Chapter 189: The Difficult Journey of Fishing for the Valkyrie
On board the Feinan.
The Silent Deep Sky is presented in a three-dimensional projection called a map.
The exploration ships belonging to Miss Molly were marked with light red triangle symbols, and each flash represented a 'small' change in their position.
Yang Ming was holding a bottle of oral gene stabilizing liquid that tasted like beer, and he couldn't help feeling a little emotional as he watched Lu telling about his grievances with the Valkyrie.
Although Brother Ji is dead;
But he really is a bit of a lingering ghost, and his negative impact continues to this day.
After Lu finished speaking, Kolev, Mimili, and 026 all fell silent.
They didn't quite know how to evaluate Yang Ming's somewhat outrageous experience.
Lu told them the story of the transformation of the imperial officer Hanton, and fully interpreted Yang Ming's mental journey from love to resentment towards the empire.
What happened on Earth has nothing to do with Kolev and the others, and Yang Ming will not allow anyone other than Lu or any other thinking entity to know about it.
Mimi Li was the first to sort out this information in her mind and frowned:
"So what we're facing is a genetically modified monster that can easily destroy a battleship from the inside?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said, "This is the main reason why I hesitated before whether to let you act together. This is very dangerous."
"It's fun, too," Mimili said with a smile, "It's an enemy that even the powerful White Ghost is afraid of, so it's quite challenging."
Kolev muttered, "You can't even defeat her head-on?"
"I defeated her once," Yang Ming took a sip of stabilizer, "but she didn't have many combat skills at that time. Now she is very scary. The news released by the Empire before was about the discovery of a destroyed Zerg nest... That was not done by me."
Kolev was surprised: "The other party destroyed an entire swarm of insects by himself?"
Lu added: "On the premise of not alerting any forces."
The old pirate suddenly fell into deep thought.
026 raised his hand and said, "Our goal now is to find the ghost ship where she is hiding and destroy it, right?"
"That's right," said Lu, who was dressed as a secretary. "We have been secretly searching for her whereabouts before, but after the first defeat in the head-on confrontation with the Sherman Empire, this woman obviously adjusted her strategy and began to move around under the cover of this ship. The crew and passengers on the ship should have been killed."
Yang Ming added: "Although I know she still has some humanity, we must never regard her as a human being. She is dominated by the instincts of the ancient god."
He paused, and his mind flashed back to the past when he was annihilated time and again in front of the Valkyrie.
Although "Abyss" is just a "data" intercepted from a point in time in the Milky Way and has undergone a virtual evolution, the characteristics displayed by the Valkyrie should be the same.
Yang Ming suddenly thought of Kigrov's sarcoma.
Because of his presence and interference, Keygrove chose the route of destroying everything with the antimatter bomb;
If Yang Ming had not appeared, the Valkyrie would still go berserk and try to seize control of the research ship, and Kigrov would use the same transformation surgery to suppress the Valkyrie for thirty years;
During this process, didn't the Sherman Empire go looking for them?
Yang Ming frowned tightly.
Or in other words, Kigrov in that timeline has been communicating with the Empire?
"Boss?" 026 called softly.
Yang Ming stopped daydreaming and shook his head to put these thoughts behind him.
That's another possibility.
Now they are walking on new possibilities.
There is a possibility that he exists.
"how?"
026 said: "I was wondering if we could use the White Ghost's appeal within the Sherman Empire?"
Lu immediately denied it: "It's best not to link the White Ghost with the Valkyrie. The Valkyrie has been recognized by them as a product of the Kigrov research ship . If the White Ghost gets involved, it will only have a negative impact."
026 nodded obediently and dared not say anything else.
“No, no, no,” Kolev shook his head like a rattle. “Lü, your idea is wrong. As long as the White Phantom continues to be exposed, and this guy’s fighting style is similar to that of the Valkyrie, they will definitely be linked.”
Ritsu blinked.
Mimili also said: "Pirates are used to preparing for the worst, and then thinking about the best solution."
Yang Ming nodded slightly.
"and……"
Kolev's wrinkled old face was full of thought, and he said slowly:
"First of all, our best solution is to kill with a borrowed knife and use the Sherman Empire to get rid of the Valkyrie.
“To achieve this goal, three elements must be met: the Valkyrie can threaten the safety of the empire, the whereabouts of the Valkyrie can be found, and the Valkyrie will not surrender to the empire.
"As long as she surrenders, she will definitely be treated as a key research subject, and your situation will become extremely dangerous."
