The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"We were surprised too."

Oregana spread her hands and replied:

"Biologists believe that this may be related to the fact that the dark worm hadn't hatched at that time."

"Not yet hatched? Then how did it spread the plague?" Although Mackenzie has recorded this information, it is already a long time ago. In fact, not many people in this generation have really understood the deep darkness. Insect eggs—or, since the front line was defeated several times, Mackenzie has rarely had a way to study dark insect eggs.All they see is a big adult bug "Wait? Is it?"

The power of the dark worms in this refuge world is very weak. They try to lay eggs here, but the places where they lay eggs are constantly being discovered, so that Tartarus got first-hand accurate information?

"Yes, we have encountered this situation three times." Oregana's words confirmed his conjecture, "The dark worm laid eggs on the ecological planet, and civilization gradually developed during the incubation period. In one case, that civilization desperately fled to The universe, but in the end they didn't have time, they just entered the pre-cosmic era, and they were completely destroyed when the worms rushed out of the planet."

"..."

If so, then their luck is really great.

Orwell can only say this - if the process of the dark swarm eroding a world group is regarded as a disease infecting the human body, then Mackenzie was invaded on a large scale from the very beginning, and there was no defense in all aspects .

It is completely different on the side of the Ministry of Consolidation: the dark worm squeezed in through the gap, and was discovered and annihilated by the troops of the Ministry of Consolidation. When small groups of troops fought, they accumulated experience in fighting the dark worm and recovered the wreckage. The ecology, strengths, weaknesses of the swarm are studied.This is like a detoxified vaccine, it won't cause much damage (compared to Mackenzie's side), but everyone has already figured out how to recognize this thing and how to fight it.

Turn into cosmic white blood cells at any time to smash these invading bacteria and viruses.

"I see……"

"The second time, it's Letitia and the others." Oregana looked at the picture captured on the monitor, and Letitia's engineering team walked along the road in a row, with their backs straight and walking Neat and neat, it looks pleasing to the eye "At that time, there was an egg on the home planet of their hostile civilization-Tankara. The Tankara Wings is a civilization with group consciousness, so in addition to noticing something wrong, self-excision of the link organ Except for a small number of outliers, all others were corrupted by the leaked infection, and attacked Letitia driven by instinct."

"Well……"

Orwell listened carefully, he vaguely felt that this was different from the infection he knew...

"They captured some of the Letitians for food, and this batch of Letitians were later rescued, but at this time the infection had been buried silently, and in the following decades, the infection gradually eroded Quite a few cities were destroyed, and the high-level civilization was also affected by the infection, causing the civilization to shrink back to the parent planet..."

This is completely different from the infection I know!

"Wait? According to our experience, if it is a large-scale infection, the aggressiveness of civilization should increase?" He said immediately, "Why did it shrink instead?"

Immediately after infection, try to find a way to spread, and possibly move forward with the dark worm army, this is the normal practice of the infected body.You have been infected by the dark worm, and you still stay at home like a dead house, and you can’t even infect a single ball for tens of hundreds of years. Why is your infected body so embarrassing?

And Oregana gave the explanation derived from the current research:

"We believe that the infected are actually controlled by the dark worm itself."

"Ok?"

"Infected individuals are actually merged into the thinking of 'that one' dark worm." She said seriously, "They have become an extension of its consciousness, just like limbs outside the body."

"In theory, it should be so." The old captain responded.

"So, what if the dark worm itself is unconscious at that time?"

"Um……?"

On the Golden Compass, if "the infection breaks out immediately if the connection is lost, and the infection spreads immediately" is regarded as the pre-embedded activation condition, everything can be explained clearly.But Mackenzie did not record the unconscious dark worms - the dark worms they saw were a group of clear-minded, purposeful things, what to do was clear, and there was never any [Where am I] [Who is here] and so on.Although not everyone has advanced intelligence, at least they know what to do.

Unconscious eggs... This is really untouched...

"Still in the state of an egg, the 'control' of the dark worms on the infected body is like talking in sleep... Or, like a hint, this hint expands the instinct of the creature itself, but on a larger level Yes. Tankara was affected, and the expansion element in their instincts was affected, so they began to attack Letitia, and when she was infected, Letitia was in a state of being frightened, wanting to protect herself, and looking for The part that is huddled in a safe place is enlarged. Although not all of them are infected, as the infection gradually expands, public opinion will naturally be biased towards the infected group, so..."

"So everyone went into hiding?"

"Yes."

Although it was just a conjecture, Oregana believed that this was already very close to reality.Ligru said that she didn't know at all, and the reason was clear——

I said, do you remember when you were in your mother's womb?I do not remember.

However, it also stated that the analysis by the relevant researchers of Tartarus is very reliable, so everyone is currently focusing on this as a subject in the Consolidation Department.

