The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"I've been in this business for nine years, and I've seen a lot of stowaways. You're all the same, from the other side of the sky, trying to make a fortune doing something in our little place. Kadoron Empire and Mercad The blockade of the United Arab Emirates is not tight, so people often sneak in... There are dozens of people every year, no one has counted them, but I think there are about this many." He said, and pointed to a road on the cliff Walked over the hidden path, and signaled the people behind to keep up, "There are also people who sneaked in from cargo ships, and those who took spaceships directly bypassed the Skylight space station, landed through the atmosphere, and then swam over by water, but those who came from that ghost place are still The first time I saw it, did you die? Has no one told you?"

Huang Jinsheng frowned and asked:

"Then you will still be scared by us? Doesn't it mean that you have seen it a lot?"

"You don't even look at what you're wearing. The black shiny armor looks like a shell. It doesn't look like a human at night." Parisio glanced back and swallowed Spitting, with a look of lingering fear on his face, "I used to be an abyss explorer. It sounds nice, but I was actually a digger. I was lucky that I didn't die below, and I didn't go crazy. After a few curses, I started to be able to I can see something that I couldn't see before. We regard this sudden ability as a 'blessing' from the abyss, and that's how I see you."

On the other side, Oregana, who is moving towards the scheduled assembly point, has already released the reconnaissance drone——

Judging from the conversation just now, she has realized that there are many things here that she did not expect before, so she must be more cautious.

The so-called 'curse' and 'blessing' are actually things that everyone is familiar with, and they are changes caused by subspace erosion.

Long-term exposure to the influence of the subspace will cause most life forms to alienate, and some alienation is good, such as gaining psionic power (but this also represents the improvement of inspiration and spiritual vision, and it is not certain that one day they will suddenly go crazy. dropped or was spotted by the subspace demons, and came to serve the meal with the sauce), such as gaining some special abilities, such as the long-standing disease suddenly disappearing and becoming strong and brave, or suddenly becoming Super handsome.

But these are very few, and the vast majority of variants will not be benign.How many things grow out is the basic operation, and all kinds of imaginable and unimaginable things grow out of the body in a haphazard manner or grow in the opposite direction to the extent that it is not surprising.In addition to the growth, decomposition, and melting of the body, there are also spiritual ones-the thinking is eroded, the spirit is polluted, and even swallowed by things on the other side... Why is subspace erosion seen almost everywhere? Doing something that is tricky?These are the reasons.

In many places where there is subspace pollution, but people cannot correctly understand this phenomenon, they will regard it as a 'curse' or a 'blessing'.It looks like the same is true here.

This person may be lucky.Makoto can perceive the weak psychic energy fluctuations released from this person. If he can conduct a detailed physical examination on him, he should be able to figure out what is going on with this 'blessing' that can see through hidden mobile devices, but Now is obviously not a good opportunity.

He led the stranger around the protruding cliff of the headland, and found a cave close to the sea, and the inside of the cave was pitch black.Parisio stood still at the door and said:

"I thought you were the things that came out of the vertical well... every year, a few abyss explorers were attacked by invisible things when they were working in the vertical well. Just like other people who were attacked by beasts or monsters in the vertical well , the body was shattered very badly." As if recalling a terrible memory, the man trembled, and he didn't take a step towards the dark cave for a long time. "After I could see it, I happened to see an attack , Those invisible monsters are just like you...Sorry, I'm sorry...It's all black and has horns. Do you know? The moment you spoke just now was the moment when I felt most at ease."

After a while, Parisio felt around his body as if remembering something, and finally took out a flashlight from a pocket.He pressed the switch, and the light immediately illuminated the dark cave:

"Sorry, after not working in Chuei, I dare not enter this kind of cave without turning on the light. I always feel something talking next to my ear... But today is better." He said, and walked into the cave first. "Let's go, this There is a tunnel leading to my house on the edge of the city. We can talk there about how to send you to the vertical well, and talk about the payment by the way. Stowaways will bring a lot of them. They think it is very common, but for us locals Amazing things that are beautiful and easy to use, and they are rare, and if you have them and are willing to give me a few, I can send you all in, and even include a guide."

The technological level of this planet has been artificially suppressed, but the influence of the outside world has always existed, and people will naturally hope to get those high-tech products from outside.Not to mention anything else, a composite material knife may be what people here pursue, not to mention those precise firearms, cutters and other things.

Makoto planned to follow this rhythm first - she didn't fully trust this man.People who claim to be connecting with smugglers and doing some unclear business are not trustworthy, even if you don’t mention the subspace infection, the restlessness of the dark worms and other amazingly tricky things, local local snakes It is also very possible to set traps for foreigners who smuggle in to make a fortune, rob everything and sell them as slaves on the black market.

