The Witch's Taste

All the corpses were thrown into the engine combustion chamber and decomposed. The ship wreckage was very troublesome. It needed to be cleaned up by driving the frigate and using a gravitational towing device. Otherwise, once the speed increased and it hit it, it would cause secondary damage to the ship.

The fleet of the Instantaneous Fleet finally came into use, and the new pilots ushered in their first task: cleaning the battlefield.

"By the way, has the identity of the intruder been confirmed?" Chen Ziang asked in confirmation on the bridge.

"Based on the evidence collected so far, there is no doubt that they are interstellar pirates roaming nearby." Izumo Yuuki replied, "The instigators behind the scenes were very careful and did not take any unnecessary actions other than hiring, nor did they provide arms or weapons. Tactical support.”

"No wonder these pirates are so weak." Tsukimiya Suzuna laughed, "They can't really be used to train our troops, right?"

"Haha." Xia Qingyu just sneered.

"Is it to delay time?" Chen Ziang asked with a frown.

Sending a lot of "weak chickens" to die, except for the ridiculous reason of "sending you to train", seems to be the only explanation for delaying time.

"Klublev, Iron Guard?" Xia Zili suddenly said in shock.

Everyone reacted immediately, so was this a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain?

There is no need to guess the importance of starship humans to witches. The cost of wandering around the galaxy with 2000 million people is not low after all.If the starship humans are attacked, the Witch is likely to come back to help, thus buying time for the Iron Guard to enter Galapasia. From Klublief's point of view, this is indeed a reasonable logic.

Although in fact, everyone was only worried about Chen Ziang's safety, so they persuaded and accompanied him back to the starship, it can only be said that the motivation was completely wrong, but the results were exactly the same.

Everyone quickly asked Gloria to contact her intelligence personnel in the Garcia sector.Half an hour later, the corresponding news came quickly:

The Iron Guards have entered Galapasia City and blocked all major transportation arteries.

At present, Klublev has not declared military control over the entire city, because doing so is likely to start the fourth corporate war - military control. The next step is for Lin Ke to forcibly confiscate the assets of any company. No plutocrat will allow this kind of thing. occurring.

However, the conflict between the factions, which was already heated, strangely cooled down when the Iron Guards stood still.

It seems that the financiers did not want to overly stimulate the nobles and force Klublief to choose the military control policy, so they chose to stop in stages... This does not mean reconciliation between the two parties, but from the perspective of the starship humans, Once the chaebols stop fighting each other, they may be free to deal with humans.

"If only we could have foreseen this at that time, it would have been great to destroy the Steel Guards in advance." Chen Ziang sighed.

"It's not your fault, senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna comforted him, "We didn't think of it either."

"Klublev is more than just the Steel Guard's trump card in Garcia." Xia Zili also persuaded, "Being able to provoke the plutocrats to fight among themselves to buy time, even if it only takes a few days, is already rare and valuable. "

"But what should we do next?" Chen Ziang pondered, "There are only a few people on board the ship so far. Although there are many engineers with military technology among them, the overall situation is far from our expectations."

"Then keep digging." Tsukimiya Suzuna waved her hand domineeringly, "Even if we tie them up, we have to tie them up!"

"Very good." Xia Qingyu said sarcastically, "We can send Tsukinomiya Suzuna to Galapasia alone, and Krublev will definitely prepare a grand welcome ceremony for her and prepare the most exquisite coffin for her in the cemetery. "

Tsukinomiya Suzuna's eyebrows were raised, and she was about to have a seizure, but Chen Ziang was reminded by her words and immediately said:

"I would like to ask if there are more clergy in Galapasia? Especially from the Holy Church!"

The intelligence confirmation this time took a little longer. It seemed that the intelligence personnel went to investigate and confirm after receiving the order. It took a while:

There are indeed, but they are not clergy, but so-called "pilgrim groups", numbering about two thousand, who come to the Garcia Cathedral to participate in collective mass.

