Chapter 164: The Second Person on Earth?
Yang Ming personally sent Princess Dana and Emilia back to the palace and completed the face-to-face handover with Edwang.
Emilia was scolded by Edwan, and then ordered to be under house arrest for half a year to study court etiquette and scientific and cultural knowledge.
In order to express his concern for Her Highness Emilia, Yang Ming specially asked Xiaolu to purchase a large amount of study materials in the New Federation.
Because Edwang was responsible for too many government affairs, he could only have a brief meeting with Yang Ming and then hurried to the next investment promotion meeting.
As an emperor, he actually acted like a public servant.
In return, the social atmosphere in Fallen Wind began to improve, some changes occurred within the country, and a group of foreign businessmen flowed from the Sherman Empire to Fallen Wind, giving the economy a boost.
After finishing this small matter, Yang Ming returned to the transport ship to rest for a while.
He did a data test as soon as possible and obtained various data about his body.
Overall, his personal combat power improved significantly in the battle on Zubin Star.
All key body parameters have increased by 10 to 35 percent.
The area that has seen less improvement is his neural reaction speed, which seems to have reached some kind of bottleneck.
What cannot be quantified through data is that kind of "magical" spiritual power.
——The kind of red shock wave that deepens the feeling of fatigue after being released.
That was also the most effective weapon for him, a secondary ancient god life form, when facing the Zerg swarm. It seemed to be able to cut off and hinder the queen's control over the Zerg swarm, causing the individual Zerg to be dominated by powerful fear.
Is this fear also inherited from the Zerg's genes?
Yang Ming didn't quite understand this.
But he believed that as long as he kept exploring, he would eventually find answers to these questions.
I originally wanted to spend some time alone with Hera, but Hera plunged into the laboratory.
For a week in a row, Hera looked very tired every time she appeared in front of him. She would fall asleep after washing up.
This made Yang Ming feel both distressed and lonely.
Hera has been studying the communication problem between the Queen and the Zerg. In this battle on Zubin, she obtained some key data.
In addition, Hera has begun to study Yang Ming's secondary ancient god life form, how it was realized, the powerful ancient gods and the fragile humans.
The genes of the two should be fundamentally different, so why can they merge with each other and create new species?
Hera showed great interest in this.
In this regard, Yang Ming could only support her work, although he did feel a little lonely late at night.
In order to keep himself busy, Yang Ming started to become a weightlifting maniac. He performed pressurized training in a simulated gravity chamber every day to explore the limits of his physical strength.
But compared to killing insects, the improvement brought by this training method is almost negligible.
After a day of extreme training, Yang Ming lay comfortably in the bathtub of the transport ship, closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and practiced meditation.
This type of meditation is 'said' to increase spiritual strength.
But Yang Ming has tried it for a long time and didn't feel any obvious improvement.
"Lv, can we find any information about the insect burial sites in the New Federation?"
Lu's projection appeared outside the bathtub. In order to express respect for her boss's privacy, she chose to turn her back to Yang Ming.
"It's a bit difficult," Lu reminded, "The New Federation must have deleted all relevant information on a larger scale and at a deeper level. Instead of going to the New Federation to look for it, it's better to continue to operate the mining group in the Sherman Empire and try our luck with the mining ships."
"It's the only way."
Yang Ming opened his eyes and saw the brilliant starry sky outside the panoramic skylight on the upper deck.
He looked back at the starry sky and said with a smile:
“The universe is the abyss. This sentence is really appropriate. I used to think that I had fallen into the abyss, helpless, without direction, and only confused.
“It is only now that we realize that both the free citizens of the New Federation and the noble lords of the Sherman Empire are actually struggling in the abyss.
"The Zerg are like demons, and the desires of the human heart are the devil, tsk."
Lu was stunned for a moment and turned to look at the boss.
"Boss, the universe is the abyss. I think you said this before. There are traces of it in my storage."
"Well," Yang Ming said, "I should have asked you to delete the relevant information."
"Uh, then, boss, it seems that I made some mistakes at work."
Lu held his chin and thought carefully.
Yang Ming immediately became interested.
As a mechanical thinking body, and a mechanical thinking body cultivated by a high-dimensional civilization, Lu has extremely high potential for learning and growth. As soon as he is born, he can form an overwhelming all-round invasion and control over the network of backward countries like the Luofeng Empire in the cyber world.
Her work is often accurate and extremely precise.
And Lu has maintained her human side. She has abundant emotions, and her emotional system is constantly evolving and learning.
——Her affection and care for 026 is the best reflection of this.
Now, Lu actually took the initiative to admit that she made mistakes at work.
