Chapter 262: Where in life do we not meet?
"After the first war, the Zerg queen did not die."
"Yes, when my research institute was out looking for special materials, I happened to see his figure in a wilderness. It was just a quick glance..."
Speaking of Zerg, Wang Luo was very interested and took the initiative to start chatting.
Although their 051 Institute is studying aliens, they have not found any aliens over the years, but have found a large number of primitive bugs that look like aliens.
Inside the institute, there are some secret video recordings in which the blurry figure of the queen can be seen.
Some say she is not a Zerg, but a human.
Some people also say that she is a visitor from outer space.
Others believe she has the ability to shapeshift and deliberately makes her appearance look like a human.
"The Zerg are a race that worships power." Wang Luo said: "If he is really a human, and has absolute power, and can release an aura similar to that of the Zerg, perhaps he can really rule the Zerg."
"Could it be a monster created by the mechanical race?" a young college professor suddenly spoke up.
He mentioned that the Mechanoids have a large number of laboratories all over the world, exploring various paths of evolution. Many members of the resistance had been captured and later escaped and told many details.
Humans in cities are also kept in captivity.
There are a large number of disappearances every year.
Once they are spotted and captured to become experimental subjects, the results are generally tragic. They become ugly and hideous monsters and almost all of them do not live long.
Mercer from the Mechanical Clan had gone very far on this path, but he had only twenty or so experimental subjects who could barely be considered successful. The rest all died, and died miserably.
Wang Luo shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. Your academy should have information about it. The time when the Zerg Queen appeared was almost the same as the time when the Mechanical Race grew stronger. At that time, the Mechanical Race was busy fighting with us humans and had no time to study these things."
"Perhaps..."
The old dean at the side thought of something, but sighed lightly and said nothing more.
There are so many theories about the queen's origins.
Su Xia saw the complicated expression on the old dean's face and understood what he wanted to say.
In the early days, there was a theory that the queen might have been transformed by humans themselves.
Not long after psychic energy was promoted as a clean energy source, it soon showed the ability to cause evolution in living things, which made many people ecstatic at the time.
It is said that at that time, some people were doing some secret experiments that were inhumane, and many wealthy people secretly funded those crazy scientists in order to obtain special abilities, immortality, etc.
It was a crazy period buried in the smoke of gunpowder.
From the advent of psychic power to the rise of the mechanical race, during the period of human dominance, much of the information can no longer be verified due to the war.
But what is certain is that during that period of time, in the shadows invisible to ordinary people, in those dark underground laboratories, a large number of innocent lives became experimental subjects, and countless bloody, horrific, frenzied, distorted and irrational scientific and technological achievements were born.
Is the current Zerg Queen among them?
Last time in the wilderness, Suxia talked a lot with the octopus monster Haidar, but did not talk about the origin of the mysterious queen. Haidar deliberately avoided the topic and only said that the queen's knowledge came from a Zerg skeleton that fell from space.
"Sure enough, Zerg also exist in the universe." The old dean put on his glasses and read the "Interstellar Encyclopedia" in detail, and saw the introduction to various special Zerg species.
Wang Luo was also flipping through the book. Although the cover of "Star Encyclopedia" was printed with the words "Children's Book", they still read it with great interest.
It’s just a matter of academic priority. You can learn as long as you live.
Some people plan to enjoy their retirement in their fifties and count the days to retirement, while others are still exploring tirelessly in their seventies or eighties until the end of their lives.
A lifetime is only a hundred or eighty years, and everyone has his or her own way of living. It is impossible to compare the quality of each way of living, they are just different attitudes towards life.
"The man-eating tree, this name is easy to understand. This time I almost became the food of these plants."
"Hey, the fruit yield of this withered vine is so high? If it can be improved, the human race may not have to worry about food problems in the future..."
“…”
Beside Wang Luo and the old dean, a large number of young people from the research institute and college also gathered around, standing on tiptoe, craning their necks, trying to read the contents of the book.
