules, in order to try to extract some of the conditions in the outpost when the disaster occurred, whether it is sound, text or Image records. But there are many damaged parts. I am trying to filter some useful things from them, trying to form a complete time series. But I want to really use this outpost to restore what happened at that time. It's hard, Captain."

"I know, but we can't easily contact other teams so quickly."

"Oh? I don't quite know the reason for this."

"The composition of the team is very complicated, and while our freedom of movement on the phantom star has given us great convenience, it has also given us the soil for competition. I can't guarantee the character of some team leaders."

"That's a serious accusation," Josh said.

Lu Ning sneered.

"You and I know very well that the people who can come here have some circumstances. Even if it is 120 five teams, you feel that you really don't know anything about it. You are dedicated to acting for the alliance, and you are willing to take care of the captains of the other teams. How many?"

"Ah, then I have to say... none of them." Qiu Shu also smiled, "We always keep the bottom line at the lowest level, and then we can't do higher things. Even soldiers, everyone The gap between them is quite large.”

"Now we don't need to hide it." Lu Ning raised her hand and turned off a recording button on the clothing, "I don't know your resume, but I believe that every soldier who comes here will know everything. Qiu Forgive me, let’s exchange information, on this phantom star, how many 'troubles' from within us need to beware of?"

Josh did the same.

"I can't guarantee this to you, captain, you know the style of the military department. Soldiers like us are not capable of investigating who has accepted the call. After all, the warships that shuttle between the stars never stop. Except for the Marshal and the Chief of Staff, no one knows who was on those ships."

"Speak straight."

"I only know that one of my former bosses, Lu Lin, was transferred from the team at about the same time as me. She didn't have any military exploits or special contributions during that time, and her tenure was not yet expired. It shouldn't have happened."

"Ah... that's enough." Lu Ning laughed, "So I can't escape either."

(End of this chapter)