So what if it's an alien?Everyone knows the situation here. The two civilizations are suppressing this side. It is not allowed for people from other civilizations to smuggle in and make a fortune. Even if their home country wants to seek justice and find 'lost citizens' or something, Bian Ye would only push back with 'Don't make trouble for no reason'.You said you were coming to find the lost citizens, but the Kadolon Empire and the United Emirates of Mokadraga would think that you were going to reach out here and resist it. In this place beyond reach, even a powerful other What can alien powers do?

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is very dangerous for stowaways to believe in local snakes casually, and they will be sold and returned to the people if they are not careful.

Still, there's nothing to fear if it's a trap.After all, there is a gunship on standby a few hundred kilometers away, a Khorne demon a dozen kilometers away, more than 20 Tartarus-standard marines in the surrounding tens of kilometers, and three Black Hidden ships a few AU away. special service ship.Judging from the information currently observed, these three black hidden special service ships have the ability to suppress the entire galaxy and directly seize all orbital air supremacy.

Even if it is really a trap...it is definitely not me who should be afraid at that time.

She turned on the headlights, led the others to follow Parisio into the 'secret passage', and asked like a real stowaway (huh?):

"Do you really have a way to send us into the vertical well?"

"There is even a way to help you get out the things you got. The premise is that you can come out of the vertical well alive. If you die, you won't help." He continued to walk forward, and the words in his mouth were also very rude " Although it's strange for me to say this, after all, I shouldn't say this when I'm in this business...You outlanders had better not underestimate the vertical well of the abyss. It is much more powerful than you imagined. It is not only a symbol of wealth, but also torture Symbols of pain..."

Having said that, he turned his head and glanced:

"You guys have to think about it."

Makoto and Huang Jinsheng, who were walking in the front, could see clearly. Parisio's eyes seemed to be glowing slightly. They were dark red and gave people an ominous light—this might be what he said was bestowed by the abyss. Bless' it.

Chapter 900 Chapter 808: When you gaze into the abyss...

Liu Lizi lightly touched Oregana who was choosing a path across the city from the drone's aerial perspective, and asked softly:

"Boss? Do you believe it?"

For that Parisio, Liu Lizi felt something was wrong no matter how she thought about it.Although the statement he used to describe his identity was logical, Liu Lizi always felt that the other part - the statement about how he met this group of people was a bit far-fetched.

To be fair, Tartarus has seen a lot of smugglers on planets with poor defenses.The Ansador family is arresting these people every day. The information on the arrests and the details of each case are carefully recorded and put into the database by experienced recorders in each team. Tartarus and even In the Consolidation Department, anyone who has the qualifications to read these records can see these records—of course, the identities of the operators are kept confidential, and this is usually not disclosed to the public.

Liu Lizi had read a lot of files because of her interest. She knew one thing from these case records, that is, to make money and keep secrets. I can't wait to be buried in the soil like a mole to work, even the experienced Ansadore operators who are much more capable than ordinary people are not easy to catch them.

In the end, the guy in front of him actually said that he didn't sleep in the middle of the night and circled the beach every day, saying that he wanted to pick up stowaways and go back?What's the difference between this and a spy wandering around the streets and catching people and then asking for the code to log in and out?Waiting to be caught?

How can you believe that this makes Leopard. (the cat scratches its head)

Before Oregana spoke, she began to use actions to express her belief or not——

She opened the storage box on the side of her push backpack, and took out a stack of things from it.It was the black collar of Khorne with brass spikes, a good thing from the Brass Fortress, said to have been forged from the wrath of Khorne in the deepest corner of the Blood God's Brazen Throne.It can protect its wearer from psychic detection and attacks, and its shape is very pleasing. After wearing it, it can stand leaning and scold 'Flower Q! 'It was very imposing.

"That damn blessing is probably some kind of psychic detection," she said, while distributing these collars to everyone. "In order to avoid this kind of real eye hidden in it, everyone wears this. The scarf There are problems everywhere in Li, he is definitely waiting for us there, although I don’t know the reason and the way to judge the landing point, but it’s better to take some precautions.”

That's right, we still don't know how the other party judges the landing point.Even if he wants to do something with evil intentions, it is almost impossible to know the landing site of the marines in advance, unless he has a psychic detection distance of [-] kilometers or more... The life sensor of Khorne is not so far away All right!Even dark rocks can't do this kind of thing. Are you a passerby better than a big devil who walks out of Tzeentch's maze without a rope?

You said you hit it?Do you think us clone warriors will believe your nonsense?

