The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Can we ask?" The legion leader swallowed, and asked while looking for a picture in the database, "What does the creature that attacked you look like?"

"The main body is basically the same as Xi." Latiman's answer confirmed this, "but it's black, with three to eight long tentacles behind it, and eyes all over the body... In short, it's a person who will be shocked when they see it." Scary, very impactful shape."

Really impactful...

"Wow..."

Oregana's small exclamation was interpreted as something else.

"Huh? Are you frightened just by hearing it? But you should be okay? If there is a spaceship of this level, even if you can't beat it, you can escape with your family in time. As long as one can reach the new homeland, it can be redeveloped." Get up, it's okay. Don't look at us like this, we are also ready to run away at any time..."

He seemed to want to continue talking, but Oregana interrupted him, and then sent a picture on the communication screen:

"That...do you see this?"

It was a regular-sized heavy aircraft carrier class, a fairly standard individual, which was caught by the whaling team's "harvest theory" in the Slitan galaxy.Because the shape is too standard, it was printed in the textbooks of various navies, and also widely appeared in various promotional programs and even movie games. It is currently the most famous dark worm in the Ministry of Consolidation.It was even dubbed 'Melville'.

This dark worm is also famous for being 'uncomfortable looking at the real Nima', and because of this, it has also become a very good publicity animal.Although everyone will feel disgusted with the dark worm after seeing it, Latiman's reaction can be said to be unprecedented——

"Wow?!"

The man jumped back instinctively, hit the metal cabinet next to the wall with a loud bang, and then stumbled with his left foot and fell to the ground funny with his right foot, which startled the refugees next to him, and screamed one after another The children, who were already on the verge of panic, were frightened by this and almost burst into tears—the blood pressure of the magisters maintaining order in the refuge was full on the spot.

At the same time, Xingxing's psychic reaction bounced up, and even the blood pressure of the scout who was watching the monitor was also full.Fortunately, he immediately pushed back the psychic response, but his face was still full of shock.

Seeing the picture of the dark worm, I was immediately frightened away, this is the first time...

Melville-san was unknown as an ignorant mothership class during his lifetime. He was killed before causing disasters.However, after such a long time after death, he managed to scare a star, so he could probably close those many eyes and rest in peace. (cover face)

Isn't this psychological shadow a bit scary... But after thinking about it carefully, this shouldn't be a particularly difficult problem to understand.

Once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years...

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, calm down!"

"Hold...Sorry, I lost my temper." The male ball took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then said while patting the dust on his body, "After so many years, I didn't expect... Tsk...have you met them already?"

There was fear and pity in his eyes. Although he looked uncomfortable, he somehow felt a little pitiful.

"We'll talk about this later..." This series of super-expansion made Oregana feel a sense of powerlessness, she waved her hand lightly, "We want to clarify the matter of the first civilization and the Suzheng agreement, after all, now That's the thing right in front of you. You know how they got here, don't you?"

"Um... let's talk about this first... I don't want to talk about that... thing... It's embarrassing, but it's a... physical reaction. Sorry..." He shook his head, and then made an angry gesture "Anyway, when we got here, the situation was still not very good. We lived in fear and didn't dare to deal with anyone-just stay there and don't disturb anyone's life."

"However, the civilization that called itself the 'Torch Alliance' still encountered us on the way of expansion. And I, who was already integrated with the stars at that time, could not leave this galaxy-if I left, Midzildah would be frozen Then all the stars in the entire galaxy will be thrown out because of the loss of the gravitational center, and life will perish." Latiman sighed "So I let my companions leave, and I came as a single body with the 'torch Allies' contacts."

"As the earliest civilization, the Torch Alliance is full of curiosity about everything and lacks a sense of vigilance. After they left their home planet, they saw a vast universe in front of them-everything is theirs, and there is no need to grab or fight. Therefore, they regard it as a paradise bestowed by the gods, an inexhaustible treasure house. Over the years, this is the only civilization I have seen whose original beliefs have become more firm after leaving the parent planet. "

"Is it the other way around..."

"Well, it has something to do with the open-mindedness of the people who first wrote the teachings." This seemed to be a good memory for Latiman, and his face became lighter "So when he saw me, the torch The Confederates were amazed, but soon found me a place in their holy book—and that was the beginning of our communication."

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PS2: continue meow 0w0 tomorrow

PS3: Last night (referring to the night of the 17th), because the transformer burned out, the power supply in two or three streets was all down...