Su Xia brought a total of four copies of "Interstellar Encyclopedia" this time, two of which were given to Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng, and now there are only these two left.
By the time they arrive at the oasis camp, these guys will each have a copy of the book.
But they couldn't wait any longer. It was as if the door to a new world had been opened to them, and they were thirsty for knowledge from the starry sky.
Su Xia could foresee that when they arrived at the Oasis camp, these guys would probably stay up all night in the wreckage's screening room to watch Hal play "120 Hours to Learn About Interstellar" for them.
"Be careful—"
Su Xia suddenly took action, shouted loudly, and grabbed a young scholar.
This guy was standing on tiptoe to check the book in the old dean's hand, and he didn't pay attention to his feet and almost fell into a trap.
“Ah… this…”
His face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he thanked Su Xia repeatedly.
On the way, everyone became cautious again, collecting plant samples while reading and tasting some edible alien plant fruits.
The group was moving quite fast and soon met up with Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng.
Su Xia was in the middle and began to introduce the two parties.
"This is Sun Lang, this is Chang Rufeng, they are from the Zero Point Tavern, and they received news from Dragon City a few days ago..."
The two of them greeted them cheerfully, shook hands with the old professor and his friends one by one, and were extremely happy, talking and laughing.
Everyone in the Longcheng team thought they were happy about this meeting.
But Su Xia knew that these two guys were just happy that no one died so that they could get the full bonus promised by Long Cheng, which was a full 20 million, and a level 5 psychic equipment.
"It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive..."
When Sun Lang thought about the money, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
After the two sides got to know each other, the old professor, Wang Luo and others kept looking at Hal.
After all, this is a mechanical life form from outer space. This is the first time they have seen it in their entire lives. The spaceship fragments they had collected before did not contain Hal.
However, as the object of observation, Hal was speechless.
Because Su Xia was present, he couldn't get angry and just let these guys beat him up.
"What material is this?" A young professor tapped Hal's big eyes, "Can this material really withstand the extremely low temperatures in the universe?"
"Where is his power source? Why can it last for more than 20 years?"
"Perhaps we can use him to improve our energy technology..."
“…”
Everyone looked like they were looking at some rare treasure, sometimes knocking on it, sometimes recording data.
In the end, Hal couldn't stand it anymore and sighed.
"Alas, ignorant natives."
These natives were all born on this planet, so why is there such a huge gap between their performance and that of the captain?
Fortunately, these people were not the ones who became captains, Hal thought.
And so, the group set off again.
With a complete map and Hal as a guide, they no longer needed to be so cautious and moved much faster. They did not go out of the forest, but kept getting closer to the core area.
The prize cabin mentioned in the mission [Deep Space Reward] is in the core area and is guarded by another Hal.
The first prize is a complete set of sixth-order mecha.
Now Su Xia is getting stronger and stronger. Although he has not yet broken through to level five, the psychic potions he needs have been collected in the last two insect nest battles, and he urgently needs a stronger mecha.
Boss Shu in the camp can only build level 4 mechas, and he doesn't have the skills to build higher level mechas.
The mecha in the wreckage prize cabin came from the huge Seventh Empire in the starry sky. It was well optimized and much better than the technology on this planet.
With better optimization, sixth-level mechas and fifth-level creatures can be controlled.
"However, if the sixth-level mecha breaks down, who should I ask to repair it?" Su Xia touched his chin and suddenly thought of this question.
The technology of the human race's Anluo Company is very good. The stance device that was developed not long ago was developed by Anluo Company. Unfortunately, they have already joined the mechanical race.
But it is said that the night before the surrender, a young core member jumped on a plane and fled the city where Anluo Company was located alone, and later entered Longcheng.
I think Dragon City’s technology in this area must be stronger than Oasis Camp.
At ten o'clock in the morning, everyone entered the core area.