The Garcia sector itself is known as the "melting pot of races", and various religions are also popular. It is not unprecedented for pilgrims from the Father God Church to come to attend mass. In addition, the order in the city has just stabilized, and most citizens have no time to guess what is going on. many.

However, according to intelligence personnel, these pilgrims live in dozens of hotels under the auspices of the church. They usually live in seclusion and do not take them out at all. Food and drinking water are also transported in batches by trucks and delivered to the door of the hotel by dedicated personnel. It was carried to the door of the room.

If these news were placed in front of other media, they would probably not even be worth publishing in newspapers.But in the eyes of Chen Ziang and others, the fact that he was so secretive reminded everyone of the haggard figure wearing the white robe of an ascetic that they had seen before.

If these guys are really all "cursed bombers" specifically targeting witches... if two thousand bombs rush towards them, even Suzuna Tsukimiya will have to turn around and run away.

"In that case, then send the tactical team down." Tsukimiya Suzuna said irritably, "It will be no problem if the curse is shared among multiple people."

"Send the army down?" Xia Zili asked coldly, "Are you planning to start a war with the Garcia sector? You think the plutocrats are too slow to reach a consensus and force them to join forces to fight against the starship humans, right?"

"Then what do you think we should do!" Tsukimiya Suzuna said angrily.

Chen Ziang wanted to smooth things over, but he couldn't think of any good way for the moment.

As Suzuna Tsukimiya said, anyone can eat these curses, not witches.But except for the witches, the impact of mobilizing the official army is too bad, and the consequences are difficult to predict.

How about learning from the mastermind this time and selecting a part of the army to disguise themselves as mercenaries?Claiming that he was entrusted by his employer to perform a mission in Garcia, thereby severing his relationship with the starship humans?

It doesn't seem to work well... Mainly because Galapasia belongs to the opponent's home court. It's hard to say whether this group of people can delay their departure for as long as possible, but death is basically doomed, and Chen Ziang doesn't want to make any unnecessary sacrifices.

Ok?

He suddenly looked at Xia Qingyu and asked:

"Qingyu, do you have any ideas?"

"Isn't your original strategy suitable?" Xia Qingyu asked him.

My original strategy... Chen Ziang was stunned for a moment before he realized what he said was "living dead" and "metal virus".

Indeed, the two once disrupted the order of Galapasia, and the plutocrats took the opportunity to fight among themselves and had no time to join forces. However, with the entry of the Iron Guard, the originally chaotic situation stabilized again.

If there is a more powerful mysterious source of pollution that the Steel Guard cannot deal with, then the situation will return to what it was a few days ago, and the original plan can continue to be implemented.

As for what pollution source to use...

Chen Ziang suddenly realized that if Xia Qingyu had thought of this a long time ago, he would most likely have made preparations in advance. As for matters involving mysterious pollution sources, there was only one person on the entire starship who was a well-deserved expert.

Rio Suikaze.

368. Chapter 363 Above the Witch

"A more powerful mysterious source of pollution?" Rio said in surprise, "I don't know that. She has been asking me to study the plague of Aegelaos."

"What's there to study?" Chen Ziang asked with a frown.

"It's really valuable for research." Rio Hokaze said lightly, "The so-called 'mutant Japanese encephalitis virus' of the plague of Aegelaos is just a material carrier, and it carries a mysterious source of pollution inside. It has been confirmed that it is related to Related to the deity 'Plaguewalker'."

"Is it okay to say the name of the god directly?" Chen Ziang asked worriedly.

"It's okay." Hokaze Rio said nonchalantly, "This god has set his sights on the real world. It doesn't matter whether he chants his name or not."

"Hey! Don't use a nonchalant tone to say such extremely terrible things!"

After listening to Suifeng Lisu's explanation for a long time, Chen Ziang learned that the plague that occurred in Aegelaos was similar to Garcia's plague of the living dead. It was essentially a source of pollution that was deliberately spread and had mysterious effects.

The function of the plague of the living dead is to transform intelligent life into the living dead; of course, the plague of Aegelaos is not just to make people get encephalitis.

