The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Why do they want to make a god seal?And why did it come to an end?

Oregana released the control on the detector, and tapped lightly on the ancient wall next to it. These lifeless inorganic objects witnessed everything, but their brains that memorized everything did not have a mouth that spoke everything, and some only The 'eyes' that took root there looked curiously at the Great Demon of Khorne that they had never seen before.

At this moment, the voice of the war scythe appeared in the communication, and he said in a happy tone——

[Look, I found this!Just inside the folded structure below. 】

Those are two parallel tracks, and you can see things like wrapping rings around them.This set of equipment is folded in the structural facility below the stargate, with a long axis of more than six kilometers, which is like sesame seeds to the entire set of stargates, but there are quite a few of them, and there are still more than 30 of them preserved to this day.

"Looks like a projectile device?"

[Well, I guess it is used to launch the God Seal. 】

Generally speaking, there is no need for an additional acceleration orbit for a ship to pass through a stargate, because the hull itself can provide an initial velocity.After entering the star gate and leaving at high speed, this is all due to the propeller.Putting this kind of thing in front of the star gate means that there are no things launched, or things with only a small amount of autonomous navigation capabilities, so probably only the seal of God.

At some point in the past, maybe the seal of God was transferred here?

Oregana seemed to be able to imagine that a large number of god seals were launched from this star gate, thrown around the target planet, and let them fall to the ground after being captured by the planet's gravity.And the ones that are targeted are the planets that have already detected their positions, those living planets that exist in the habitable zone.

And the scythe of war didn't stop talking, the more he talked, the more excited he became—

[I found the energy transmission line from the projection device. It is not through the common physical energy pipeline, but through the direct supply of the energy of the seal of God - a part of the energy is connected from the seal of God you found through a special line . ] While speaking, he controlled the detector and found the receiving port of the energy transmission system [I guess the biological components may be used, and the God Seal itself is a very good device for maintaining biological components. Now, necromorphs can persist for tens of thousands of years.If I were a designer here, I would definitely use this feature. 】

"Would you like to take it apart?"

[Take it apart and have a look, there is more than one anyway. 】Scythe of War replied 【Each delivery system here is separate, just like the Necromorph, dismantling only one will not affect the other parts. 】

"Then do it."

【it is good! 】

As he said that, the Scythe of War controlled the detector to dismantle the already dilapidated gate outside the facility maintenance system, and then at a glance saw the huge biological component that was placed inside the petri dish and was constantly pulsating.

Very familiar.

At that moment, everyone's expressions changed.

"Isn't this the psionic synapse of the dark worm?!"

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Chapter 1154 Chapter 175: Tracing the source is also dangerous work

A nerve cord more than 30 meters long is firmly bound in the device, and the dark red main shaft chapter inside extends a large number of white filaments like noodles. Although it is a filament, it is only after comparing with the central main shaft As a result, each filament is the thickness of a human arm.They appear roughly inert, either sagging or tangled up in external fixtures in a listless manner.

In other words, like a machine, not like a creature.

After studying the dark worm for so many years, the study of its psychic organs is the top priority. Now students who have finished their third year at the Naval Academy can recognize what it is when they see it——I can’t recognize it I will definitely not pass the end of the term.

【Why do they still stuff this stuff in their house? ! 】

The psionic synapse of the dark worm itself is an excellent detector and energy transmission system, but something that meets these two requirements can also be a very useful long-distance communication component.The core of the so-called communication is the transmission of information. You can 'listen' and 'shout'. All these requirements have been met, and the intelligent individuals of the dark worms do rely on psionic synapses to communicate with other individuals , and even manage their own swarms.

The accessory components of this star gate are equivalent to more than 30 transmitters of dark worms, and this is not yet in its heyday.

Oregana felt a little tingling in her nerve interface—it is reasonable to say that such a feeling does not exist there, but whenever she sees something that makes people feel hairy, there will always be a reaction.She shrank her neck and said in the communication:

"Hello? We didn't detect the dark worm's energy response when we just came in, right? Could it be that the entire fleet didn't turn on the dark worm's detection components?"

