The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

By the way, the boss of this guy is Azathoth. (cover face)

Looking at the glowing 'channels', the place where she used to fly on the Shantak bird is her lost youth. Even though she has a good career and family, she still can't forget the confusion and youthfulness of the past. Years—Oregana always felt that this guy exuded such a nostalgic atmosphere.

"When we arrived in that world, we did detect the energy response of the dark worm. According to regulations, this world will be abandoned and not included in the refuge—we have no spare power to clean it up, so we can only leave it alone, just like a battlefield wounded beyond treatment. But at the time, I was curious about the signals that were being sent out from within."

"Signal?"

"That's right." Nyarlathotep replied, holding a crowbar in her hand and poking lightly on the ground, making a tinkling sound, "The tracking results show that the sending point is near the home planet of the local civilization. A gigantic space building, the technology it uses is quite astonishing in terms of local technology. Using your calculation method, the building is more than 270 kilometers long, like a super-large trumpet. Its function is to use gravitational tides to transmit specific information Projected into the subspace and sent to the designated long-distance coordinates."

"As far as the result is concerned, it sounds very similar to what happened in the Dimensional Sea World?"

"Yes, as far as the results are concerned." Nyarlathotep nodded, "Using some kind of technology of unknown origin to create advanced products, and use this creation to send information to the outside—"

"Is the infected creature sending it?"

"That's right." Nyarlathotep shook his hair and expressed his affirmation, "A dark worm invaded that world. Although it was killed, the infection still spread to that world with the research of piles of corpses. This is considered The common way of infection in that era, the first wave of invasion is usually virus bombs... As a result, a civil war broke out in that civilization, the infected people fought against the non-infected people, they won in a short time, and made the deep The belief of the dark worms has become dominant within civilization. They use that building to call their new masters."

Hearing this, Oregana fell into thought.

This is a very cost-effective way of invading. The first wave is invested in individuals for the purpose of spreading the infection. When the infection spreads, a wave of resistance can be disintegrated from the inside—and then the signal can be sent out. This world is a world that can no longer resist, as long as you go in and eat.

This type of intrusion seems to have been used on a large scale for quite a long time.However, in the later more modern period, the ruins disappeared, and they no longer appear until today.The reason is that the insect nests that are good at using this method of invasion were intercepted when attacking the newly established refuge world group, which once caused huge losses to the defenders. Destroyed in battle by BUSTER MACHINE 7, after burning nearly everything on the battlefield, the aftermath and the ejected material shock formed a beautiful nebula of expanding gas and dust, twelve light-years in diameter, known as the ' The Hungry Throat Nebula'.

After that, the intrusion has all but disappeared.While there are several ineffective imitations in the record, the technology to imprint this information (including how to build a transmitter) into viruses and translate it into the DNA of local organisms seems to be missing, as well as the ability to transfer heavy aircraft carriers to humans. The level of deep pockets used as a 'bomb' basically ended without serious repercussions.

"Is it that one's handwriting?"

"I don't care about it, even if it is, it's already dead." Nyarlathotep shook his head, and then called up the data on the operation panel, "This is the coordinate signal I detected at that time. It was you who discovered..."

She pressed a few times on the operation panel of the projector, and two coordinate marks were marked on the image, and the two were almost overlapped.

"So close."

"Then, add the time parameter." Nyarlathotep blinked, "Counting the world coordinate variation coefficient due to time... This is from the era of the Torch Alliance; this is from my era."

The coordinates changed under her operation.

After adding new parameters, they are stacked together and combined with another light point representing the world next to it into one.After finishing all this, Nyarlathotep took the data connection device off the dumb hair, with a complicated expression:

"found it."

Looking at the mark, Oregana narrowed her eyes slightly, and whispered:

"It's so close..."

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Chapter 884 Chapter 793: New Titan Ship

After Oregana finished speaking, Nyarlathotep also said:

"It's really close..."

For these contents, Nyarlathotep, as a witness, knows better than Oregana. She recognized the world and explained to the people next to her:

"No.17 outside the old defense node, almost the latest occupied area."

At the end of the establishment of the Sanctuary world group, because the work of cutting off the link between the worlds is time-consuming and laborious, and the tentacles of the enemy are extending firmly all the time.The collaborators and big bosses at that time worked desperately in the front to fight against the bugs. In order to protect all the souls behind them, they forcibly blocked the destructive wave.

A large number of worlds that can be used as hubs have turned into fierce battlefields. It is not an exception for intelligent creatures that have not yet left their home planet to see the sky burn and be completely destroyed in the subsequent impact.At that point no one can notice them... It's not lack of effort or compassion, it's just that it really can't be done.In that era, the world now known as No.17 Old Defense Node was such a cold and cruel battlefield.