Yang Ming nodded: "That's true."
“This seems to be the best solution, but in fact it is difficult to achieve due to these restrictions and is full of uncertainties.”
Kolev said in a deep voice:
"So I suggest you find a way to lure her to an area with superior firepower and use the starship's guns to solve the problem.
“No matter how powerful she is, she can’t withstand the firepower coverage of the fleet, and the greatest resource you have now is the army of the Luofeng Empire.
"My dear nephew, Captain, you must use this strength you have accumulated over the years."
Yang Ming frowned and pondered, then began to pace slowly.
Luofeng is now his base, and its location is too awkward. It is a vassal state of Sherman and is "concerned" by the New Federation. Once the New Federation recovers, there will definitely be a series of actions against Luofeng.
Luo Feng’s international politics can now only be bound to the Sherman Empire and cannot have any twists and turns.
"Kolev, you mean to lure the Valkyrie out of the Sherman Empire?"
"Yes," Kolev said, "this is actually the best way."
Lu insisted on her opinion: "Using the Internet to create momentum and using the casualties caused by the Valkyrie to the special forces to arouse their anger is also a plan with room for maneuver."
Yang Ming nodded and said slowly: "These are actually follow-up plans. They can be a main execution plan and a backup plan. We can make different choices based on different situations. At this stage, we must first find the ghost ship."
Mimily suddenly asked: "The ancient god life form is hunting insects...does it have special sensing abilities?"
Yang Ming said: "I can only sense it when I am very close to the insect."
"But the Valkyrie is your superior life form, uncle. She may have a farther sensing distance."
Mimi licked her lips and whispered:
"If we can get a batch of bugs, could that lure her out?
"If we bury some antimatter bombs, high-efficiency shaped energy bombs, and neutron star matter bombs in the bugs...wouldn't that solve the problem once and for all?"
Yang Ming frowned slightly.
Mimi's idea... is quite good.
"Wait a minute," Kolev frowned, "If they bring a group of bugs here, wouldn't that be poisoning the Sherman Empire? If we get caught red-handed, we're doomed!"
Lu: "Why were they caught red-handed? We can use a large number of mechanical guards?"
Mimily: "Why were they caught? It was the New Federation that poisoned Sherman. Only they can keep bugs in captivity."
Yang Ming: …
Wow, there's actually some chemical reaction when the mechanical thinking body and the starry sky widow get together.
"This is the third plan," Yang Ming said, "All three plans are backup plans and will be carried out together. I can get some insects. Well, my ex-girlfriend can produce some insect eggs. In fact, we have also sealed a batch of insect eggs as experimental samples, and we can use some of them."
Mimily and Kolev both looked a little strange.
The quick-witted Kolev almost asked: Do you have an ex-girlfriend who looks like a queen insect?
But he wisely chose to remain silent.
…
Twelve galactic days later.
A cargo ship registered in the New Federal Confederation quietly sailed into the border of Sherman's Empire.
Over the past twelve days, all the usable ships of the Mollymis Mining Group, together with Yang Ming's Dongfeng and Feinan, have searched all star regions where ghost ships might appear.
Although they gained something - the detectors they placed randomly captured the image of the ghost ship passing by;
However, the area where this ghost ship is active has no regular pattern, and it does not only appear in this star field, so it is impossible to know where to start.
The longer the time drags on, the more likely it is that the abnormal behavior of the Molly Miss Mining Group will attract outside attention. What's more, this mining group is only remotely controlled by Lu and has tens of thousands of employees and crew members.
Yang Ming decided to promote the third plan proposed by Mimili.
Fishing for Valkyrie.
Hera's laboratory provided some materials, and Yang Ming used a small number of insects that had been sealed before, and barely gathered together 3,000 insect eggs.
Without the mother insect, the eggs cannot hatch.
- In fact, in the era of rampant insect plagues, many countries would use ordinary insect eggs as warning samples. When the eggs began to hatch, it meant that the mother insect was not far away.
Yang Ming approached the insect eggs secretly, and the familiar feeling of irritation reappeared in his heart.
After confirming that this thing was effective, Yang Ming drove the Feinan away quickly.
Mimili, Kolev, and 026 had already moved to the Dongfeng, following far behind Yang Ming's Feinan.
When they just entered the second modified ship, Kolev and 026 were exclaiming in excitement. One was amazed at the powerful firepower of the modified ship, and the other was impressed by the luxurious crew lounge of the modified ship.
