The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

They scrambled and scrambled to withdraw from this 'ghost town', and called for heavy firepower to come to support-although everyone didn't know what they were going to blow up, but... but seeing the barrel of the gun made me feel at ease, right?

When the reinforcements arrived, the sun had already risen the next day.In the sunshine, all the missing residents actually 'returned'.

However, it was not those people who came back.None of the reported individuals exist in official records, and every original colonist has disappeared.It looks like everyone has been completely replaced by strangers, and while being questioned at gun point by chaotic soldiers, they all swear they are loyal citizens of the Galactic Empire and feel heartfelt about the soldier's attitude puzzled.At all interrogations, the men denied any confusion, and they insisted that officials were wrong.

"Then what happened after that?" Oregana felt a little guilty when she heard it... This is a strange phenomenon unique to the vicinity of the subspace.If the impact is not deep, just hear some vague whispers, this kind of people in the whole city have been replaced, local space changes, and young people have mental disorders in a short period of time, which means that the impact is already super serious .

Although she is not afraid of the warp, when she hears this kind of story, she still feels like looking for some pillows, blankets, cats and the like to cuddle with.Obviously, both sides are familiar things, how can they become this kind of SAN loss when they are mixed together? (cover face)

"Later, for some unknown reason, the giant beetle managed to break through the magnetic field barrier and hit the colony causing huge damage. At that time, the chief executive's daughter survived and successfully left the planet with the survivors. In the following years , The colonies disappeared without a trace one after another, I don’t know if they disappeared in place, or they sank into the ground due to geological changes.”

When she said this, she picked up the Coke cup and took a sip:

"However, the authenticity is not guaranteed. After all, it is just a story passed down by word of mouth in the family. There is no information to prove it, and it is even different from the version circulated outside. There is also a special movie made by a director. Do you want to watch it? Yes immersive experience."

Oregana's lips moved slightly. She felt that this story should be the most reliable version - after all, the stories passed down by word of mouth within the families of the witnesses must have much smaller deviations than those outside.This is like a game of spreading rumors. If ten people spread the word, the degree of deviation must be less than 1 people.

Although Jasmine Fragrance is just listening to it as a story.

If the infiltration of the subspace was really severe to this extent, then those creatures called "giant beetles" by the locals are not just ordinary creatures with strong muscles and big heads... She mentioned The giant beetle finally broke through the magnetic field interference barrier that was able to stop them before, which shows that they have changed to a certain extent during that time.

Perhaps, from the beginning, the evolution process of this creature has been disturbed by the warp?Or to put it another way, it is gradually evolving to adapt to the subspace.Maybe at some point in the future, they can really successfully sneak into the subspace, and maybe they can live well in the cracks in the world.

"...Also, forget it." Oregana shook her head, "We're not very used to things like horror movies."

"Are you still afraid of horror movies?"

"We go into battle mode whenever we get scared."

"I understand……"

"But this planet is really evil." Jasmine clicked a few times on the keyboard of her personal laptop, and opened a picture, which was the little creatures with unique purple plate-shaped structures on Tokaga. Dude, it's just these little things that are dangerous—biologists who tried to study the ecology of these animals in the past basically ended up insane."

A voice joined the conversation between the two, it was the scythe of war:

"Because this is a true subspace creature."

"Subspace creatures?" Jasmine is no stranger to this concept, and she has even seen it more than once—sometimes the route is too 'deep', and it is possible to see some chaotic giants in the space. appearing and disappearing in the turbulent flow.Seeing those things is not a pleasant experience, and sometimes it can even lead to nightmares for days.But these little creatures bouncing on the surface of Tokaga didn't feel like "will they stay outside for a long time?"

"Being near the 'hole' is not much different from standing directly in the subspace." War Scythe explained, and then turned to Oregana and said, "It's probably the scary eye of the trumpet, and the range of influence probably won't be large." More than one planet, but the impact intensity is not much discounted."

"That's right, the subspace here is different from ours..."

"If there have been large-scale battles in the past, the subspace will not be very friendly. Of course, the things affected will not be friendly." The war scythe showed a thoughtful expression, "When something happens to the colony, or even the time when the giant beetle changes It's the age of war, right?"

