Chapter 126: The Secret of Ram Planet
The closer he got to the merchant ship, the stronger Yang Ming's desire became.
It was as if the Valkyrie Posa was right there, and was in an extremely weak state that could be easily suppressed by him.
But reason told Yang Ming...this is the New Federation, not the Sherman Empire.
Even if it is a complete ancient god life form, it does not have the ability to jump through space. It is impossible for the Valkyrie to appear in this distant and unfamiliar star field at this stage.
"What could that thing be?"
Yang Ming whispered softly.
He stared intently at the spaceship on the lower left.
The ship is a 300-meter-class passenger and cargo ship. According to the report from the preliminary scan, the front third of the hull is the passenger cabin, with about one hundred passengers, and the rear cargo hold is filled with various containers.
Logically speaking, this merchant ship should have been unremarkable, but in several containers in the corner of the cargo hold, the Feinan's life detector detected more than sixty living forms.
According to the blurry perspective imaging, there were more than sixty fully armed federal soldiers.
They were transporting something.
"Law, assess the difficulty of invading this ship."
"Yes... Considering the current environment, the difficulty of invasion is: difficult."
"Why?" Yang Ming frowned and asked, "This is just an ordinary merchant ship. There are more than 60 ordinary soldiers. I can deal with them directly with a few grenades."
“Boss, this place is too close to Ram Planet. Since the other party has activated the planetary gravity detection device, they must have a matching high-power radar.
“The Feinan will be easily exposed if it turns on the particle transporter.
“If you want to forcibly land on the ship, even if we block the merchant ship’s distress signal, Ram Star will most likely be alerted immediately.
"Once targeted by the enemy, the probability of the Feinan successfully escaping the New Federation is only 50%."
Law added:
"You were the one who asked us to be cautious, and you can't deal with more than 60 soldiers instantly."
"Lü, my instinct tells me that there is something very important to me there," Yang Ming thought, "However, this desire should come from another side of my instinct...Lü, bring the stabilizer."
"I'll get it!"
026 immediately volunteered and turned to run to the corner of the bridge.
Soon, she returned to Yang Ming with the tray and crouched slightly.
Yang Ming first picked up a finger-sized 'pocket lightsaber', aimed it at the elbow of his right arm and pressed the switch, creating a tiny indentation in the skin.
Then he immediately picked up the metal syringe, inserted the needle into the gap, and quickly pushed the gene stabilizer in.
026 watched this scene with a frown.
Although she didn't know what the ingredients in the injection were, she felt that... Mr. Yang Ming was actually working very hard.
"call--"
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
The restlessness in my heart has become much calmer.
"Lil, do we still have Type 6 spy drones?"
"There are seven more."
"Release four of them and set the goal to monitor those containers," Yang Ming whispered, "I at least want to know what exactly attracts me."
"Okay boss, I'll do it."
Lu agreed and the projection quickly disappeared.
Lu's consciousness is now placed in two main brains, but miraculously it has not split.
The main brain hidden in the Dark Star has devoted all its computing power to planning the development of the Dark Star and supervising the entire Luofeng Empire. The main brain on the Feinan now has sufficient computing power, so doing this little job is naturally no problem.
Yang Ming suddenly called out to Lu: "Wait a minute."
"Boss, what's wrong?"
Yang Ming looked at 026.
026 pursed her lips nervously.
"I remember that you are very skillful with your hands, right?" Yang Ming asked, "I have seen the handicrafts you made."
"Yes, boss. I have practiced painting for two and a half years."
"Go to the drop bay quickly," Yang Ming whispered, "find a relatively concealed position for the small drone we'll be using next, and paint the Sherman Empire's imperial star symbol on it."
“Okay, okay!”
026 turned around and ran. Her back glowed slightly and her running speed increased dramatically.
A few minutes later, four thumb-sized balls were delivered to the cabin of the merchant ship.
They found the connection point of the spacecraft's deck, hid themselves in it, and quietly waited for the opportunity to start again.
The Feinan began to move away and hid behind a satellite of the planet Ram again.
"All we have to do now is wait."
Yang Ming stretched out his arms and said:
"I'm going to get some sleep. Ritsu, stay on high alert. If there's an emergency, just jump."
"Okay, boss," Lu's projection popped up behind 026, pressed 026's shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Do you need 026 to tell you a bedtime story?"
026 was a little overwhelmed.
Yang Ming shrugged: "I won't easily have any thoughts about my employees, don't scare her."
026 secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After Yang Ming left, 026 asked quietly: "Lv, what is a Type 6 spy drone?"
"It's a spy drone," Ritsu poked 026's face lightly with his insubstantial fingers.
026 felt the real touch. Lu had explained to her before that this was a simulated touch developed based on the simulated gravity system, which was the black technology on this spacecraft.