Yang Ming smiled and asked, "There is a saying in my hometown that no one is perfect, so don't take a temporary mistake too seriously. What exactly was the mistake?"
"Boss, wait a moment. I will reorganize the relevant information."
A projection screen popped up in front of Yang Ming, with three sentences on it.
【The universe is the abyss.】
【The Scourge.】
【Failed civilization and lucky individuals. 】
Yang Ming was completely stunned.
Lu explained quickly:
“Initially, these three sentences frequently appeared under the hot search terms related to white ghosts, and they were also on the screen for a few short periods of time. It was obvious that someone was deliberately spreading them.
“It was before the Battle of Zubin.
“Because some of the data had been deleted before, I was not too sensitive about it at the time, and I did not find the key information of these information cocoons.
“Tracing its source, it should be on the first star of the New Federation, so it is regarded as a means for the New Federation to block the network.
"These are two other sets of keywords that suddenly appeared two days later."
Two projection screens appeared in front of Yang Ming. Each time, they started with "The Universe is the Abyss", followed by two illogical key words and phrases.
[The Unstoppable Scourge], this seems to be referring to the insect plague.
【The destroyed homeland.】
【A ridiculous trial of civilization. 】
【The vast Milky Way and the lonely back. 】
Yang Ming sat up suddenly, with layers of water splashing in the bathtub.
He stared at the scene with a frown.
At first glance, these keywords can be associated with insect plagues, but they follow closely behind those six words.
The universe is the abyss.
This is the slogan and opening remarks of the game "Abyss", and it is the starting point of the cruel tone of the entire game's main storyline!
Law continued:
"The other party released the last set of keywords a week ago. They seem to be trying to find something through code words, but these can all be regarded as descriptions of the Zerg. If they are code words, they are doing it very secretly, and there must be a strong technical team behind them to support them."
The fourth projection screen appeared in front of Yang Ming.
【The universe is the abyss.】
[Highest: 129, 55, 121. ]
【The pioneer after the fusion of consciousness. 】
The corners of Yang Ming's mouth were twitching wildly.
After five years of operation of the "Abyss" game on Earth, the highest individual level is 129, with a total of 55 combat professions and 121 special auxiliary professions.
Fusion of consciousness.
Pioneer.
"Law," Yang Ming's voice trembled slightly, but he soon regained his composure, "Investigate the source of this information immediately, by any means necessary. No matter what method you use, give me as much detailed information as possible."
"clear."
Lu responded softly, and the projection flashed and disappeared.
Yang Ming, however, was already getting restless.
He wasn't the only one who survived the explosion of the earth?
He merged his consciousness with that of Hanton, the third mate of the Imperial officer and the Kigrov research vessel.
Pioneer... What does pioneer mean?
The universe is the abyss.
At this moment, Yang Ming suddenly felt that his progress forward was not meaningless.
There are people in my hometown who are in a similar situation as me!
…
Three galactic hours later.
Yang Ming, neatly dressed, returned to the bridge of the Feinan.
026, who was playing cards with two tracked robots, immediately stopped the entertainment and returned to his work station, waiting to be called by his serious-faced boss at any time.
The projection of Lu appeared again.
"Boss, there is not much information available at the moment.
“These keywords come from the New Federation, and most of them are released from the city of Minter. After layers of transcoding, they use the secret servers set up by the CIA in the Empire.
“As long as you search all the keywords in parallel, you can get a picture clue, which ultimately points to a website.
"I have parsed all the data on this website and found that it contains a questionnaire. The content of the questionnaire cannot be obtained. It was temporarily retrieved from the other party's database. The current number of visitors to the website is zero.
“The website is built within the New Federation.”
Yang Ming leaned back in his chair and frowned, "Is this bait?"
"It's up to you, boss, to make your own judgement. The information I have is incomplete." Lu said softly.
Yang Ming asked: "Can the contents of the questionnaire be retrieved?"
"It's a bit troublesome. This will definitely alarm the other party."
"Then let's not do it for now," Yang Ming tapped the table with his fingers, thinking hard.
The lawyer reminded: "This website has some hidden doors and virus programs pre-installed, which can locate the server location of the entrant and read the entrant's identity information..."
She looked a little strange, and whispered:
"They even designed a low-level operation like turning on the device's camera, and the program design also had bugs. It was obvious that the team had rushed to put it together without much debugging.
"The technical talents in the New Federation are also divided into different levels."
Yang Ming said: "Well, let's get a fake identity. I'll disguise myself and do a complete disguise. Then I'll go directly to the Sherman Empire and log in to this website to try."
