The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Looking at Oregana's expression, John's tense face finally eased:

"That sounds like a Sicilian."

"Go to our place for pizza after the work is over." Oregana also smiled. "We know a good restaurant, and when the time comes, let's treat... Call Naz and the others."

And over there, the demon priest Dia Lanark, who was in a state of suggestion, said what he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube:

"We...we come from the Ring of Nur. Our god, Queen Mek, ordered to attack that world. The captured human individuals will be tortured, and their souls will be extracted to create Yajin, and their bodies will become new demons... ..."

According to Di'ar Lanark, before civilization appeared on their own home planet 'Ring of Nur', a powerful psionic creature called an elemental ghost was born first, and their howls awakened In the sleeping biosphere, the earliest biological ancestors were born.As these titan-like creatures created the planet's landscape in battle with each other, a new race, the Yajin, walked out of the prairie amidst the continuous howling of the elemental elves, and defeated those invincible beasts by forging steel swords. the age of humanity.

The Yajin people who expelled wild animals to the valley and obtained fertile land bid farewell to the unstable way of life, and built their own civilization and perfect social system through farming, breeding, and building cities. A new king was crowned, and monks were established and put into use ( Dia monks), human beings successfully appease the primitive and powerful elemental elves through the sacrifice ceremony of the monks and obtain their blessings.

With the change of dynasties, the Mek tribe with a white porcelain shell descended on the Ring of Nur, the city of the Yajin, bringing technology and order to the Ring of Nur. By displaying the miraculous technology, the Mek The Mek tribe has won the worship of the Yajin people. The Mek tribe cannot be defeated by ordinary forces. Their advanced and efficient technology allows them to travel through time, space and even dimensions. This powerful teleportation technology will also allow the Yajin people to explore More unknown areas. Since then, the Ring of Nuer has achieved a large-scale expansion and growth with the help of the Mek tribe. The strengthening of the Yajin people has allowed them to completely overcome death and obtain permanent peace.

But no race will be satisfied with 'peace'... The so-called permanent peace has never been a joke.

"Queen Maker needs more energy...more...not enough..."

In Dia Lanark's dreamlike voice, Oregana frowned.

The amount of information was as large as she expected, but she still found several key points——

The creatures called 'element ghosts' are mostly some kind of powerful subspace creatures, powerful but low-intelligence, and it sometimes happens that such creatures are regarded as gods by some civilizations.And the relationship between the 'Elemental Ghost' and the demons and the invasion is not close - because the Ring of Nuer, that is, the dominance of the Yajin civilization was directly transferred to the civilization called the 'Mek' .They play the image of a kind of enlightener, with powerful technology, who are essentially gods in the eyes of still primitive civilizations, and can even make a low race overcome death...

How special meow feels like I have seen this kind of operation somewhere. (scratches head)

Things are not that simple. It’s okay for a super civilization to enlighten a primitive civilization. It’s okay to take it up and take it off. But from the description, the powerful Mek tribe seems to value the Yajin people very much. This value has exceeded The degree of enlightenment of primitive civilization with super civilization.This can't help but make people wonder if they have some conspiracy - Oregana knows that there are people who like to do charity in the universe, such as myself, and we like to save the world and bring happiness to people, but it is hard for us to believe that other than myself There are others who like to do it, and even they themselves are not entirely charitable.

In particular, I don’t believe that a civilization that would let demons invade other worlds and extract oil from the soul to generate electricity on a large scale will do charity—of course, it can be explained clearly by forcing it, such as [They like this race and don’t like another one that looks alike race] and the like, but after Diarranak muttered, "Queen Mayk still needs more energy... more... not enough...", Oregana was even more sure, The Mek family may indeed not be doing charity anymore.

Now, it seems that the clues are all concentrated on this 'Mek'.

Oregana nodded, snapped her fingers and said:

"Okay, tell us about the background of Queen Meck, and what does she want from you?"

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Recommended "UC Cannon Fodder Records" by the bombardment-type Zaku Meow 0w0

Traveling to the era of Gundam UC, is it the trend of the times to replace the protagonist?Or take to the political arena to play tricks?Wrong, the biggest problem is how to save your own life! Have you ever seen an 18-meter-tall giant?The infantry fought hand to hand.Facing Niu Taipu, take your hands off the joystick.What?There are red and three on the opposite side?Broken, forgot to ask the mechanic to remove the speed limiter...

Travel benefits?Everyone else is a gold finger, only mine is a joker, or a defective product, others get a big gift bag for skill talent points, and my big gift bag is... Xiaya's autographed photo X4?I'm the Federal Army, hello!

Having watched too many protagonists, Wushuang, have you ever known how the cannon fodder of Wushuang wants to survive?

Chapter 976: What a blasphemy!