This matter is absolutely impossible - Oregana has made this judgment.

Although I don't know if it's useful, it's better to put the collar on first.If it is effective, the opponent's perception can be blocked, the fox team will follow the opponent, and the other teams will continue to go to the abyss vertical well by themselves while observing the fox team.

"Then why do you still follow his rhythm?"

"It's because this guy is full of flaws, so I have to follow his rhythm." The collar closed on the outside of the armor with a click, and it seemed to be integrated with the armor. Oregana moved her neck joints, and then moved Beckoning, "This is definitely not an ordinary ground snake. Let's take a look at what medicine he sells in his gourd. The other teams, the location of the assembly is changed, the coordinates are F337, and they meet directly at the entrance of the cave. The fox and the weasel will follow Parry for the time being."

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On the other side, a group of people have already passed through the tunnel and came to a house on the edge of the city.Parisio opened the door, let a few people into the room, glanced around unobtrusively, closed the door and said:

"Here, here is my foothold. It is usually used to stack goods, and I can't go home when I have work. I live here alone."

While talking, he lit a few kerosene lamps, and the room lit up.Under the dim light, there was a shabby atmosphere everywhere in the room.As he said, this place looks like just a warehouse, with all kinds of messy things left around the room.There are long sticks with unclear functions, dusty cloths, shovels, hand drills, picks, shoes, coded daggers, and various boxes. The short musket, the bayonet hanging under the muzzle is shining coldly, and it looks like it has been well maintained.

It feels like the sleazy merchant's hut in the game - although it's a bit inappropriate to think about it in the mission.

"It looks pretty good." Zhenqin likes to play games on weekdays, and is even a well-known game anchor—although her identity is virtual in order to avoid some troublesome things, she couldn't help but look around a few more times, "You Is it a businessman?"

"Well, dump some goods. The goods here are never worried that they won't be poured out. And get some equipment to go down the mine for the group of mining unions-I have a store registration certificate, and I can legally sell quality-guaranteed ones... After all, stowaways don’t have these things every day.” Parisio pointed to the things on the wall and said, “There are also some small things, such as firearms, maps, lights, ropes... I suggest you also make one. Set, it will definitely be used in the vertical well.”

He really looks like a businessman who does two kinds of business. If Parisio's words are true, then he can be regarded as a capable person in the local area.Judging from this scale, it is certain that he has several subordinates or partners, and he has a wide network.

Keeping all these in mind, Makoto asked:

"That's right, I also think it should be useful." She didn't intend to introduce to the other party that her power armor was so good that it could go to the sky (in a physical sense), but picked up a dagger from the stand next to it and put it on Weighing it in his hand, he carefully looked at the beautiful light on the blade.Then he turned around and asked, "Tell us about it, how can we get in?"

"Well……"

But at this time, Parisio's expression hesitated.He stretched out his hand and rubbed it lightly. Although he didn't speak, the meaning was already very clear.

This is asking for something.

After all, the transaction has already started now, and I have to get something out even if I am acting.In short, follow his rhythm first——

As long as they entered this kind of world with aborigines, the infiltrating team would definitely prepare small things to give the aborigines goodwill. This was almost a rule, and this time was no exception, even though it was hasty.

First of all, there are a few gold fragments in the storage box of each team leader, which are very useful for gaining favorability or bribes in various worlds.Among the elements in the periodic table of elements, only gold has been repeatedly selected by various civilizations to circulate as currency, and it is a natural currency almost everywhere.

Although it sounds weird, it is actually a matter of course that 'aliens use gold':

This is a simple rule of thumb.First of all, at the beginning of the development of civilization, it was impossible to carry gas tanks with you when you went out to buy things, which wiped out the gases and halogens.Mercury in liquid form at room temperature is thrown away like bromine. Not only is it difficult to deal with in liquid form, but it is also poisonous to many creatures similar to humans. Similarly, arsenic and other elements that can kill people by pinching them can also be used. crossed out.

Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals are too active, the money will explode and cannot be used; the radioactive ones and high-speed decays are removed; the rare earth elements are difficult to distinguish, and Secaibli can’t even see this stuff...

Then, the only options you can choose are "transition metals" and "post-transition metals". They are all common things, such as iron, copper, lead and silver.Get rid of the scary ones that are difficult to smelt, the ones that are chemically active and difficult to preserve, and the ones that are ugly and not shiny enough (this is not necessarily because the aesthetics are different)... and then combine the "rare things are more expensive", and there are still eight kinds.

Platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium, ruthenium, silver and gold, commonly known as 'Bajieji' (fog).