026 wondered, "Is this any different from the two types of spy drones I learned to operate before?"
"The characteristic of Type 6 spy drones is that they are relatively secretive."
Lu continued to move her hands and feet:
"It is several times more difficult to conduct espionage activities in the New Federation than on Falling Wind Prime.
"This spy drone has an automatic operation system that can effectively evade all kinds of detection. It can continuously track the target for dozens of galaxies. If it is discovered by the other party, it will automatically explode and send back all the collected information before the explosion.
“Ordinary spy drones need to continuously send and receive signals, and they are easily exposed when facing a well-equipped opponent.
"Using this drone, although we are not sure what intelligence we can collect, it is a bit of a gamble, but it will only send us a message once it determines that there is no danger.
"And to be on the safe side, I set up two signal transfer servers so that the signal will not be directly received by our spacecraft."
026 Suddenly everything became clear.
Lu poked her chest with his fingers, and 026 hugged herself subconsciously, staring at Lu with a pair of pure big eyes.
"Tsk," Lu seemed to be thinking about something, "Doesn't the boss like your body shape very much? Is it because of insufficient mass or insufficient gravity? How about some mechanical modification?"
"don't want!"
026 took two steps back and disappeared in a flash.
In the captain's lounge of the Feinan.
Yang Ming tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and the urge to rush towards the merchant ship kept rising in his heart.
Low-level pleasure comes from indulgence, high-level pleasure comes from restraint. --Levi Sherman
You must learn to restrain the instincts of the ancient gods.
First, humans.
Then comes the secondary ancient god life forms.
Yang Ming took a deep breath, lay flat on his back, and began to concentrate his mind. A red light film wrapped around his body, and his arms and calves were slightly raised.
He was trying to learn the Valkyrie's 'flight' to distract himself.
The merchant ship slowly entered the atmosphere of Ram Planet.
The restlessness in Yang Ming's heart finally subsided.
…
Nine galactic hours later.
The four spy drones destroyed themselves one after another and transmitted back the intelligence they had collected.
Three drones were abandoned in vain without finding any valuable intelligence. According to the photos and audio information they sent back, they all stayed in a warehouse for six hours.
But fortunately, the last drone successfully became a super-god.
Lu simply organized the information collected by the drone and quickly found Yang Ming who was lifting weights in the gym.
"Boss! There's a big problem!"
"What?"
"What you sensed earlier should be the remains of the Valkyrie!"
The law said quickly:
"I don't know what means the New Federation used, but the research institute in Sherman that was responsible for receiving the Valkyrie's remains produced about 20 grams of necrotic cell membranes! That's the pink wax!"
"Remnant? What's left after the Valkyrie's body disintegrated when she was captured? Oh my god!"
Yang Ming suddenly felt a little nauseous.
He actually had a desire to devour this thing!
But then, Yang Ming realized that he should be instinctively longing for the Valkyrie's remaining power in the remains.
Was the Valkyrie also so agitated when she looked at him?
"Okay, I'm not interested in this anymore," Yang Ming took a deep breath, "There's no way I'm going to eat this, or turn it into a reagent for injection... The thought of it makes me sick!"
"Yes, boss. I don't recommend you to take risks for this kind of thing either."
Lu's expression is also hard to describe:
“We can even capture a weakened Valkyrie. I have prepared the mining ships you asked me to buy. They are currently surveying for minerals on several planets where Valkyrie may appear.
"But, Boss, this isn't the big problem I'm talking about."
Yang Ming asked: "Any other unexpected discoveries?"
"It's a very unexpected discovery," Lu whispered, "Boss, please go to the bridge first, I'll sort out the information. I feel like the Valkyrie is protecting you in the dark, and she actually used this method to attract you to find out such important information."
The corners of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly.
He didn't like this kind of talk.
Moreover, this guy Lu actually started to keep us in suspense! He must have learned bad things from that old guy Kolev!
Yang Ming was not in a hurry. He took a shower first, changed into loose pajamas, and then slowly walked to the bridge.
As soon as he sat down in the captain's seat, 026 took small steps forward and brought the brewed Luofeng fragrant tea to Yang Ming.
Lu did not reveal his figure directly. A pocket projection screen popped up in front of Yang Ming, and photos and corresponding audio began to appear on it.
Each audio clip was a little distorted, probably because it had undergone complex extraction and processing. The person being eavesdropped on used the Galactic Common Language with a New Federation flavor, and Yang Ming could barely hear it.
First, the two officers who were escorting the Ancient God's Remnant complained:
"My vacation is completely ruined because of this unexpected mission."
"The damn CIA just made a big mistake, and they can't wait to make a contribution, otherwise their budget will definitely be slashed next year. I heard that the contents of this box are highly confidential to the Sherman Empire, and the CIA spent a lot of money to get them."