This incident was much more complicated than expected.

First of all, this is not simply a hole in the subspace. There is a race called the Yajin who carried out this invasion. Behind the Yajin is a native and powerful subspace creature called "element ghost". At the same time, Their beliefs have been transferred from the original elemental ghosts to another civilization called the Mek tribe, the boss of the Mek tribe - the guy who is commonly known as the Queen Mek wants to get more energy...whatever she uses it for In short, this guy ordered the Yajin people and the demons to launch a war against the earth with the purpose of "torture" and "refining".

This is roughly the case. At first, I thought that the subspace had missed the subspace creatures to do things, but then it was immediately proved that the essence of this matter was actually a war between civilizations.Generally speaking, the Ministry of Consolidation’s plan for wars between high-level civilizations and low-level civilizations is to intervene, use diplomatic means to stop the war, and act as an arbiter and peacemaker—wars are usually due to direct interests (such as the competition for resources, the plunder of colonies), or in order to alleviate the internal contradictions of the regime, the internal contradictions (mostly due to the economy, population and conflicts) are moved outward, as long as the interest disputes can be resolved or the internal contradictions can be alleviated, then all It is actually not difficult to stop all the war machines that have already started.

As for the kind of war waged to avenge the 'revenge'... just listen to this kind of joke, everyone born on the earth knows that there is a country with unpalatable food and the country across the sea that is often ridiculed Once fought an intermittent war for 110 years. In the end, the country whose cooking was unpalatable was hammered bloody, and lost all the territory in the European continent. Afterwards, it implemented the "Continental Balance of Power Policy" (commonly known as "stirring" to Europe) shit stick policy') while turning to overseas expansion.The economies of both sides have been greatly traumatized, and the people are in dire straits. 'The people have cried for a century'.

But after the two sides regained their vitality, they had no intention of continuing to fight to the death for revenge-if the ratio of loss to income was found to be unacceptable after calculation, then almost no one would initiate a war. (far eye)

In other words, as long as a way to obtain benefits and alleviate internal conflicts is provided that is less costly than war, then the initiator of the war will give up the war very decisively, and at the same time immediately pull the assembled troops to do things that are less costly and more profitable. High-level things... such as pioneering in new star fields, and at the same time pulling up trade routes, starting exchanges, coupled with appropriate public opinion and publicity, basically the problems can be solved.

Of course, just to be on the safe side, the official diplomatic ships used by the various civilizations of the Consolidation Department are... very large. Not only are they magnificently decorated, they are usually a circle larger than the active dreadnought ships.This is not just a matter of appearance. A ship that is big enough means that the industrial base, technical level and economic level are stronger. This is like businessmen who drive luxury cars and bring an expensive watch when they talk about business, no? To show off, but to let the other party know your level.This can save a lot of unnecessary trouble and talk, and let a lot of conspiracy dissipate before it is implemented.

However, if at the time of contact a massacre of the population is taking place or there is sufficient evidence to prove that it is about to occur, then the troops of the Concord will go directly into combat to stop the atrocities-because of the nature of the Concord itself and the basic spirit of its establishment, it is impossible to Let this happen.If judged by pure 'benefits' and 'gains and losses', then it is of course more convenient and more beneficial to let the powerful civilization swallow the weak civilization, and then directly establish diplomatic relations with the powerful civilization, but this will violate the maintenance system Combining the ideas of various civilizations, the consequences will be extremely bad and far-reaching.

But once the hands are really made, the subsequent things are also extremely troublesome, so every diplomat and every commander of the scientific expedition team prays almost every day that this thing will never happen.

Oregana is sure that at this moment, when the previous part of the report has been played in the headquarters, there are at least five hundred people whose faces are blue and white... There will be more in the future.The tragedy of Nascatron is still vivid in my mind, and the more terrifying thing is, if Nascatron was not nearly wiped out because of the deep dark worm, what kind of attitude should the Consolidation Department take to face it? A civilization that physically eats people.

And now, that nightmare is back, and it's an upgraded version.The opposite party not only transformed the body into a monster, but also burned the soul to generate electricity...

In the worst case, I would need to sign at least one more extermination order.

She sighed softly, looked at the guy who was twitching on the restraint, and said:

"Tell us about the Mek tribe, and the Mek queen."

"The Mek tribe is an ancient civilization...the ancient is beyond our imagination. We were still looking for food in the dust, and the Mek was already swimming in the sea of ​​stars when we were hiding from wild beasts. They wore white and golden armor. To be is to be holy..." said Dia Lanark, his eyes were half closed, one eye was fixed on the tip of the watermelon ice in Tzeentch's hand, and the other eye was facing the dark rock. With nothing in their eyes, they spit out a message like a data terminal with a password unlocked, "Mek people have different bodies, but their consciousness is connected to each other. Queen Mek is in charge of all this. She manages her in the holy city of Urdakri. her people, spreading her glory in the universe."

