Chapter 102: The Motivation Given by Posha
Yang Ming rushed back to his own single lounge in a hurry.
"What about the relevant news?"
"It was blocked by Sherman officials," Lu said. "I am collecting information in dark corners that are beyond the jurisdiction of Sherman officials. I don't know if I can find previous reports. It is too far away from us and I haven't paid attention to it before."
"Open the permissions and investigate quickly."
Yang Ming paced back and forth without stopping, his brain working rapidly.
Posha has recovered!
No, that's not right. Posa feels even stronger than the last time we met!
This damn Valkyrie!
She attacked that mining ship!
"Boss, I found some news reports before they were deleted."
The spiral disk of the Milky Way appeared in front of Yang Ming, and a large star field at the first spiral arm was marked with the imperial star emblem of the Sherman Empire.
A star flickered faintly in the edge of the sky.
This star, like a particle in the sea of sand, was quickly magnified, and the sixth planet in the star system came into Yang Ming's eyes.
The planetary features fit perfectly into the context of that picture!
It was here that Posa appeared, rushing directly out of the atmosphere into space.
Lu said softly:
“This is where the incident happened, a semi-developed resource planet.
"This is different from what you said, boss, about the location of the explosion of the biological and chemical test ship.
"According to one of the earliest reports, a mining ship suddenly lost contact, and the last information left was these photos posted on social media by the crew of the mining ship.
"This news report analyzed that this might be a fabricated 'photo editing case'. We are verifying the information with the police in the relevant jurisdictions and will update the news in a timely manner."
"What happened next? Is it synchronized?" Yang Ming asked hurriedly.
Lu said: "All messages have been blocked. There is a certain time difference. I will continue to look for it."
"Hard."
After taking several deep breaths, Yang Ming finally calmed down. He sat back on the sandbox and waited quietly for Lu to search for information.
When Brother Ji detonated the antimatter bomb, he must have severely damaged the Valkyrie;
But the characteristic of ancient creatures is that their cells can reproduce as long as they don't die.
If the remains of the Valkyrie are attached to the wreckage of the spacecraft - assuming that there are more than a dozen fragments left of the Valkyrie's body, only one fragment will start cell division, and the other fragments will die synchronously.
When Yang Ming had previously "seen" the Valkyrie healing from her injuries during a jump, he knew this day would come.
But Yang Ming didn't expect that this day would come so soon.
Oh, he doesn’t even have a thousand-meter-class heavy battleship!
However, he is now the captain of this 500-meter-class cruiser and has full authority to open fire in case of emergency. If the Valkyrie hits the muzzle of his gun, that would be perfect.
But would the Valkyrie rush up foolishly?
She is cunning, not only cunning, but also full of possibilities.
Yang Ming knew how strong his anti-ship capabilities were. As long as he could get close to a warship and get into the enemy's cabin, he could launch a one-sided massacre.
The Valkyrie can do the same.
And there is a high probability that he is more efficient than him.
"Boss, I have roughly figured out the context of this incident."
Lu's figure appeared in front of Yang Ming, and he narrated in a brisk voice the incident that happened in a corner of the Sherman Empire three days ago.
The mining ship that lost contact did not initially attract the attention of relevant parties;
The photo posted by the crew member initially received little attention.
It was because of that report in an 18th-tier tabloid that this incident became known on a small scale.
As the time of loss of contact increased, the main force in searching for the mining ship changed from the initial patrol police force to the regional cruise fleet.
At this time, rumors began to circulate that the photos posted by the crew were not photoshopped, and that they had indeed discovered strange life forms similar to the ancient gods.
Several major media outlets within Sherman's empire took action after hearing the news.
It was these sporadic reports from the media that provided Lu with clues to reconstruct the incident.
About two days ago, the cruise fleet found the mining ship. After calling many times without any response, they sent robots to forcibly land on the mining ship.
The situation inside the ship was shocking.
There were more than one hundred crew members on the mining ship, seventy-two of whom became idiots without any ability to express themselves, and the rest had their brains exploded.
The survivors were unable to narrate what they had experienced.
A few hours after the mining ship was discovered, the law enforcement fleet directly under the Elders' Council of the Sherman Empire intervened in the matter. Related news was completely blocked, and several scientific research ships, escorted by an elite fleet, entered the resource star where the mining ship discovered the Valkyrie.