Fortunately, it exploded after the liver finished the manuscript, so it didn't cause much loss (cover face)

The neighborhood is completely dark, the high-rise buildings in the distance are full of brilliance, and it is raining again, which has a different kind of cyberpunk feeling (laughs)

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That sounds like fun.

"To actually write a new one temporarily... This will be regarded as a kind of blasphemy in many places, right? A blasphemy against God's teaching?"

Latiman shrugged. He explained the Torch Alliance's religious beliefs in this way:

"Of course there is nothing wrong with what God said, but it is human beings who record God's words, and ignorant people are not authoritative and will always make mistakes." This is a very ingenious religious belief with an incredible degree of flexibility. If the reality is different, it must be that the previous prophet made a mistake. The latecomers have to correct the mistakes of the predecessors. They have revised the holy scriptures time and time again in history to make them closer to the 'truth'-this is not worth getting angry, on the contrary It's an honorable thing."

It’s not that the end of that kind of science is theology, which is a weird touch method that many people scoffed at even in the Middle Ages... Their religion and science are mixed together, and there is a meaning in it that they don’t want to prove the existence of God at all. , there is a sense of pragmatism everywhere.

To say that most of the religions that Oregana is familiar with show disdain for known existence, but show admiration, reverence and even worship for unknown and mysterious existence, just like the theologian Todulian said like that:

Because of the paradox, I believe it.

Its core logic is-what is it that ordinary people can understand?Most people don't understand, only mysterious and mysterious things are awesome, and have the value of lettering!To explain it with the popular four-character phrase in the late second decade of the 21st century, it is "not aware of the severity", which is the distorted complex of "appealing to ignorance".

Those who still maintain religious beliefs or similar things in the interstellar era have either completed the religious reform and completely replaced the core, such as Katari; or they believe in not a traditional god at all, but a What kind of powerful guy does exist, such as the familiar eldest son of God; or the astonishing sentence "God is also a citizen, do you know that?" '...

But the civilizational religion of the Torch Alliance...is very confusing.They seem to have this meaning in it, but they will be happy to correct the paradox, think that it is an honor to acquire knowledge and correct mistakes, and attach a religious color to it.When other religions try to explain the infinite things in the world with a limited set of teachings, what is said here is that "the holy scriptures may be full of bugs, and we must be prepared to keep fixing bugs in our development"... If this civilization If he has lived to this day, he will probably be able to become a treasure of sociology experts. (far eye)

"This race should be very pleasant to communicate with." Oregana nodded, and muttered in a low voice, "Sounds like a xenophile civilization."

The only ones who can hook up with this kind of big guy from the beginning are pro-foreign forces, and they are still guys who have never experienced interstellar disputes and have an astonishingly big heart.

"Indeed," Latiman replied, "After that, this place became the anchorage for their pioneering fleet, because I can provide abundant magic power for resupply, and the habitable planet of Midzirdar can make the crew feel nervous. It went on for a long time, and during that time...we got along well, seemingly close, but at a distance that both of us felt was appropriate."

This seems to be no problem.Keeping a distance does not necessarily mean alienation, but respect.If nothing else, this relationship should last for a long time.But something is clearly wrong here.

"Well……"

"I know what you want to ask, and I know it's not easy to ask." Latiman saw Oregana's hesitation, he was silent for a moment, and said, "I'll just say it directly."

The expression on his face gradually became bitter, and he cleared his throat vigorously, like a rough Tyranid marine, he spit the chewed tobacco leaves and phlegm together in the damp corner of the shelter:

"We are refugees. The complex structure of the Dimensional Sea World Group is like a maze. The magic power circulates skillfully between worlds without leaking outside. This is a semi-closed world, and the degree of isolation between the inside and outside is far greater than that seen before. Anyone who has ever been here, it was a coincidence when we entered here. At that time, we all felt that we were out of danger, and no matter how clever those guys were, they couldn't find it here-and there were only nine compatriots who escaped in total. , the other party doesn’t have to come here for our nine full universes.”

Suddenly, there was a violent vibration above the shelter, and the dust fell from the ceiling to the people's heads, and the noise stopped immediately.Latiman also stopped talking, looked up and showed a worried expression.Although Latiman wouldn't really die if something came in from outside, but everyone else nearby would be finished.