"Indeed." Jasmine nodded honestly. She felt that she was getting into some very dangerous knowledge, but her curiosity still drove her to ask, "What do you mean by that?"

"The subspace is like a mirror," Scythe of War thought for a while, and described it as simply as possible. "Affected by the dreams and nightmares outside, the subspace changes like tides. If everyone in a world is doing well, then the subspace It will become harmonious and lovely, but if everyone is having a miserable life, the subspace will truthfully reflect the mood of the people outside—but usually, because there are more miserable lives than good ones, the subspace basically In the process of war or natural disaster, this badness will be doubled, and it will be many years after the end of the war that it will return to a chaotic state with no or less bias.”

"In this way, it seems that some navigators have mentioned that in the years just after the war, it was more difficult to walk in the corridor..." Jasmine Xiang showed a thoughtful expression, "So that's the case, I thought it was selling qualifications Spraying young people is not as good as the next generation."

"I think selling qualifications must be a part of it..."

Speaking of this...

War Scythe suddenly remembered something, and the expression on his face suddenly became very exciting - he took out his personal terminal, connected it to the nerve port, and started calculating on his own.

If the impact of the subspace near those 'holes' is so serious, then how did this kind of civilization develop on the earth that is also a 'hole'?

He called up the spatial signals and compared them carefully one by one, and it took him a long time to discover the problem.

The 'holes' in the earth look similar to other holes, but are completely different in nature.For example, if the hole in other places is similar to the hole in the cheese, which is produced by itself due to raw material problems and production technology during the generation, then the hole on the earth is dug out by humans later... Moreover, the 'hole' It was formed very late, that is, only a century ago.

A century ago, a 'hole' appeared in the earth.

A century ago, the war ended in the solar system, and only the record of the beginning of this grand battle known as the "Homecoming Battle" is clear. The record is quite the opposite.

A century ago, three super battleships using antimatter engines of unknown origin sank near the earth, and the remaining one became a ghost ship. Captain Harlock and the crew on the ship are now wandering the world as undead monsters .And it seems that it intends to restart the universe by setting time-space shock warheads in each hole.

A century ago, after the end of the war, the Sanction Committee of Gaia positioned the earth as a holy place, and everyone was not allowed to approach it. After a long period of time, the world continued to build defense facilities around the earth and increase the size of the fleet.

These things were like scattered pearls, suddenly strung together in a string.

What happened to Earth at that point in time?Hallock was evidently there at the time, but what was his role there?

If you can know what happened at that time, you can know the motives for doing these things.

Seeing Scythe of War staring at the screen in a daze, the expression on his face fluctuating, Jasmine scratched the back of her head:

"Then again, how can we get rid of the bugs? Orbital bombing was possible before, but now we don't know the location of the bomb. If we bomb the giant beetle accidentally hit the bomb... we need to find it The frequency of the magnetic field disruptor used by later researchers?"

"No, the giant beetle has already broken through the magnetic field barrier. This thing is unreliable." The Scythe of War shook his head. "It feels like they are creatures with a high affinity for the subspace, so we can try that method..."

"what way?"

Facing the suspicious eyes of the two, War Scythe pushed his sunglasses and said seriously:

"Poison."

"what?"

Chapter 770 Asking for a day off, tomorrow will be updated normally, and the day after tomorrow will make up the chapters owed today

I'm really sorry everyone, I really can't stand it anymore. (cover face)

Due to various situations in the past few days, I have had a big problem with sleep... After trying to write down the full attendance of the last few days of January, I really can't hold it today (cover my face )

We have to sleep well for a day, so we can't make up the chapters tomorrow, we can only update normally, and come to make up the microphone the day after tomorrow (cover face)

After that, if there are no accidents, we will update one or two chapters every week while ensuring that the main text is updated every day.

I'm really sorry, please continue to support me in the future (bow)

Chapter 771 Chapter 697: Are you a drug dealer ten years ago!

The shuttle in the atmosphere galloped on the ground reflecting the white sky, the roar of the air cushion engine and the ion thruster vibrating in the air of 1.1 atmospheres, the fully armed Oregana was sitting in the driver's seat, and the totem of Khorne was on the back. Glittering in the roaring dust.