[It's on, but until now, no dark worm energy response has been found. ] Monica replied confidently [Now the sensor is almost stabbed in the face, and the alarm has not yet sounded. 】

"What are you doing, this is..."

Oregana was puzzled, she subconsciously wanted to touch the cat and use the furry to open up her mind, but there was no furry here, so she had to settle for the next best thing and toss the mimosa in the next subspace.These eyes don't seem to be afraid of the big demon, and one or two even jumped out of the gap, crawled around the fingers with tiny tentacles for a circle or two, then jumped back into the gap, and then stared with their eyes.

If you think of it as eyes it's really bad, but they're not eyes, so it looks like...

and many more……

It looks like eyes, but it's not, it just looks like it...

This kind of thing happened before. When everyone thought that Blood Moon was some kind of dark worm variant, the results of the research on the organization showed that this thing and dark worm just looked alike—like civet cats, small Pandas, raccoons, and color-changing Doraemon may look alike at first glance, but are fundamentally different things.and……

A guess appeared in her heart.

After looking at War Scythe on the communication page through the two black sunglasses, Oregana realized that War Scythe also thought of the same thing as herself.The evidence is that the words "Understood" suddenly lit up on his sunglasses, and then the detector immediately stepped forward and showed the cutting machine.

[Finally, check the energy neutralization device. If the reading rises, it will be activated immediately to cut off the energy supply of this device. 】

【learn! 】

The next thing to do is like cutting a knife on the brain. If the ganglion is stimulated and there are any adverse reactions-such as suddenly starting high-power broadcasting or something, it will be terrible.In order to avoid this kind of thing, War Scythe has already made preventive measures first. After he found out that the energy required for the operation of this equipment is transmitted through the long-distance transmission of the seal of God, he is ready to pull the switch at any time.

An Ashem-class cruiser had dived into the warp a few minutes ago and was in position nearby. The energy neutralizer locked on the almost exposed energy transmission 'line', and it could be anchored immediately with a single command. At this point, let the energy flow in the subspace—this is not an exaggeration, the energy stream that is ejected may really rush five hundred kilometers away.

War Scythe took a deep breath, aimed the cutting machine at the exposed ganglion and slowly pressed down.

The moment the rotating blade of the cutting machine touched the ganglion, the entire ganglion twitched violently, and the flesh and blood from the incision splashed everywhere.Even though they were separated by hundreds of kilometers, Oregana still noticed that her power armor received a small-scale spiritual energy impact—it was only to this extent.Even for ordinary people, after enduring this shock, they would at most feel like they were punched in the head.

But the scope is really terrible...

A few seconds later, Warscythe had sliced ​​off a basketball-sized piece of biomass from that nerve bundle, and at the same time pierced a probe through the gap.

"Is there any movement on the main body?"

[No, it's very honest. 】While operating the scythe of war, while reading the feedback data from the probe, he casually asked【What do you think? 】

"We guess that this is a device made by imitating the dark worm, and its basic composition may be similar to that of the necromorph." Oregana replied, although she said 'I guess', but her attitude was very positive "If this is the case, They really are masters of biology beyond the zerg."

War Sickle nodded——

【you are right. 】

Saying so, the Scythe of War controlled the probe to raise its mechanical arm, throwing the sliced ​​biological tissue out into the outer universe.As soon as it left the cabin and entered the 'dead space' outside, it immediately turned into a pool of blood, and the liquid evaporated in the blink of an eye under the depressurized state, leaving behind dark red powder that disappeared like smoke and dust. In the complex and colorful background of the subspace.

Exactly the same as Necromorph.

"Knew it……"

The civilization that made the seal of the gods is a super civilization as guessed before. They obviously have the ability to hunt and kill dark worms, and even have a deep understanding of dark worms - imitating the structure of certain organs of dark worms to create creatures Components, and use them in your own equipment.