Oregana understood what happened above.Just around here, the last large Xieming Tuofa was just destroyed by the main gun of Zhanyan 09. Its fall means that the entire area is safe.

"It doesn't matter, keep talking—our people will be on your side soon."

What he said before is correct. The structure of the Dimensional Sea World is indeed complicated. This can be seen from the fact that the spiritual energy contained in it is high enough, but it cannot be swept out from the outside.Even what the dark worm sensed before was not psionic energy but the space vibration itself.This makes it difficult to locate in the Warp - from this perspective, the Dimensional Ocean World Group does seem like a small safe house in a zombie-infested world.

In the ancient past, they arrived in this world safely, probably like the people who escaped the war and found the Peach Blossom Spring.

However, the dark worm has never been something that can be gotten rid of so easily.

"I see, thank you very much..." After the voices around him started to sound again, Latiman continued, "Your Consolidation Department has fought them, right? Those things, you call them 'dark worms' The monsters... are smart or not, but they are unexpected in every way."

"That's right, every time after a large-scale battle with them, the commanders of the Consolidation Department seem to have gone through a brainstorming... No, not only the commanders, but also everyone in the Technical Department and the Logistics Department .”

Especially the logistics department, their technique of laying traps is getting better and better. (far eye)

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"It seems that you already know them very well, and you should be very aware of the danger of dark worms." Latiman sighed deeply, just recalling these, he seemed to be ten years older - of course this refers to It is a human body rather than the main body, and the main body cannot be seen even if it is ten years old.It took billions of years for the main body to be seen, and the thief who turned red was a little older. "But we didn't fully understand it at that time, and this caused a catastrophe."

In the process of fighting the dark worm for a long time, everyone understood this matter.The result of any underestimation of the danger of the dark worm is a catastrophe, which is the bloody result proved by hundreds of millions of lives.

"Ugh……"

"When they were fighting us, they... dark worms... the name sounds... anyway, that's what I called it." Latiman said, "At that time, dark worms were ignorant creatures that only acted on instinct. It never occurred to anyone that they could... figure out that way..."

The dark worms that have never devoured intelligent races are indeed stupid creatures that only act on instinct. There is nothing commendable except for their huge size-of course danger is still dangerous, but if they are well prepared, it is not a fight , but just pure 'hunting'.Are aliens dangerous to humans?Of course it's dangerous!What about a normal xenomorph against a human in power armor?Has the situation completely reversed?

An insect hunting team equipped with slugs and giant cannons is to the unintelligent dark worms, just like a modern whaling ship equipped with whaling cannons is to sperm whales.Once discovered, the other party has absolutely no possibility of escaping.But once the dark worms learn how to use their abilities deftly, they will turn from prey to natural disasters that make the entire Consolidation Department feel like they are facing an enemy in an instant.

Oregana swallowed, she felt her palms were sweating:

"what way?"

"...mimicking our 'voice'."

"!!"

"The dark worm imitated our voice to call us, which makes everyone think that there are compatriots surviving outside... This is a very vicious trap, and we fell for it." Latiman clenched his fists tightly, the anger of hundreds of millions of years ago And sorrow still in my heart to this day "Who could have imagined it? Those monsters see through our weakness - the descendants of a race want nothing more than companions in their solitude, and they present this phantom to us, in fact to disguise them Myself! They will evolve, I should have thought of this a long time ago... When I saw it take our body, I should have thought that they must also take 'wisdom'."

He shook his head in pain, his eyes began to turn red: "But I didn't think... I didn't think at all..."

"You... put them in?"

"That led to a terrible catastrophe..." Latiman rubbed the corners of his eyes, "I still remember that day, right here... I lit the beacon here, and there are a few big and outrageous Our compatriots entered this galaxy and appeared near the anchorage of the Torch Alliance. The Torch Alliance also knew about this, and they welcomed their new neighbors. Then..."

While speaking, the man began to sob, his voice was intermittent.

"I...I'm sorry for them...I'm sorry for them...their carapaces are camouflage, everything is camouflaged, from the sound to the appearance...right in front of me, the carapaces of those monsters suddenly shattered, and the monsters came out Too many scary eyes..."

These words startled Oregana.

Will the dark worm still do this trick?

First of all, defeating this... giant protozoa that has not yet been named, in short, temporarily called the group of shining carapace cocoons, destroying the settlement and devouring the dead or captured.The characteristics of the dark worms enable them to plunder everything of this race...