"Ancestor..." Captain Orwell let out a deep sigh, he sighed heavily, and continued to ask, "Then what happened next?"

"Later, after we discovered the eggs of the dark worm, we wiped out the home planet of the flappers, Tankara's habitat." "Then found a new home for the uninfected outliers, and they should be in the Live hard."

"What about the third one?"

"The third one is okay. The local intelligent race is basically not infected. When we arrived, the degree of infection was very slight, and only some low-level creatures mutated. We migrated the intelligent race to an artificial dome on another planet, and found The new planet helped them settle and destroyed the egg. It certainly wasn't good for civilization, but there was no other choice."

It was at that time that Oregana became obsessed with saving people... Maybe it was earlier?She couldn't explain it herself.

"Sometimes, in order to survive...you have to give up something." Hearing her words, Orwell was filled with emotion—they had long been used to saving civilization, and the third one was entrapped by the dark worm and was killed by the dark worm. The civilization that has been forced to leave its homeland has always aroused Orwell's empathy, "Did that civilization also join the Consolidation Department? I would like to meet them."

"I haven't joined yet, I'm afraid I have to wait for their technology tree to climb for a while." Oregana shook her head, but said, "But the meeting is still okay. Let's arrange it later."

"thank you very much."

"Because of these examples, our idea is—" After talking about a lot of examples, Oregana concluded that "the plague itself and the infection are controlled by the dark worm itself. If the dark worm has not hatched, it will have no effect on the plague." The level of control is minimal or nonexistent, and maternal death results in the death of the infected."

After listening to Orwell, he thought for a few seconds, his lips moved slightly, and said as if he remembered something:

"It seems that there is no problem, but I still have a doubt..."

PS3: Although a few hours late, we are still here! 0w0

Chapter 532 Chapter 482: Undiscovered hidden danger

After listening to Orwell, he thought for a few seconds, his lips moved slightly, and said as if he remembered something:

"It seems that there is no problem, but I still have a doubt..."

His expression was very serious, and Oregana didn't dare to take it seriously, because he was Mackenzie's old commander.Although it's been a long time since the Mackenzie fought the Dark Worms, they still have the most contact with the Dark Worms.

The people of Mackenzie have been receiving this kind of education since they were young. They memorize the habits, weaknesses, fighting methods and other attributes of the dark worms as easily as Meowpas playing the clarinet. 》 as smooth.It was even included in the examination category, making everyone remember it in an almost coercive way.

It is conceivable that during the voyage of the Ark Fleet, the children in the school silently wrote down the types of dark worms, wrote a wrong word and copied it ten times, and they were not allowed to go home until they finished copying...

The knowledge that is forced to learn, although the learning process will make people feel uncomfortable when they are not sensible, but when everyone understands the meaning of this, they will keep in mind and study and think about it.And Orwell, the old man, has obviously been researching and thinking about this for a lifetime. Since he said that he found something suspicious, it must not be ignored just like an NT saying to you [I have a hunch].

"Excuse me, what is the doubt?"

Orwell thought for a moment and asked:

"Do most of the dark worm eggs you found exist alone? I mean, is there anything next to it?"

Oregana blinked and recalled.

Eggs are basically solitary, with only one egg on a planet.Except for a broken galaxy encountered very early, there was one on each planet, and all of them collapsed when they came out of the shell.But that's not what he meant...was he talking about the side of the egg?

Almost immediately, she thought of what she encountered when digging eggs on Chicken Thieves (a temporary name, because it has six limbs so four arms)——

At that time, the propagandists of the Ansador family were evacuating the natives on the planet. The small ship they were carrying the equipment hit something before entering the atmosphere... It was a small dark worm unit, with a long axis less than Ten kilometers long, it looks like a brain floating in the universe. In addition to the big eyes and long eye stalks of the dark worm that can be used as the symbol of the dark worm, there are also a large number of carrier-based aircraft-grade thick and long nerve cords on it. .

Although the defense of this thing is not high, Oregana feels afraid because it looks too much like a detector, and its action mode of sneaking away as soon as it is discovered.The commander at the time ordered an action blockade on it. After paying a small price for several warships and pilots, the iron-fisted Mayu Asuka opened the anchoring system of the fin whale-class industrial flagship "Bone Picker", and the I fixed myself in the space, and killed it with the skilled cosmic CQC technique [Mijin Cihang].

Subsequent autopsy found that, except for the effective detection system and transition system, any technical indicators on this thing were not up to the level of conventional dark worms. According to its technology and capabilities, the Integration Department registered it as a newly discovered subspecies "Monitor" level.And the wreckage after research was used by Oregana to scare Khorne, and during that period of time, she successfully suppressed the mood of the skull harvester and stimulated the skull harvester's sense of competition.