"I heard it was a bunch of dead cells... It's all the fault of those useless CIA people. Because of their wrong intelligence, two long-distance fleets suffered heavy losses, and our country became a laughing stock."
"Yes, there is a planetary cannon buried under the first star of the Fallen Wind Empire, and they know nothing about it."
"It is said that this cannon has not been used since the founding of this empire. This is the first time the planetary cannon has been used. Several princes and princesses are unaware of its existence."
"I heard from the people above that the CIA will not let this small country go. They are already planning other operations to destroy the country... They may use those things."
"Hey, this isn't something we should discuss. Whatever you heard in the Ram base, forget it. I don't want to get into trouble."
"What are you afraid of? If we continue to work for another three months , our memories of the past two years will be wiped out. There's no need to worry about us talking about this... Do you think they will feed the necrotic cells in this box to those things?"
"I don't want to discuss this topic."
"All right."
…
Those things?
There is indeed something strange about Planet Ram.
Moreover, the CIA might use 'those things' against the Luofeng Empire!
"Boss, could it be a biological weapon?" Lu whispered, "Some virus, bacteria, or something like that."
Yang Ming asked in return: "Will viruses and bacteria eat cell clusters? They subconsciously used the word eat, so those things should be of a certain size."
"That's not clear... there's also the second paragraph."
The photo turned into two old men in white coats standing at the back of a truck, signaling the officer holding the box to open the code box.
"Oh, Professor Pat, look, this is the remains of the humanoid ancient god."
"What kind of monster did the Sherman Empire create! An ancient god in human form, I dare not even think about it!"
"Our country has completely fallen behind them in genetic modification. I have dealt with that Keegrove before, and he is a complete lunatic."
"Do you still think that there is anything unjust about the experiments we are doing here?"
"No, Professor Pat, you are right. If we can consume the national strength of the Sherman Empire without sacrificing our country's interests, there is nothing unjust about it. The evil Sherman is the biggest enemy of the human civilization in the galaxy."
"Hahaha, you're so funny." Professor Pat's laughter subsided and his voice became extremely low. "This is an unjust act, but we have no choice."
The other old man was suddenly speechless and could only try to change the subject.
"Professor Pat, the CIA asked us to provide a batch of test samples and said they would deliver them to the Luofeng Empire. Should we agree to them?"
"You are the director, so it's up to you to decide," Professor Pat whispered. "It would be great if we could have a live test site. We need to observe their reproduction rate in nature."
The voice ends here.
…
The bridge of the Feinan was quiet.
There are three more passages of interesting audio, but they all vaguely mention 'those things'.
"Luofeng is our base camp now," Yang Ming whispered, "These damn federal guys! Lu, it seems that our mission needs to be adjusted. The first priority is to find the formula of the enhanced injection, and the second priority is to investigate the hidden truth of Ram Star."
"Okay boss."
"I need to find a way to sneak in," Yang Ming stood up and paced back and forth, his brain working rapidly, "Go check this Professor Pat and the director. As long as they are still human, they will have flaws."
"Boss, we haven't been able to access the local network yet."
"Take a detour," Yang Ming said immediately, "First go somewhere else to get an identity, and then come here. The New Federation is so big, I don't believe there won't be any leaks."
Lu agreed and fell silent.
The Feinan began to turn around and move away.
Yang Ming stood in front of the porthole, looking at the Ram star, which was left with only a dim light, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Seven galactic days later.
A merchant ship slowly flew towards Ram Planet.
Sitting by the window in the business class of a merchant ship, Yang Ming, a student dressed in casual sportswear and glasses, was looking at the travel brochure in front of him with a smile.
It's really difficult to get a fake identity in the New Federation.
In order to save time, Yang Ming had to use "Uncle Hatton's connections".
Now, he is a college student at an ordinary university, and is taking an interstellar tour before graduation.
A scenic agricultural star is a great choice to relax and relieve graduation stress .
The sweet voice of the flight attendant sounded again:
“Dear passengers, we are about to arrive at the beautiful planet Ram. We hope you will have a wonderful vacation here.
“The Happy Farm Group welcomes you, where you can experience the joy of primitive labor, and picking textile fibers is the most popular experience project.
“It’s an ad on it.
"There will be slight turbulence when entering the atmosphere . Please sit tight and hold on. Do not use the restroom unless necessary."
Yang Ming raised his head and looked towards the flight attendant not far in front of him. A beautiful lady with delicate makeup just happened to look up at him.
She blinked at Yang Ming, as if giving him some kind of hint.
However, Yang Ming 'shyly' lowered his head and continued to read the travel brochure, without giving the other party any 'convincing' signal.
Picking up girls or exploring the secrets of Ram Star, of course the latter is more important!