It was one of the few worlds closest to the bridgehead, and it changed hands repeatedly during the most perilous centuries, so fiercely contested that it was finally abandoned.Because the refuge world group has been closed, the defense center of gravity has moved to the bridgehead world, and there is no need to fight a war of attrition outside.

This is what it looked like when the last defense nodes fell.

Oregana hurriedly asked:

"Was there ever been a dark worm stronghold here?" She added, "I mean, before the war broke out."

"Yes. Before the Sanctuary World Group was established, this area was a mildly infected area. In order to ensure the safety of the surrounding area of ​​the Sanctuary World Group, the two sides conducted several large-scale battles around the area around this world... Eh?"

The outbreak of the dark worms was not an extremely sudden process. At the earliest time, they only appeared sporadically in the corners of the world that people could not notice—for example, before the awakening of the profuse sweat, they slipped away from time to time. Gatolantis, who ran out of a few boats to Gamilas to fight the autumn wind (in most cases, was beaten violently), was just regarded as "nothing worth noting hostile creatures".

It's probably like the goblin in the background board, it seems to be always there, but it doesn't cause vigilance until the infection breaks out.And the information provided by Latiman and his fellow clansmen in this incident pushes back the beginning of the infection and spread of the dark worm by at least [-] million years.

Among them, there was a very long blank time.

The Torch Alliance once sent a signal to the world of the No.17 old defense node at the end of its period, calling for the dark worm to attack the world of the Dimensional Sea.That was close to [-] million years ago, a period so long that the world of Sanctuary hadn't even had a shadow.

This shows that at least in that era, there were insect swarms in this world, and there were quite a few of them.

Then the problem is coming.

That long time is enough for the bug to turn the whole world into a huge broken galaxy.But Nyarlathotep mentioned that when the war broke out, it was a 'lightly infected area'.

What is a mildly infected area?

The current bridgehead world group is a lightly infected area - there are individuals of dark worms, but the number is in a controllable state, and the vast majority of naturally existing life planets have not been disturbed by any dark worms.It is true that there is an infection, but it is not a big problem, and it is generally in this state.

In terms of the characteristics of the dark worm, it is unbelievable that the world that has been squatting for more than 3 million years is only a mild infection.

"If the world was still mildly infected when the Sanctuary World Group was established, then at the end of the Torch Alliance, why did they contact this world?" Oregana looked at the same confused Nyarlathotep "If he had already been infected at that time, how could there be only a mild infection after hundreds of millions of years?"

"This..." Nyarlathotep scratched the back of his head, with a dull expression on his face, "That's right...it doesn't make sense..."

At least at the two time points of graduation from Nyarlathotep University and the last days of the Torch Alliance, there were a large number of dark worms stationed in the No.17 old defense node world, and the time span was unimaginably large. Some time after Latopep graduated from University, a large number of dark worms stationed there disappeared without a trace, leaving only two or three kittens to maintain the state of 'mild infection'.

And after the war started, the dark worms launched an attack on the final line of defense, which also started from this world.

An unpleasant atmosphere descended on the room at this moment, climbing up everyone's back like a slime.

This is no small matter... There is something hidden in this long history, hidden in the blank records that no one knows.The place of origin like Gu refining, the infection appears and disappears constantly, and at the same time it is very easy to attract the attention of the dark worms in the former defense world, and it is similar to the super mothership-level dark worm 'Hunger Throat' that once caused great harm Infection method...

These messy clues are just in front of your eyes, and they cannot be strung together like pearls threaded into a necklace as described in detective novels.I can only watch them rolling all over the table, which makes people feel irritable.

Oregana showed a bored expression. She picked up the cat, pressed her face into the fur on the cat's back, and took a deep breath, which allowed herself to temporarily calm down:

"We feel that there is definitely something wrong here." Maomao seemed impatient, and slapped Oregana's face with a meat ball, making a dissatisfied cry.But this seemed to only make Oregana more relaxed. She enjoyed the touch of the meat ball and asked Nyarlathotep, "How is the current situation in this world?"

Nyarlathotep shook his head:

"The communication with the fixed self-discipline outpost has been cut off for many years, only the detection buoy is still operating," she checked the data on the iaiapad, and then showed it to Oregana, "It is still a mildly infected area—about [-]% possibility, only this part can be observed at present.”

Insufficient information can’t be helped. Rather, it’s surprising that there are still detection buoys available after so many years of abandonment.It seems that the early warning detection buoys deployed by Yuge for long distances will be replenished every once in a while. For the sake of concealment, these buoys are quite small in size, and the communication system takes up space. The detection performance is not strong, and it can only be used to detect the space fluctuations caused by entering and leaving the subspace and traveling at super-light speed.