For a long time after that, he hunted and killed huge aliens and offered the severed heads before the brass throne. As a result, none of the heads was bigger than the big head of the monitor class.In the end, the skull pickers managed to catch a giant cephalopod wandering in the universe. After fighting against the energy siphon for hundreds of hours, they finally cut off all the arms and legs of this octopus that usually passed through the innocent universe. What's under it is all heads.Take a ruler and measure it—hey!Finally surpassed! (Long sigh of relief)

At this time, the blood god, who was as displeased as the machine soul used to watch small movies, no longer wanted to explain to his subordinates that cephalopods didn't mean that only the head would be left after the legs were cut off...

At that time, because there were too few clues and information, the Ministry of Consolidation was unable to study what the simultaneous appearance of the egg and the strange monitor represented, so it became a no-head case and was shelved.The information collected on this incident has been kept at the top of everyone's database, so that everyone can see it every day, and if there is any new discovery, it can be reported immediately.

So when Orwell mentioned it, Oregana immediately reacted, and she nodded seriously:

"It did. The third time, we tried to take out the eggs embedded in the planet for research. As a result, when we were evacuating the people, a ship hit the dark worm that was silently waiting in the universe—you see , probably like this."

While talking, Oregana hugged the big cat from her lap to the ground, then took out the personal information terminal, called up the image captured by the bone picker at that time and projected it:

"Look, this is it."

"Well……"

The old man stroked his beard and squinted his eyes carefully at the picture.When he saw the brain-shaped monster appearing in the image, a grim expression appeared on his face:

"It's actually this thing! Besides it, where are the other bugships?"

Oregana noticed Orwell's expression, and Gordon suddenly felt in her heart:

"No, nothing else was found besides it. Do you know this one?"

"Of course I do!" Orwell took a sip of Coca-Cola, but he couldn't control it, coughing repeatedly from choking.After he calmed down with difficulty, the look in his eyes had turned into hatred, "Of course I know it! According to records, when the troops retreated, they would see this thing in the fallen galaxy. Its combat ability is very weak. An example of a cruiser destroying it by a single ship, but the actual number of firefights is very small..."

"Because they usually retreat by then?"

The old captain said angrily:

"Yes, because they are already retreating."

Oregana carefully observed his expression. This is not the expression that people who read the information from books would have——his expression contained hatred and disgust, but the ability of the Great Demon of Khorne made Oregia Na also read a hint of fear in it.

emmm... The ability to search for enemies and collect heads on the battlefield has been used by you in other places!

Oregana, the Great Demon of Khorne—the ability to read air. (nod)

In short, anyway, reading history books will make you hate, loathe, but not fear to this degree.Oregana was almost certain that Orwell had seen this thing with his own eyes.

"Have you... seen this kind of bug before?"

The old man nodded silently. He put the empty cup on the bar. The young girl with long pink hair and long hair, dressed in a maid outfit, asked energetically:

"Want another drink?"

"Well, it's the same as before, thank you, little..." Orwell turned his head and almost held his breath, "No...Master Nono?!"

"Fuck?!" Oregana was stunned, she had just noticed that the waiter in this bar was actually this great god.Her eyes drifted back and forth on Nuonuo's hands, until the queen... Liu Lizi grabbed her by the nape of the neck from behind (this person has already been touched by the queen's killer!) (Fog) and then returned to normal "Nonuo ! Why are you here?!"

The girl of the decisive battle between the stars carefully poured the drink into the cup, and a strand of hair fell from her forehead. She deftly smoothed the messy hair with the dull hair, and said with a smile:

"I came to help with my elder sister, but I found that I was clumsy and couldn't drive construction machinery. My elder sister originally wanted me to go back first, but I still wanted to do some work within my ability. After much deliberation, this is the only suitable place. "

"It feels...it's different from Mr. Nuonuo in my impression..." Orwell's expression was a bit complicated, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "I think it should be more..."

The long hair like flames moves automatically without wind in the universe, and the huge Busta army gathers behind him. A single shot of BUSTER BEAM can cut the planet like watermelon, jump into the deep space and use the super lightning kick. Extinguish the destructive prominence of the supermothership class——In the eyes of the Mackenzie people, Nuonuo is such a ruthless character, strong, shining, beautiful, and otherworldly.

Turning around to look... emmm, is it the same person as Tianrandai?

This is not a superficial and unclear question of whether a beautiful girl idol can go to the toilet, but a new eggman pilot accidentally discovered that the Titan ship in the Legion hangar not only can cook, likes comics, and even raises Looking at the fact that cats are so shocking...

What are you doing this is!

"When I wasn't the ultimate weapon, I was an ordinary girl." Nuonuo smiled and served drinks to the two, and spilled a little because of her clumsiness. "Please don't mind, Captain."

"Uh... oh..." Orwell was always at a loss, as if he was a British soldier in 2018, and King Arthur suddenly appeared in front of him in a maid costume and poured himself a glass of wine...

Oh my god, the timing seems to be pretty subtle. (cover face)