But this doesn't seem to be very logical. The dark worm has a characteristic, that is, the civilization that has killed the dark worm head-on on the battlefield will definitely put away its arrogance, even if it is as arrogant as Protos and Forerunners, they all know that this thing must not be messed around casually.It's one thing to do research, but it's another thing to make an identical thing for your own use after the research.

Is it because of this stupid thing that civilization eventually perishes?So far, there is not even a body left...

no... not right...

Oregana glanced at the corpses all over the ground captured by the detector, and then at the divine seal.Nothing like a reactor has been found in this stargate.To drive such a large space device, there must be a powerful power furnace commensurate with it, and the whole giant structure is skinny, and there is no place for that kind of large energy core, and there is no place in the small space station attached to the dock.

However, if you really want to say that there is no energy equipment here, it is wrong, because there are several large god seals here.The energy from the seal of God supported the operation of the entire giant structure.But one thing to note is that the God Seal is not an energy core, it does not produce energy, it is just an energy porter-they receive energy from a certain place, and then use it in various ways.

In some places, this kind of energy is used for fishing, pretending to be an infinite energy perpetual motion machine to deceive people to study, but here, their function is just... a utility pole.

Can only electricity poles have electricity?Of course not, because the electricity comes from the power station behind.So where is this super power station that is still running today?The energy it supplies can ignite so many god seals at the same time, multiple giant structures (after all, this kind of star gate cannot have only one), and the operation of the blood moon-there is no bioreactor in the blood moon, it relies entirely on The core of the aggregation, that is, the one or several god seals to provide energy.

If you use a giant humanoid weapon as an example, Blood Moon is Evangelion without the S2 mechanism, but it uses wireless charging. As long as the power station behind it is not damaged, there is no need to run a marathon around the third new Tokyo city in the first half of the year. any problem.

Then came the problem.

Where is the power station that supplies power to the seal of God?To be able to output such astronomical amounts of energy, it must be a super-huge energy facility with an astronomical scale, right?Giant structure technology, huge power generation...

And, it still works today.This huge energy output is still maintained until today, is it possible...

That civilization survives today?

[In short, continue to collect data here. 】Scythe of War was in high spirits. He was operating the keyboard quickly with both hands, and Abigail stuffed a cookie into his mouth——Abigail insisted that sugar should be added when the brain was used a lot, and the clone warrior The energy consumption caused by "extensive use of the brain" and the "extensive use of the brain" of ordinary people are not at the same level, so every time this happens, she will try to stuff things into the mouth of the scythe of war, which makes him The speech was vague [I now suspect that this star gate does not have a main control computer at all, maybe all the functions and programs have been integrated in those few god seals. 】

This is very possible. Up to now, the performance of the God Seal is a supercomputer with the function of energy transmission node. From a certain angle, it is somewhat similar to the sparkling crystals of the Protoss.Without exception, this kind of thing is a black box of technology that is very difficult to open. Dark Rock and his boys, even a few low-level demons, still don't know how to start to study the seal of God.

Although I obtained the blueprint of the God Seal by quietly cloning Isaac's brain, the current direct perception is that it can be done by doing it, but...why does this thing work, how can it work?Can such a simple structure do this kind of thing?How can such a crude material resist this energy exchange?How can biological psionic energy be produced without biological components at all?This is much more than the Tiejiaman turned into a crystal before!

For example, put a bracelet in front of you, and then tell you that this can be turned into a light knife, a stabbing sword, a shield that can emit cold air, a cross gun, a bomb, a flash bomb, a whip, a reflector , launch anti-gravity rays, put you back after you are frozen and dismembered, and absorb sunlight to recharge you when you run out of energy and fall down in the sunset - at this time, you have to explore how this thing is realized Are these functions completely unknown where to start?With a dazed look on his face, there was only time to say 'Thank you, Taylor'.

God Seal gives people this feeling now.