Once the infection base reaches a certain level, a natural trance ritual will be formed.It’s hard to say what came over. Rio Hokaze is still doing in-depth research. The current guess is that it is either the god’s clone of the Plague Walker, or something similar to a god’s servant... Anyway, for the civilized world, it is definitely It's a super disaster.

Compared with this crazy thing spread by the Barr Group, the living dead plague that Chen Ziang released in the reservoir is completely childish.

Sure enough, to compare with the darkness and evil of the elven chaebol, I am far from qualified...

Chen Ziang suddenly realized another thing: Although no one has officially traced the origin of this variant of Japanese encephalitis, everyone basically believes that it was actively spread by the Barr Group, and the two have been bound to each other.

In other words, if the plague spreads in Garcia, the plutocrats will definitely identify the Barr Group as the mastermind behind it - why?Because they have special medicine!Even if it is to sell more drugs, the Barr Group has a strong profit motive to do so!

As a result, won't the chaebols start fighting among themselves again?

Chen Ziang suddenly became enlightened and continued to probe:

"Since you are studying this, then...does Xia Qingyu have it? I mean..."

"Use it as a weapon?" Suikaze Rio said in surprise, "Don't you know? I thought you approved it."

Chen Ziang: ……………

Seeing that he was silent, Hokaze Rio changed the topic and asked casually:

"So how are you doing over there? Has the jealousy issue been resolved?"

"Uh, why did you suddenly talk about this?" Chen Ziang said helplessly, "It's okay, they haven't had much quarrel recently."

"Maybe it's because the situation is too tense." Risu Suofeng thought thoughtfully, "Sure enough, from the perspective of political game theory, the best way for two hostile forces to cooperate is to create a more A threatening common enemy...is useful no matter what the situation."

"However, you don't plan to continue like this, do you? To be honest, the Federation is much more difficult to deal with than the Shura Field. The two are not risks of the same difficulty level."

"I have determined to devote my limited life to the infinite cause of fighting against the evil federation." Chen Ziang said righteously.

Hokaze Rio couldn't help but laugh:

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's false." Chen Zi'ang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But now I don't have time to think about what to do in the future. Just continuing to move forward at the current pace is enough to make me very anxious."

"Indeed, after all, we have to manage more than 2000 million people." Rio Hokaze sighed, "And we were attacked by pirates yesterday, and they have recently begun to disembark. These people really don't want to worry."

This interstellar pirate attack was basically an anticlimax.At first it came fiercely, then it attacked frantically, and finally withdrew hastily... It was a morale booster for the military, but the perception of the people was exactly the opposite.

For most people, this pirate attack reminded them of one thing, that is, living on a starship is no more vulnerable to attack by foreign enemies than on a planet, and at the same time, civilians have no place to escape.

The space environment is all around you. Where do you want to escape to?Once you are involved in a war, you can only rely on the starship military. If you win, you will survive, if you lose, you will die.

After realizing this situation, the two voices within the starship humans have become more and more differentiated:

The "disembarkation faction" further strengthened the original idea of ​​​​disembarking, "No matter how harsh the environment is on the planet, it is better than a large ship isolated and helpless."However, these "disembarkation factions" are generally relatively moderate at present. They only collectively call for "finding a planet suitable for colonization as soon as possible". There is no such extremist group as "If you don't let me disembark, I will die with you."

This is also thanks to the ongoing anti-federal propaganda in the ship so far, otherwise a large number of residents must have asked to disembark in Garcia... You know, humans in Garcia are now taking refuge on the starship!

As a faction supported by high-level officials, the "ship-retaining faction" has an absolute advantage in terms of momentum and scale.Their views are equally clear: Colonization is impossible. If you look for planetary colonization on the territory of the Federation, it is nothing more than repeating the mistakes of Takamagahara.

Although the big ship has various shortcomings, at least it can run!The Milky Way is so big, and if we go to a place beyond the control of the Federation, then it doesn't matter if everyone gets off the ship or stays on the ship. But if you want to make a fuss about getting off the ship now and hinder our escape plan, then please go to space immediately!