The Dongfeng is Yang Ming's "big treasure" to deal with the Valkyrie.
The insect egg cargo ship slowly sailed towards the abandoned resource planet where the Valkyrie once appeared.
It had no number, was not connected to the network, blocked its positioning system, and expertly avoided the detection range of patrol formations within the Sherman Empire.
It spends most of its time traveling in areas with gentle gravity, which ensures smooth spacecraft jumps.
There was no response all the way.
The cargo ship sailed into the resource star's thin atmosphere, circled the resource star three times, and then slowly sailed away.
It rushed to the airspace where the Blue ghost ship was last discovered.
Yang Ming just followed the ship quietly.
He turned on all the shielding devices that could be turned on, and the Feinan remained silent throughout the process.
The main brain of Lu is almost fully loaded, processing a large amount of data every minute and every second.
The first day of fishing yielded no results.
The same thing happened in the following days.
Kolev gave an analogy to this: before they were looking for a needle in a haystack, but now they have tied a strong magnet to them and are continuing to look for the needle in the haystack.
The territory of Sherman's empire was simply too vast.
The distances between adjacent administrative stars are calculated in light years.
As a result, Yang Ming was under increasing pressure.
The elusive ghost ship;
There is a very strong possibility that the Valkyrie assimilated the freighter;
If he didn't take the initiative to find the Valkyrie, but waited for the Valkyrie to make sufficient preparations and then directly leapt to him, then it would be too late.
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and stared at the projection screen in front of him.
Alone on the Feinan, he had already begun to calculate how much he could pay in exchange for an advantage against the Valkyrie.
The answer is most of the accumulation except life.
Lu's projection appeared at the side and said quickly, "Boss, there is nothing unusual for now. Do you want to take a break? You haven't had enough rest time every day recently , which will easily affect your condition when fighting the Valkyrie."
"How can I possibly sleep?"
Yang Ming muttered, "Can we add some more stimulating hormones to the strengthening injection?"
"It's too late to change the recipe now, boss."
"Then I'll take a nap here," Yang Ming lowered his head and yawned, "Lü, if we can't find the Valkyrie again, maybe we can take the initiative to seek help from the Sherman Empire Special Forces. Captain Gris is a pretty good guy."
Before Yang Ming could finish his words, he could hear snoring from his nose.
Lu sighed softly, dimmed the lights in the cabin, and slowly laid Yang Ming's seat flat. The simulated projection stood quietly beside Yang Ming, guarding her host.
…
"Hmmmm~"
Captain Gris, wearing his flirty beige tights, walked in the Sherman Empire special forces base - Skywrath Fortress.
This fortress contains extremely powerful energy. It was originally a modification of a natural satellite hollowed out. Its most important function is the star-destroying cannon hidden inside it.
Natural satellite fortresses are a higher level of deterrence than dreadnoughts, and they semi-permanently guard outside the imperial star circle. Only when the Sherman Empire suffers great damage will they be activated and all provocative enemies will be eliminated.
The special forces station only occupies a small area on the second floor of the Skywrath Fortress;
Various weapons laboratories, biological and chemical laboratories related to special forces are placed in the outer area.
Captain Gris has become a celebrity in Skywrath Fortress in recent times.
Invitations from beautiful female fighters continued one after another, and he woke up in a different dormitory every day. He had begun to get tired of this boring and energy-wasting life.
He is a warrior, the most elite warrior in the empire! ——Although he is not a cyborg.
What he needs to do is not just training, but to kill powerful enemies! - It is best not to risk his life.
In the boring life of training and preparation, Gris began to miss his teammates with whom he had fought briefly.
"Why hasn't the white guy been active lately?"
"Boss," a team member nearby said with a smile, "you've been mentioning the white ghost several times a day lately."
Gris muttered, "As long as he shows up, there will definitely be something interesting happening, and we won't have to sit there in a daze every day at the base and waste the generous salary the Empire gives us."
"Isn't this good?" the team members sighed, "Although we have received generous rewards, we have the highest mortality rate in the entire army."
"That's right," Gris patted the team member on the shoulder, "but you must be prepared to face death at any time, so that you can truly cross the chasm of death. This is what I often teach you."
The team member's facial muscles twitched slightly.
Okay, you have to finish the chicken soup given by the leader, no matter how bitter it is.
A reminder suddenly came from Gris's shoulder: "Captain Gris, please go to the command meeting room No. 3 immediately."
"Look," Gris' eyes lit up, "It's time to get back to work, everyone gather together!"