76 blinked, she looked in Oregana's direction, and blurted out a word:

"Gestalt?"

"possible……"

The origin of the word gestalt is to emphasize the integrity of experience and behavior at the beginning.For example, brain-eye coordination. When the eyes perceive lines and regions, the brain begins to construct these things, so that the "final result of perception" is something as close to reality as possible, rather than a bunch of scattered information.

This is like the cephalopods that Khorne likes very much (confirmed), each arm has a small "brain" with a certain degree of autonomy, and they are unified under the command of the brain, which is roughly what it means.

But now, the term is mostly used to refer to the information of all individuals in a huge civilized group being gathered in one place for unified information processing.For example, the remnants are a gestalt that is fully deployed by a single master brain, while the rest of the individuals are self-aware but still under the control of the master brain, while the Zerg Zerg and the Arach Zerg are a powerful psionic individual relying on subspace synapses and The psionic network controls the gestalt composed of nodes below—this is not a group consciousness composed of countless low-intelligence individuals like the hive consciousness, but a thinking system dominated by a single powerful individual.

So, the swarm counts, the survivors count, but Kara doesn't. (nod)

As for the Mek tribe, it probably fits this concept.

The Mek Queen is obviously a separate entity rather than a 'concept', different bodies but connected minds, the queen is in charge of all this - if Dia Alarak himself is not deceived, I am afraid that the Mek clan is a typical pattern tower civilization.

Gestalt civilization requires the energy extracted from the soul... Adding up these elements, Oregana felt her brain ache.

If it is the dark worm, everything can be explained clearly.But from their warships to their soldiers to their commanders, sensors found no evidence of darkworm infection, mental or physical.This means that the Yajin people and the Mek tribe have no direct relationship with the dark worm - but it's hard to know what to say if there is no direct relationship.

In addition to the elemental ghosts of the Yajin people mentioned earlier, there is no priest who has not mentioned a word but a certain subspace creature that definitely exists.

Obviously there are so many thinking threads, but I feel that my brain is getting less and less enough.

Is the story of "Doom" so complicated?It’s obviously a simple game of chug chug. Its producer, John Carmack, also specifically said [the plot of an FPS game is like the plot of an adult movie. There is basically no plot in the story. After so many years, I remember the key point that the rabbit raised by a Doom Soldier's family was given to the devil shark.

As a result, you have swiped so many things in at once, the melee of three civilizations, the number of Doom Warriors reaching four digits, and the possible PY transactions in the subspace... This sense of confusion reminded her of entering the Federation before. In the command room of the army, the feeling of seeing Ba Mamei and General Rebir sitting at the table.

Maybe it's the same as it was back then, it's not just Doom, there's something else in the mix...

"Oh~" Dark Rock also frowned, "So this is the Ring of Nuer?"

"No, this is hell. We gather troops here and refine souls..."

That being said... from the beginning of the battle until now, I haven't seen any combat units other than demons.Whether it was the troops of the Yajin people or the high-tech combat weapons of the Mek tribe, nothing appeared, only the demons who kept brushing.I'm afraid their regular army troops are all deployed in the mainland. If they rush in rashly, there may be a tough battle to fight.

"How can I get to the Ring of Nur?"

Oregana asked.

But this time, he didn't answer right away.

As if the question had activated something critical deep in his consciousness, he was shaking violently, as if having an epileptic seizure.Immediately, a boy in severe pain went up to inject him with medicine - Oregana didn't know what medicine she gave him, but after the injection, his convulsions eased, and he gasped heavily.

He kept opening his mouth, clenching his teeth and forcing his mouth shut.Even though his consciousness has been invaded, he can still make such a resistance, which shows that the pastor is very firm on this issue.Although he has done terrible things, his belief and loyalty to Meck or the Ring of Nuer are indeed so indestructible that they can even fight against the spiritual suggestion of the dark rock.

But only so much.

The dark rock increased the output, further oppressing his nerves - without considering the sequelae, it is impossible for an intelligent creature whose consciousness has been invaded to resist his mental attack.

"If you don't resist, you won't die! Why don't you understand!"

Tzeentch Fire Demon held up the watermelon ice and cooperated with the dark rock to increase the output, while chanting the lines of a Gundam protagonist whose name looks like a woman.Soon, this psychic attack worked.

"I...I can't say..." He struggled for a while, his voice rose and fell, and finally calmed down, like a newcomer seiyuu holding a manuscript and reading "Even if I die, my soul will... …To get to the Ring of Nur, you need to pass through the large teleportation facility outside Kravo in Hell City. You can take the train along the passage outside the ceremony ground..."