Those crew members who became demented have been taken to the research institute, and the Sherman Empire is trying to figure out what happened to them.
"This is the information we can get at the moment."
Lu said softly:
"There is one detail worth noting. The mining ship originally had a small exploration ship that could jump, but that ship has disappeared."
"Beautiful," Yang Ming raised his hand to cover his eyes, "Po Su has gained high mobility... New Federation, by the way! Keep an eye on the intelligence agencies of the New Federation, they may have news."
"Okay boss."
Law immediately went to work.
She fully understood how nervous her boss was when facing his superior life form.
Two hours later, Lu brought two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
Lu didn't dare to tease Yang Ming at this time, and reported quickly.
The good news is that the Sherman Empire's special forces, who had dealt with the explosion of the Keygrove test ship, have begun to encircle and suppress the Valkyrie, and they know something about the Valkyrie.
——The survivors of the Kigrov experimental team were all absorbed into this special force.
The bad news is that if Valkyrie falls into the hands of the Sherman Empire, there is a possibility that Valkyrie will reach a cooperation with the Sherman Empire.
That is, the Valkyrie proposed the condition of "finding Yang Ming" and then opening her own cell samples to the Sherman Empire for research.
Alternatively, the Valkyrie might use the method of "giving Yang Ming away" to allow Yang Ming to successfully return to her.
"I go."
Yang Ming was completely shrouded in shadow.
Lu couldn't help but complain: "Boss, you used your real name so easily that there are some irreversible crises now. When you first entered Luofeng, you shouldn't have directly used your hometown name Yang Ming. Now this name has become a household name in Luofeng."
"At that time, I just wanted to change my appearance and start a new life, so I had to have some sense of ceremony..."
Yang Ming pulled his hair.
The final grit of teeth and stomping of feet, what a damn sense of ritual!
Damn!
at this point!
"Lü, what are the chances of being discovered if I hide in the Dark Star?"
"That's hard to say . It depends on the relationship between the Valkyrie and the Sherman Empire," Lu reminded. "We actually left a lot of clues. If the Sherman Empire is looking for us, we won't be able to hide for long."
"Keep paying attention to this matter and invest all your idle computing power into it," Yang Ming slapped his thigh, "If things really deteriorate to an irreversible point, I will drive the Feinan to become a pirate, or sail forever to the outer reaches of the Milky Way!"
Lu said softly, "Boss, why don't you work hard to improve your individual combat capabilities? In the past two months, you have been indulging in sensual pleasures and have been quite lazy."
Yang Ming curled his lips slightly.
How can a mechanical thinking body understand human happiness?
That's life.
…
Lu began to pay close attention to various news within the Sherman Empire.
Yang Ming took some emergency measures.
A large shipload of daily necessities was sent to Dark Star, allowing Yang Ming to stay there until he died of old age.
Lu constantly deleted news reports about Yang Ming in Luofeng, so that as little information about Yang Ming as possible would appear in the Galaxy network world.
Yang Ming resumed his daily high-intensity exercise and began his life as a captain on the cruiser.
Every morning on Yilandu, the crew could see Yang Ming running around the ship.
The captain's chair on the bridge was replaced by a tensioner. The female technicians couldn't help but look there, and they kept admiring the captain's muscular body.
In the tactical meeting room.
A group of officers were discussing tactical arrangements, and their eyes couldn't help but drift towards the corner.
The captain who was standing upside down with one finger was so eye-catching.
On the spacious training ground of the comprehensive training ship.
The young major held a heavy metal rod and beckoned to the more than one hundred soldiers holding training guns in front of him. The soldiers began to charge in a cross-direction, and dense "light bullets" formed a barrage.
The major swept the metal stick in his hand wildly, and the surrounding ground was quickly dyed into a rainbow of colors, but there was no stain on his upper body.
That's it?
Yang Ming smiled encouragingly, and a group of soldiers hung their heads in dejection.
In order to relieve the intense pressure brought by Posha and to keep himself sensitive, Yang Ming began to meditate for half an hour every day.
He would sit quietly in the captain's lounge, placing three lightsabers, two full-body trigger-type armor shields, and the control keys of two mechas in front of him, drawing a sense of security from the technology.