This reminded her of the time when she was racing in the desert with everyone a long time ago, but she bumped into a sandworm that suddenly rushed out and wiped out.As for why the sandworm suddenly rushed out of the sand at that time, after investigation, it was found that it was just frightened by the roar of the engine, and then fled instinctively.

The current situation is similar to that at that time. The wind pressure kicked up sand and dust, which continuously impacted the front windshield polymer glass. There were crackling and crashing sounds from all around the car body, mixed with the sound of the engine, and played a hymn of speed together.

If it is an ordinary person without experience, it is impossible to drive this machine to display this kind of performance-the current speed is close to [-] kilometers per hour. To three hundred or even four hundred kilometers per hour.But this is not a smooth track like a formula car race, but the surface of an alien planet that is constantly trembling, collapsing, and even lava spews out.The only ordinary people who can achieve this speed in this kind of passage are the famous plumber and his happy friends, right?

Mario racing or something...

But are those people really 'ordinary people'?

Oregana shook her head, throwing these messy thoughts out of her head, and the data from the rear-view radar was transmitted to her brain through a neural link——the behemoth behind was still following, following at a speed no less than her own .The huge body kept jumping on the unstable geological structure, which was the main reason for the turbulent ground.

Unexpectedly, after this thing jumped out of the ground completely, its total length exceeded 900 meters, which was longer than the wingspan of the Crow-class battleship (806 meters).If you put this thing on the crow class, it's probably like putting dried bacon on a rack to dry...

Counting 10 minutes ago, the chief agent of poisoning, Nurgle Daemon 76, was dropped into the target area of ​​Tokaga.The scanning ship at the orbital altitude found the only giant beetle within a radius of 76 kilometers. It was parked under a crack and entered a static state, perhaps exchanging gas with the outside world.And [-] threw a jar of green gel through the crack and onto the monster's back.

Of course, the impact of this kind of small thing will not disturb the dream of the giant beetle. From the feeling point of view, this is not much more painful than being hit by a small stone.

Then, Oregana obeyed 76's instructions and sat on an atmospheric shuttle on a flat ground two kilometers away. A booster device was installed to enhance its subspace atmosphere.In general, it is how to ridicule.

' After a while, the worm rushed out of it, you took it around in circles to consume its energy, and when it got tired, we held it down. '

This instruction is simple and easy to understand, and Oregana gave her a thumbs up—this is simple, leave it to us!But what exactly is the plague you released?

76 At this time, she was just planning to enter the landing ship to take off. When she got to the door, she heard this and turned around. She didn't wear a standard suit. She was directly exposed to a different planet because she was a Nurgle with stronger vitality than a cockroach. In the atmosphere, the dull hair on the head shook slightly twice, leaving three words:

Aphobia.

emmm... Well, for this kind of creature that lives underground, this kind of plague is really terrible.

I always feel that in the free demon, why is it that you are the only one who paid for it?Is it too strong in terms of performance?This doesn't feel right. (cover face)

However, it is obvious that this kind of weird plague is often seen, but the plague that is really extremely lethal and destructive has never been produced... Could it be that I just received a free expansion pack while doing the event? of?

Afterwards, the giant beetle sprang out from the ground in a jerk. Its posture was not much different from that of the audience who was frightened by a ghost that suddenly appeared on the screen while watching a horror movie.But the scale is completely different - smashing the ground, the giant jumping out of the lava, giving people the most intuitive feeling is that a mountain is raised out of thin air on the ground.

The broken rocks that erupted fell like raindrops. At this time, the safe distance of two kilometers seemed to be a joke... For a behemoth with a body length of nearly 1000 meters, 2000 meters is not safe at all.And in the perception of this almost crazy creature tortured by fear, there happened to be a very eye-catching thing ahead, so it immediately chased after it as 76 predicted.

In her words, it was forced to rush to the ground by fear of lows, and immediately felt uneasy because the ground above the ground was not its living space. It's physically distracting, maybe... scared to death.For research, it is better to be alive than dead.