However, if you think about it in another way—this is a mysterious technology from Ultra... the Kingdom of Light. Not only can you not understand it by yourself, but it is also dangerous. If you want to figure out the mystery of it, you must A good way is to go to the Kingdom of Light and ask the scientists there, such as Superman Aguang, maybe you can also order capsules, coins, and the like. (fog)

In other words, go back to the source and find out where exactly it came from.I didn't think in this direction at all before, because the pressure of the blood moon and the god seal itself was so strong that people always ignored the things behind them, but now, I seemed to be able to find the right way of thinking.

"Meow?"

Liu Lizi noticed that her boss's emotions were like a roller coaster, going down and up all of a sudden, and the red binocular viewfinder on the mask seemed to have sharper eyes:

"Boss, did you think of anything?"

"Hmm! We thought someone had tried it in the original work, but because the technology was not in place and there was no God's perspective, the operation of the car was overturned." Oregana's mouth under the helmet was bent into a w-shape, showing a smile without any evil intentions" Their thinking is correct, the only thing they lose is intelligence.”

"Oh? What operation?"

Oregana cleared her throat, and drew the attention of the surroundings to herself:

"Didn't the earth fight a civil war before? The old earth government under the crisis of defeat decided that it was time to act recklessly, so it adopted a scientist... I forgot what it was called, anyway, it was a scientist's suggestion."

"What advice?"

[I remembered. ] Scythe of War swallowed the sweet biscuit, took a sip of the lemon tea made by the final world [That is the energy source of tracing the seal of the gods, they hope to take that huge energy as their own, so that they have a chance to turn around and die The rebels are gone.It can be said that they bet everything on digging that grave at that time. 】

[It doesn't sound very smart. 】Dark Rock shook his head【But it is understandable that when a person is at the end of his rope, even the spider silk hanging from the sky will firmly grasp it. 】

[But how to win by digging graves... ah... just pretend I didn't say it. 】

The Scythe of War just finished speaking halfway, and swallowed the rest of the sentence - after all, in a parallel world of the world I came into contact with recently, I dug up the turning point of the war just after digging, and then the other side also started digging. Graves, digging and digging the entire capital and [-]% of the people in the graves, just digging the graves and digging, and civil strife on the opposite side. The prophet of truth was killed by the leader of the rebel army in the grave, UNSC just won.

The world is big, anything can happen... (far eye)

"In short." Oregana said, "At that time, the scientist activated three artificial gods located on different planets and used a super-large detection array called the Ptolemy array to trace the energy source of the gods, and then they also It was really found in the echo of the energy reaction - an energy delivery node, but humans at the time did not realize that it was just a node and not the real origin."

"That place is the 'frozen planet' Tau Volantis, for which the Old Earth Government organized an elite colony fleet to go to the planet, called the 'Sovereign Colony'. Break out, reach the target around 2300 and start building the colony."

"What's on it?" Liu Lizi asked, "It's definitely not something good."

"That's right, but we'll talk about this later. One thing is for sure, that is, there are more than one or two god seals on it." Oregana bit the straw near her mouth, took a sip of drinking water, and continued, " In this case, because all the people in the Tafrantis planet colony were carrying out construction and excavation operations, a more serious incident occurred there than in the Aegis 7 accident, and the necromorphs broke out in an all-round way. But because the command The officer, General Sebin Mahad, launched the No. [-] plan without hesitation..."

"Plan No. [-]?"

"Well, this measure is a self-destruction procedure aimed at the uncontrollable or irreversible situation after serious problems or situations in the colony. The Sovereign Colony Alliance implemented the No. [-] plan as soon as the full-scale necromorph event broke out , succeeded in containing the impending crisis - a move that has extended the history of humanity for two centuries, at the cost of the lives of all the Sovereign Colonies."

"Wow meow..."

Liu Lizi felt a little dry in his mouth.

She could imagine how terrible and desperate what happened on Tafrantis at that time, and how determined those who left home were.

What is the purpose of these people leaving their homes?It is to find the source of alien energy, obtain this power, and then regain the lost world in one fell swoop.But when they discovered that the necromorphs broke out and the disaster was beyond what humans could resist, these people did not hesitate to abandon those political things, and put the survival of human beings first.