Remove the ones that are too small for the ancients to find and the melting point is too high to be smelted, and the remaining two are gold and silver.Rare enough, but not too rare to be useful, low melting point, easy to mint, nice.Then, the silver thing will react with sulfur and turn black, which is more active than gold, so what is left is gold.

Chemically stable + easy to carry + non-toxic + moderate rarity = excellent natural currency = gold, this equation is fully established.

And...the only way to produce gold is if two neutron stars merge into a black hole, which undergoes fast neutron capture (R process) to produce gold.After this process, most of the mass will be absorbed into the black hole and disappear, and only a very small amount of mass can be converted into gold.This means that the scarcity of gold is at the cosmic level, but it is stable enough to stuff gold into the core of a star and be bombarded by nuclear fusion for hundreds of millions of years. It is still possible to use simple physical methods to re-knead the gold that has been plasmatized. Up, basically no loss...

What kind of alchemy can refine this thing?Simulating neutron star snooker with Crucible?

Cosmic scarcity, indestructible, sparkling, a well-deserved natural currency, isn't it?So there is every reason to speculate that this thing will work well in many places.

She confidently took out three gold nuggets the size of the first knuckle of her little finger and placed them on the table. The luster of the little golden things under the firelight was so beautiful that even the corners of the fox's mouth could not help but curl up.

This made Parisio show a surprised expression. He picked up the gold with some rough fingers and looked at it for a long time:

"You guys actually brought this here?" He looked at Makoto's mask in disbelief, as if he wanted to see something from the black guard plate, "It's the first time I've seen someone bring gold with him to hunt for treasure. "

It looks like it works, which is great.Because after the development of civilization to a certain level, this natural currency needs to be exchanged complicatedly before it can be used. During the exchange process, various supporting documents including identity certificates must be provided. If the origin is unknown, it cannot be used. It seems that here It hasn't reached that stage yet.

After confirming this matter, Makoto specifically asked:

"Can't this work here?"

"When... of course it can be used," he hurriedly put away those little gold grains and stuffed them into his pocket, before he said in a daze for a while, "Actually, you are not here to make a living, but to find exciting rich people, right?"

If it is not pretending, it proves that the value of gold here is really high.However, this kind of diplomacy is blocked, and where the technology is insufficient, the amount of gold mining will probably not be high, and the value may really be maintained at a very high level.But it's not necessarily the case on other planets... If people from other countries come here with this kind of currency, they should be able to live a good 'primitive' life for a long time.

"Who knows?"

"Then I have to give you some good things..."

"Won't you take the opportunity to blackmail us?"

"How could it be. I have to take care of you now." As he spoke, he opened the cabinet next to him, rummaged through it for a long time, took out a thick book and handed it to Makoto, "Come on, Take this."

This man is now completely like a shop owner who sees a big client, even his waist seems to be bent a little.Because there is no reference, it is impossible to judge whether the other party is acting or really thinks so. Makoto regrets a little-it seems that when talking about business, she suddenly raised the price... Now I don’t know if the other party is planning to harm her. I still simply regard myself as being taken advantage of.

Is it still too reckless...

Next time you encounter this kind of situation, just forget the gun... Anyway, there are several grenade pistols that are designated as weapons that are "it doesn't matter if they fall into the hands of the aborigines of the Renaissance level". Their structure is simple, even if they are analyzed It will not lead to the leakage of key technologies. It has limited power and usage restrictions (ammunition is limited, and the recoil force is too large for ordinary people to use. If you receive instructions from here, you can turn off the insurance from a distance), and it will not affect civilization itself. .And the aborigines will definitely be interested in 'alien weapons', so that they can maximize their favorability in one fell swoop without worrying about weird things they can't handle... (cover face)

She sighed softly, and took the book in her hand:

"this is?"

"The map, and the records. My wife and son copied it carefully, and it took a lot of work. Only the mining union has the printing press, and ordinary people are not allowed to use it."

Makoto opened the book, and the recording function of the viewfinder started immediately.

It is a very detailed collection of handwritten materials. It can be seen that the writer has spent a lot of time recording everything he knows, every annotation, every map, and even the descriptions and drawings of animals and plants.Record the contents of the book one by one and upload them to the entire command network:

"It's very detailed. It's really a good thing."

"If it's convenient for you, we can start tomorrow morning. The safe way to go down the well is through the union, so we have to go in through another path, and the guide we are looking for is right there." Parisio shrugged his nose , looking a little proud, "Let's rest here tonight, I'll just sort out the equipment you may need here, and I won't go anywhere."

The meaning behind the words is "Relax everyone, I don't plan to report to the official, this business is still going to be done", right?

Huang Jinsheng nodded and said:

"You are a sensible man."

"As it should be."

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