So it has been chasing Oregana for more than half an hour, and it still has no intention of stopping.Although the pair of incomparably huge jaws around her mouth were not sharp, because of its larger appearance than a frigate, Oregana's scalp felt numb.

"How is this thing still so lively!" Oregana yelled in the communication, while avoiding the jointed limbs that fell with the force of the ground (literally, without exaggeration), "It's been running for more than half an hour , how long can it run?"

[I think it should be soon. ] 76's voice sounded directly in his head instead of his ears [The plague has been forcing it to run at the highest intensity, and the body may soon be unable to hold on. 】

"Is it because of lack of stamina?"

[Not only that, but also hypothermia. 】

After all, this kind of creature is an underground activity with intense volcanic activity. It usually digs in rock formations with hundreds of degrees, and can even take a walk in magma.The temperature in the atmosphere is indeed a bit low for it. The 'cold', fatigue and fear weakened the monster's physical strength all the time, and Oregana also began to gradually notice that compared to the moment at the beginning, the activity intensity of the giant beetle was gradually decreasing.

She slowed down, kept a suitable relative distance from the giant beetle, and asked while being careful of flying stones:

"However, something like 'phobia' can really be made? We always feel that your plague is too omnipotent, isn't it?"

Regarding this, the dumb hair on 76's head shook a few times, and then said proudly:

[Stimulate the brain, stimulate a specific instinct, and induce fear, which is very easy - although my plague seems to have gone beyond the category of 'disease', it has begun to look like a 'curse' or a meme Things like pollution actually have a very simple principle.I'm just using simple principles to achieve complex effects, which are all based on careful research. 】

Most of those weird plagues are achieved by controlling tissue proliferation and dopamine secretion, and inhibiting or increasing dopamine receptors on cells.Because of the different body structures, the same plague can only have an effect on a single creature, and if you want to achieve the same effect on other creatures, you have to develop a new plague from scratch.

Developed for the dark worm [the disease that makes the eyes more and more itchy if you don’t rub your eyes], there are now more than 40 different varieties, but the individual differences between the dark worms are not small, so even 76 It is not known whether these plagues will come in handy on future battlefields.

This time, the fear of hypophobia is a "temporary" plague developed through the sporadic information obtained by the scanning ship, and the partial gene chain restored from the body shell fragments and body fluids of the giant beetle collected from the surface.

When organisms have not yet evolved to be able to produce thinking, they need to be able to avoid harm in time. Individuals in a species have an instinct to avoid different things due to various random variations.When the avoidance instinct for a certain thing can make individuals with this instinct have a higher chance of survival, the proportion of such individuals in the population will become larger and larger, and this avoidance instinct can be continued .

At the beginning, this "instinct" was just some biochemical mechanism; later, this "instinct" was an escape response specially controlled by a certain neural circuit; In addition to the avoidance response of the human body, the nervous system will also produce an avoidance response to something new or a certain type of thing according to life experience and environmental changes; when the nervous system evolves more and more complex and produces thinking, this avoidance mechanism produces This emotion is what we know as 'fear'.

And even in giant beetles, this escape response persists.

Starting from this aspect, the method adopted by 76 is to start with the "escape response" of the giant beetle, making it feel fear and escape from the underground where it lives.

[Advanced intelligent creatures can fight against fear because reason suppresses instinct, which is a necessary condition for the birth of civilization. 】76 looked at the giant carapace monster running on the ground while dripping foam and liquid from the corner of its mouth, and sighed slightly【But this big guy has no rationality at all, it’s just a beast acting on instinct—then from If we start with instinct, we can control everything about it. 】

"Lacking the golden spirit, there is also no dark will, such an enemy is not to be feared! Is this what it means?"

[...It seems that this is the truth. 】

But...whether it is the golden spirit or the dark will, it is still not worth mentioning in the face of the substance that gave birth to these spirits—that is, one's own body itself.

Even the most determined person will still be afraid of water when he has rabies and throat spasms; even a man of iron will rust after neurotransmitters and modulators are changed-this It is the essence of life.At its root, life is a phenomenon that naturally occurs in the development of the universe. It is a fragile state, a state that can be changed at any time due to internal and external factors.