However, compared to these, Yang Ming prefers the power of starship cannons.
Yang Ming has asked Guton Maha to promote new tactics within the Luofeng Fourth Fleet. The tactics only contain one sentence.
How to use the battleship's main gun with a diameter of 100 meters to accurately bombard humanoid creatures.
"All fear comes from lack of firepower."
Yang Ming murmured.
Just after Yang Ming had been nervous for seven or eight days, Lu Xin brought back two pieces of news intercepted from the New Federation's intelligence channels, which greatly boosted Yang Ming's spirits.
When outsiders read this news, they had no way of guessing what the Sherman Empire was actually doing.
But Yang Ming and Lu have information about the Valkyrie and can perfectly deduce the real intelligence behind the message.
The Valkyrie did not negotiate with the Sherman Empire!
Her whereabouts were captured by the Sherman Empire's special forces. The two sides met in a meteorite belt. The Valkyrie pretended to be captured and entered a 300-meter-class special warship.
About half an hour later, the special warship exploded directly.
The Valkyrie tried to escape by flying an airship, which was bombarded by the main guns of the Sherman Empire warships. However, the Valkyrie ejected at the last moment before the bombardment broke out. In front of the Sherman Empire's special forces, her body flew in a vacuum close to absolute zero and plunged into the depths of the meteorite belt.
The two sides are still in a standoff.
Lu cleared his throat and told Yang Ming his analysis:
“Boss, we can’t use the perspective of ordinary carbon-based creatures to substitute the Valkyrie. She has completely become an ancient god, and she is still growing rapidly.
“The Valkyrie hates the Sherman Empire, and she disdains to communicate with the Empire.
"She doesn't hate you, the boss, but she has a special complex, wanting to eat the boss, take back the genes, and perfect herself."
Yang Ming put on a bitter face: "I would rather she hate me."
Law continued:
"At this stage, the Valkyrie is trapped in the meteorite belt. The Sherman Empire has sent troops to besiege it. Intelligence agencies of various countries are very interested in the situation there.
“Also, it may be the news released by the Guel Alliance. Now all intelligence organizations have obtained two key words - Ancient God Gene Experiment and Valkyrie.
“There will be continued chaos there in the future.”
Yang Ming muttered, "So, she won't be able to come to my place for a while?"
"Yes," Lu explained, "The Valkyrie itself does not have the ability to jump, and Sherman's special forces are also very powerful. The two sides will fall into a tug-of-war, and there is a high probability that the Valkyrie will be captured."
"Will she betray me?"
"It's a low probability event. Lu analyzed it this way. She is very likely to protect your information."
Yang Ming rubbed his forehead and whispered, "I have to find a way to continue to become stronger."
"Boss, we only need to wait four years. According to our current construction progress, passing the first assessment is almost certain," Lu said softly, "After passing the assessment, you can choose some genetic modification technologies when choosing the direction of development."
"That's another five years! The Valkyrie was so badly injured, but she recovered in less than a year."
Yang Ming stood up and paced back and forth.
He thought of mechas, but the mechas he could get at this stage were all things he could dismantle with his bare hands.
There are two ways to enhance his own strength. One is to use exoskeleton armor with strong enough technology, and the other is to use genetic enhancement technology to tap the potential of his body.
The Luofeng Empire is now struggling to ensure people's food supply, so how can it possibly develop cutting-edge genetic modification technology in a short period of time?
Go to Sherman Empire?
Isn't that like a sheep walking into a tiger's den?
Apart from Sherman, the New Federation has the strongest genetic modification technology, but he still has a lot of things to do in the Falling Wind Empire. The Second Prince has just established himself and Dark Star is just starting...
"Lv, we need to speed up the integration of the Luofeng Empire."
Yang Ming's eyes gradually became sharp:
"First, find a way to place Adwang in the position of crown prince and make Gudunmaha the largest force in the military. At the very least, it should be able to reach a level where nothing will go wrong even if I leave Luofeng in a short period of time.
"In addition, I need a powerful fleet to protect myself. Integrating the Luofeng military is the quickest way."
Lu Qian hummed softly: "You won't necessarily lose if you confront Po Su head-on."
"What I want is a sure win, Lu," Yang Ming answered decisively, "No one can eat me! Not even God!"