But for warning, these are enough.It is said that on some ocean planets, people will also use the buoys originally used to detect currents and surges to read the wave charts near the port and the high seas to infer the movements of warships of hostile countries.

And the conclusion with [-]% accuracy is... After abandoning the defense for so many years, the world has returned to a mildly infected area again.

She felt that the dark worm wanted to ensure control of this place, but at the same time wanted to hide from it.This inexplicable feeling made Oregana murmur uncontrollably:

"interesting……"

Nyarlathotep feels similar to her:

"Continuing to think about it here is not an option." She stood up, saved all the materials at hand, and said to several people, "Then I'll go first, there must be something wrong in that world that we didn't notice before , you have to ask other people first.”

There are many familiar people in Fu Xingzhi Chaos who participated in the battles that took place in that world, and now she is eager to ask the details of what happened there during the war that have not been recorded in the database:

"I will collect as much material as possible, maybe I can find something. I will leave the matter here to you."

Oregana nodded slightly:

"Well, we understand that this side will start making corresponding preparations immediately." She said, "If you find anything, please let us know as soon as possible."

"Of course, we've agreed."

Nyarlathotep walked up to Oregana, rubbed the head of the cat in her arms, and then stuffed the iaiapad to her chest—then the big board just disappeared into the bust above the standard line Yeah, I don't even know how it does it.Maybe there is a structure similar to the bellyband of the blue fat man...

After Crouching Chaos recognizes one thing, she will do it as quickly as possible—for example, using a certain ability called "biological time acceleration", which makes her leave the room surprisingly fast .

"It's gone, it's not 'Chunxing' at all, but the chaos of 'Forcing away'." War Scythe put a cigarette in his mouth, didn't light it, but just dangled it in his mouth, "Start working Right? Salted Fish House should have already made preparations."

"That's right." Oregana shrugged. "Such a good thing should be put to good use. We can't live up to the good intentions of the circle. After she fully recovered, it would be better to come to the door to thank her."

"definitely."

"Liu Lizi, get ready for the Sudden Eternal Death, we may have to stay in the Dimensional Sea World for a while."

After noticing this abnormality, such a response becomes an inescapable matter.

Of course, the Ministry of Consolidation cannot afford a protracted expedition to find the secrets of the land of origin, but if it is only at the old No.17 defense node, it is possible to explore while ensuring the defense of the bridgehead—although it is in the occupied area , but in fact, because the outer guard troops have been hunting the swarms wandering around the defense zone, the density of the dark swarms along its path is actually not high.And there is a [-]% possibility that the target site will only be mildly infected.

This shows that even without the mobilization of the Consolidation Department, just a fleet of Tartarus—even a fleet that is not the main force can also be competent for this operation.

But Abigail showed a worried expression and asked:

"If you don't go... can't you? If the other [-]% is the case, this fleet will be thrown in. It has maintained a low infection state, even if you don't need to pay attention to it, there will be no problem, right?"

To her question, Oregana spoke before Warscythe:

"Of course you can, but you have to take a risk."

"risk?"

"That's right," Oregana explained, "In hundreds of millions of years, the previous infection disappeared and reappeared... This process may have been repeated more than once, and we don't know what this means to us. but……"

"Crisis, or turning point, or nothing is found, nothing. If it is the latter two, if you miss it, you will miss it. If it is the former..." The scythe of war took over, "It's just a long distance, but You can’t just pretend nothing happened.”

This feeling like a stick in the throat is very uncomfortable.

It's as if one day you suddenly realize that the mountain on the edge of the city where you live is a dormant active volcano, and you don't know when it will blow up.It has been dormant for countless years, but almost everyone knew nothing about it before. If it wasn't because of a small incident that discovered its abnormality, I am afraid no one would have noticed it afterwards.

Maybe it will explode tomorrow, maybe it will not explode in a lifetime, but do you dare not investigate?

And the cost of investigating it is now acceptable:

"Now we have obtained the Dimensional Sea Mine, as well as the new industrial station and the minerals found in the mechanical world. The logistics department is now fully engaged. We will take the Sudden Eternal Death and the mining team to the construction site tomorrow morning. Move bricks," Oregana said, using a thread of thought to contact the medical center and ask them to prepare for activating the clone equipped with the 'Mining Pioneer' command brain implant, then looked at the date and time, and spoke Said, "Besides, we reckon it's almost the same time."

"Huh?" Abigail blinked and asked, "What's the matter?"

Oregana showed a happy expression, opened the communication and said:

"Fire Spirit, Snow Wind? Can you hear me?"

The familiar voice of the companion came from the opposite side of the communication. Judging from the higher pitch than usual, the mood of the two of them can only be described by the word "jumping"——

[Heard clearly. 】