"It's okay." Chen Zi'ang said nonchalantly, "The group of people who disembarked in Aegelaos before are probably even ashamed of themselves now. Most people's memories are not that bad."

"And no matter how loud the voice is, with Xia Qingyu's methods, it can probably be suppressed easily." Suikaze Lio agreed.

Chen Ziang was silent for a moment and suddenly asked:

"Risu, from your perspective, what kind of person is Xia Qingyu...?"

"The logic is clear, the purpose is clear, and he does things vigorously and resolutely." Rio Suikaze replied, "He is a person suitable for being a leader."

"Yeah." Chen Ziang sighed and said, "Then do you know how she became a witch?"

"I don't know." Rio Honokaze replied, "The reason why they become witches is the biggest pain in their hearts. It is difficult for outsiders to find out. You can understand, right?"

"Hmm." Chen Ziang hesitated, "Then do you think it is possible to 'actively choose to become a witch'?"

"Yes." Suikaze Rio said concisely and concisely, "The Milky Way is so big, all kinds of examples are possible."

"Whether you passively endure the pain or actively embrace the pain, it doesn't matter. All the witch needs is the pain itself. And if you have to say it, even if you know that hell is ahead, you still choose to jump without hesitation. Such a person ...The will must be firm to an unimaginable level, and the pain threshold that the mind can endure will be even higher."

"And a witch needs pain that is enough to break people's defenses, so according to what you said, if someone actively chooses to take this path, and she succeeds in the end... then her strength will probably surpass that of ordinary witches. "

369. Chapter 364 Is this admission?

Xia Qingyu was not seen in the bridge command room.

Chen Ziang went to the lounge next to him and saw that His Highness was enjoying some time alone, drinking tea alone in the room.

"Qingyu." Sitting on the chair opposite her, Chen Ziang didn't know how to speak for a moment.

You can't say, "Did you have a crush on me in your previous life, but you couldn't get it, so you killed me to achieve your reputation as a witch?" That would definitely lead to him being sprayed with venom and sent away. Of course, he doesn't like to be scolded.

"Regarding Galapasia, are you planning to use the plague of Aegelaos to break the situation?" He decided to start with the real thing and open up the topic first.

"What's your basis?" Xia Qingyu asked slowly.

"It can greatly affect the energy of the elf chaebols." Chen Ziang replied, "And it is not related to the Barr Group, so other chaebols will definitely suspect the Barr Group... or even pretend to be suspicious and take action against the Barr Group, thus It’s starting a war between companies again.”

"If you could understand earlier, you could skip those boring zombie and electromagnetic virus games." Xia Qingyu said sarcastically.

"If you had already understood, you could have reminded me before I took action." Chen Ziang used a defensive counterattack.

"I didn't tell you because I wanted to see when you could figure it out on your own." Xia Qingyu sneered and continued to attack, "Unfortunately, it took you longer than I expected. I almost thought you had lost the ability to think independently. ”

"I didn't think much about it because I wanted to see if you would remind me." Chen Ziang counterattacked again calmly, "Unfortunately, I seem to have overestimated the trust relationship between us."

"What do you think is the relationship between us?" Xia Qingyu suddenly interrupted him.

The tone of her voice was very subtle... Although her voice was still cold, it seemed as if she was pretending to be cold and actually covering up some emotion.

nervous?regret?Or... longing?

Chen Zi'ang didn't know why, so he decided to take a stab at it first, and tentatively said:

"Isn't it a relationship of mutual trust?"

"Trust is built on understanding each other." Xia Qingyu leaned back on the chair, and her tone returned to its original calm and condescending tone. "How much do you know about me, and you dare to say that you trust me?"

Chen Ziang was a little unhappy. He felt as if he had missed an opportunity.

On the surface, it can be explained that Xia Qingyu followed him to the Forever to protect his sister.But based on the few words revealed by Suzuna and Zili, combined with the fact that Xia Qingyu is also a witch, it seems possible to infer that she also liked him in her previous life, and also transformed into a witch because of her death.