"Okay, boss. I'll arrange it right away."
The law reminded:
“You’d better create some contrasting images. They put these entries in the directory related to white ghosts, probably because they suspect that white ghosts are the same kind as them.
"That's what Ritsu speculated."
them?
Oh, this wonderful plural.
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled, and soon began to think again.
If a group of people on Earth really survived, what should I do?
At this stage, he should be doing pretty well.
That’s not quite right…
"Lv," Yang Ming suddenly asked, "Is the detector we placed at the entrance of the ruins still functioning normally?"
Lu Dao: "It is operating normally, Boss. We have not detected any signs of any spacecraft or life forms approaching, and the entrance has not been opened."
Yang Ming couldn't help but lean back.
Omnic Twilight is known as the only designated chosen place in "Abyss".
Who can resist such a great temptation?
Could it be that the other party didn't get a ship? That's unlikely. The cost of manpower and material resources required to launch a wide-area information diffusion campaign from the New Federation to the network within the Sherman Empire is very high, far beyond the ability of ordinary people.
There is a problem.
Yang Ming felt that he needed to be cautious enough and test the other party's strength first.
…
Two days later.
The Feinan was hovering on a resource star near an administrative star in a remote area of the Sherman Empire.
Yang Ming quietly slipped into the small city on the surface of the resource star, disguised himself from head to toe, and turned into an elegant old gentleman.
He used an ordinary Internet access terminal to access the secret website.
A black border immediately appeared on the projection screen.
【The universe is the abyss】.
Hmm, Yang Ming almost vomited after reading this sentence, but the design of this border... is exactly the same as "The Abyss".
And they use the universal language of the galaxy.
Yang Ming clicked on the screen and jumped directly to the questionnaire page.
The terminal was invaded by a virus, and the files made by Lu, which depicted an old man's daily life, were stolen by the other party.
When he saw the first question on the questionnaire, Yang Ming almost laughed out loud.
'Which of the following options is the real name of the legendary pirate Star Widow? '
Yang Ming clicked on "Mimili" without thinking.
Moreover, this still young legend already had a deep friendship with him, to the point that Mimilli's old father had become his first mate, and he and Mimilli almost had close contact.
Although it's a mechanical carnal kind.
The second question is more professional.
'Which of the following descriptions do you think is correct?
'First, the brain doesn't work well when playing close combat. Isn't this game just about traveling the world with a laser gun?
'Second, there will be no punishment for flirting with a professional mentor of the opposite sex. On the contrary, you may get a reward of the 18+ level.
'3. The great emperors of the Sherman Empire usually lived from three hundred to six hundred years old.
'Fourth, secondary professions are useless. Why do you need to take exams to play games? Do players need to learn how to know the curvature engine?'
Yang Ming chose the third option without any hesitation.
Only this is correct.
This questionnaire was no different from the free-score questions. It was all game content of "Abyss". It would definitely be meaningless for an outsider to read it, but Yang Ming became more and more eager in his heart.
Like is looking for like!
at the same time.
In the New Federation, Minter City, Councilman Allison, who had just finished a meeting, hurriedly got into his luxury car.
He turned on the highly private solid-state screen, and Yang Ming, in disguise, immediately appeared on it.
Allison glanced at the questionnaire score.
One hundred percent correct!
Oh, this!
Allison immediately took over the highest authority in the background and typed lines of code at a rapid speed.
In the technical team he assembled, he was the boss.
Yang Ming had just finished the "test paper" when a simple dialog box suddenly popped up in front of him. After a certain delay, the information appeared in front of him.
'Your planet was destroyed, wasn't it?'
Yang Ming quickly typed: "The Ninth Disaster."
Allison: 'They destroyed our home without any warning or explanation of any rules.'
Yang Ming: ' They should have told us the importance of this game in advance.'
Allison: 'The process of merging consciousness is very painful, and I need to face another life.'
Yang Ming: "I was almost swallowed up by the host's consciousness."
"Can we meet? We need further contact," the other party asked.
A slight smile appeared on Yang Ming's lips. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. This was his way of taking the initiative.
'Can.'
Yang Ming quickly typed two lines in the common language of the empire:
'But I cannot confirm your identity, please forgive me for having to remain vigilant.
'The Free United States camp, where the epic story of the 46th level 12-person team takes place. I'll be waiting for you there. How long will it take you?'
Allison smiled with narrowed eyes, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.
"The afterlife, right? I can access their network at any time, and I have built up a pretty good force."
Yang Ming: "I'm just average, we'll talk when we meet."
'See you there at noon.'
'See you at noon.'