There is indeed a traffic track outside the ceremony venue, but the train on it and several sections of the track have been destroyed in the battle just now-the Titan Demon just hit it when it fell, and it smashed a big piece.But that doesn't matter, because Tartarus has enough transport vehicles.

"Necklavo?"

"That's right," he raised his head, his mind seemed to be clearer, and his cooperation was much higher. "It is an extremely long process for a human to transform into a demon under natural conditions. The dead wander in the chaos. During this process, they The soul slowly separates out and forms energy together with the pain. Our catalysis speeds up this process, and we build a great city 'Nekravo' in hell, where people who die at the hands of demons are sent here, quickly refines its soul, and the body transforms into a demon at the same rate, and the process repeats. We have benefited greatly from this, and so has Queen Meck."

As he said this, the pastor had a high-spirited pride on his face, as one would boast of a beautiful landmark in his hometown.But the listener thinks otherwise—a city, a city built to torment the souls and turn dregs into demons.Compared with things that are blasphemy to this extent, things like human ranches or flesh and blood factories will look as benevolent as charitable halls... At least they won't make the dead more painful, endless, even death can't stop it pain of.

John Grim gritted his teeth. Although he had long guessed vaguely that the emergence of demons might be related to human corpses, because many demons had the habit of collecting corpses and piling them up.But I never thought that they would be so bad.In their eyes, human beings are like free-range domestic animals. I am afraid that until now, the comrades-in-arms in the past, relatives and friends who died tragically are still being tortured in the city called Neklavo, and they are used to generate electricity!

He felt his blood start to boil, his vision turned red, and in an almost uncontrollable rage, he strode towards the chained priest—this kind of guy, this damn guy should be ...

But in the next moment, his raised fist was caught.Oregana stood aside, catching the fist he swung at the priest's head:

"He's still useful, John Grimm! Let him go for now, we have more important things to do now!"

Oregana's expression was hidden in the shadow of bangs, and John Grimm could not see her expression:

"what?"

"We have to tear down an entire city now." Oregana raised her head, the red badge on her forehead shone with breathtaking light, and she put a red chain with a skull engraved on it and a brass-colored ax handle The saw ax was handed to John Grimm, and he said loudly, "Soldier, it's time to go!"

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PS3: Severe lack of sleep...

Chapter 977: Heading to Sin Capital

As fighting eased on Earth's surface, four companies of the Wrath Corps were able to withdraw from the field.After they protected the citizens and the local army boarded the transport ship and left the surface, they immediately rushed to the next battlefield with blood all over their bodies and those excellent war machines.

Of the several chapters on Tartarus, the Wrath are best at fighting in gravity, and are equipped with a large number of high-performance vehicles suitable for transporting troops in atmospheric environments.The gunship machine it uses is equipped with a total of eight rapid-fire cannons that can cover all angles and a heavy particle accelerator for anti-armor, and also has tank-level armor, which is strong enough to withstand enemy firepower and the worst atmosphere conditions, its structure is strong enough to keep flying with numerous huge wounds, and drop those dangerous passengers in the middle of the war zone.

In addition, there are "Prometheus" type conventional landing craft capable of hoisting and airdropping tanks, three "Owl" multifunctional attack aircraft, etc.-this is enough to fight a medium-scale ground battle.

In the terrible atmosphere of hell, Oregana stuffed her mouth with military rations that tasted like curry chicken, and asked the technical sergeant of the Wrath Regiment in the small main control room of the command center:

"What's the result of the investigation?"

This special area called 'Hell' is very strange. Its nature is very similar to that of the subspace, but there are quite a few differences.Constantly fluctuating spatial disturbances and energy tides interfere with long-range radar detection, while a seemingly never-ending fog prevents lidar arrays from functioning properly.This made it impossible for Tartarus to accurately determine the intelligence of the entire area.

During the investigation, the drone has discovered many strange phenomena - after leaving the ceremony site and flying about 140 kilometers outward, you will see a cliff, covered with fog, and the drone continues to go down Flying, it turns out that the boundaries of space have become blurred, and the tumbling subspace and the scenery of hell are intertwined with each other, one after another.At the same time, this phenomenon also occurs in the fog under the track that is said to lead to Kravo in the city of sin. Into the mist, the source is unknown.

And if you continue along the track, you can see many other things, as if the track connects two unrelated islands.

"The space response is very strange, there are many areas that cannot be detected." The technical sergeant stared at the instrument in front of him and explained, "Probes and drones will be seriously disturbed after entering. This is not subspace, but based on subspace The generated small independent world is like a 'channel' that connects many places. But the unimportant places seem to have not been repaired much, just let it re-form itself or collapse in the ebb and flow of the subspace..."

"If it's not for us, what a fart."