This seems to be the scariest part of the dark worms... If what they devour is conventional civilization, what they can get is technology, knowledge, and way of thinking, which can make their wisdom leap forward, but most of the technologies are deep The dark worms can't be used, so they can only be stored as a reserve. Maybe someday there will be a way to catch a race to realize it for themselves.

Here we will take out Ligelu, who has been eye-washed by the gold pot - the armor and weapon system on it made by the space-knowing stars, and even part of the shipyard modification, so that it has a combat effectiveness far exceeding that of the dark worm of the same level.This guy seems to be the only dark worm wearing power armor in the records of the Ministry of Consolidation so far.

But... what about unconventional civilizations?For example, if a group of super creatures in the universe swallowed up such a group, what would they get?

Oregana carefully compared the characteristics of the two sides, and a terrifying thought suddenly surfaced.The shining carapace cocoon and the dark worm should be two creatures with completely different evolutionary lines, but there are many strange similarities in them.If it is said that the dark worm snatched it from the carapace cocoon, then maybe...

perhaps……

The extremely ancient war between the shining carapace cocoon and the dark worm, which is too old to be tested (counting the time distortion caused by the subspace), is the starting point of the dark worm's fortune—or, the key point.Considering what we have seen so far, the bugs wandering in various universes have these characteristics, it is very likely that the bug swarm that fought against the shining carapace cocoon is the oldest bug swarm, but it may also have an advantage in the subsequent competition A swarm that was able to pass on these traits.

According to Latiman, when the dark worms came in front of them, they already looked like synthetic monsters, which shows that they have conquered and swallowed many races before, and after eating the shining carapace cocoons, They have really taken off.Controlling psionic energy and completing psionic navigation, which endows the deep dark worm with the ability to navigate in subspace and the spawning and hatching of certain extreme stars—such as gaseous giant stars; internal structure optimization, which makes them more survivable; and That extremely deadly star-jumping skill... All added up, Zhennima is a great achievement.

If there is a chance to go back further, I am afraid that every feature of the dark worm represents the mark left by at least one race.So what does the most primitive dark worm look like?If there is a way, I really want to study it... But it seems that no matter how powerful a paleontologist is, there is no way to go further on this issue.

Oregana continued to listen to the statement of the ancient while uploading the collected data:

"They destroyed all the anchorages of the Torch Alliance, and not a single ship escaped. Xi, I, and two other compatriots tried to stop them, but it was impossible. They escaped my attack and called out to the galaxy three light years away. Their races came into this universe."

The conditions for the birth of super-mothership-class dark worms are very harsh. I am afraid that the small-scale dark worms at that time could not produce a super-mothership-class.And if there is only a conventional fleet, it is impossible to continue fighting with the star cannon even if the head is hard.And there is no point in fighting with the stars. There are a lot of unsuspecting psionic candy in the colony of the Torch Alliance next door.This even makes them call their friends for this gluttonous feast.

"It was an extremely terrible disaster. Our nightmare reappeared—but perhaps out of fear of me now, they bypassed Midzierda and attacked the Torch Alliance. The Torch Alliance suffered terrible casualties, more than Half of the colonized planet was destroyed, and countless people died. Do you know, for them, this is not just...war...so simple."

The universe is not a treasure bestowed by gods. The appearance of the dark worm brought a natural and cold and terrifying reality in front of the Torch Alliance—this beautiful starry sky is full of crises, and this is not a paradise that can be developed at will. is an arena.The winner wins everything, the loser loses everything, not even the dust.

Revising the holy scriptures again and again to bring them closer to the 'truth' ensures both unaffected development and purity of faith.However, this only seems so, in fact it is like walking a tightrope.The premise of being able to maintain this state is that there are no mistakes in the general direction.

As a result, the reality shows that the general direction is wrong... It’s like writing a program, using JA (big shot) VA to slowly fix bugs after writing, seeing that the number of errors is getting less and less, and suddenly a sentence comes up——

[Fuck, why did you write it in JA (big shot) VA? !About to write in C++! 】

As soon as this sentence came out, it exploded-everything was too big.

The pain of the war, the collapse of faith, and the possible DBUFF caused by the spiritual pollution of the deep dark worm are all slapped on the head.A psychic race, without a little bit of defense against the dark worms, it would be a ghost if it would not be mentally polluted, and it might even be directly infected.If that's the case... this civilization will come to an end.