The vegetation here is even denser, and it's almost impossible to find a place to stand. We can only push aside the low vegetation in front and force our way in little by little.
As they moved forward, Su Xia kept chatting with the old dean and the others, asking about the news about Longcheng intentionally or unintentionally.
Following Su Xia's suggestion, Sun Lang also helped to ask some questions.
"Not long ago, I passed by a rebel camp in the wilderness. I happened to be out of food, so I went in to buy some supplies and found some people from Dragon City inside."
Sun Lang spoke with a smile, bringing up the matter casually.
He went on to say, "I talked to them for a while and found out that they had just moved out of Dragon City. They said that something big was going to happen in Dragon City, so they came out to avoid the limelight and would go back after a while... Could it be that the Mechanical Tribe was going to attack Dragon City?"
"This matter, ah..."
After hearing what Sun Lang said, the old dean and Wang Luo had complicated expressions on their faces, not knowing how to start.
Sun Lang's seemingly unintentional question touched upon the core struggle of Dragon City.
Su Xia seemed to be thinking about something, just listening quietly and saying nothing.
After a while, the old dean sighed and said, "This is not a secret. There have been some rumors in Dragon City recently."
"That's right. Many people moved out because of these rumors." Wang Luo nodded gently. "We are also investigating who is spreading those rumors. Although we have arrested several people, we have not found the source yet."
"What rumor is that?" Sun Lang asked in surprise.
"It's nothing more than that our two families have made unusual moves and want to eradicate the city lord's lineage..."
By now, these rumors had already spread beyond Dragon City and among various forces, and the two had nothing to hide.
In this lineage of the academy, the old dean has the highest status.
On the research institute side, Wang Luo, as the director of the 051 Institute, also has a high status and is considered one of the top people in the entire research institute.
But both of them shook their heads and denied the rumors.
The old dean said: "Now that the human race is in decline and the enemy is at hand, how could we do such a thing?"
"Yes, on the contrary. Over the years, we have been working hard to maintain stability within Dragon City."
Wang Luo also spoke up: "Although some of the young people below have occasional friction, it is all under control and has never thought of splitting Dragon City... If such a split is done, won't we become sinners for all eternity?"
Talking about this matter, both of them were very serious.
At the same time, other members of the team also spoke up and said that it was impossible to do such a thing.
"We are all human beings. If we really did something like that, wouldn't it make our loved ones sad and our enemies happy?"
"That's right!" A young researcher said loudly, "Those who spread the rumors have ulterior motives. We never thought of taking action against the city lord!"
"Alas, it has not been easy for the city lord these years..."
“…”
Judging from their expressions, what they said should be true.
Is it really just an insignificant rumor?
Su Xia thought silently and did not completely believe it. After all, this involved the core struggle between three factions, and these people might not tell the truth.
To find out the truth, he has to go to Longcheng in person.
Even if he didn't do it to visit his old father, but simply from the perspective of the human race, he would have to unite with the people of Dragon City sooner or later.
"Perhaps there is another fourth force in secret, and they are the ones spreading rumors." Wang Luo said after a moment's silence, "Dragon City has been in chaos during this period, and many people who shouldn't have come have come."
"Well, when we get to the oasis camp and contact our headquarters, I'll ask them to keep a close eye on it," said the old dean.
Both of them had some guesses, but there was too little evidence at the moment, and the few people they had arrested were all small fry and there was not much useful information.
Then the topic was dropped.
Both the old dean and Wang Luo invited Su Xia to Longcheng with a very sincere tone, saying that they would give Su Xia the highest courtesy.
Su Xia smiled and nodded repeatedly, indicating that she would definitely go, but she was busy now.
In fact, even if he really wanted to go, he wouldn't go in a big way.
He wanted to see the true appearance of Dragon City.
Now, he has that special ID card and can enter Dragon City without anyone's invitation.
Time passed slowly, and the group walked and talked until it was eleven o'clock in the morning.
"We're almost there." Su Xia glanced at the mission map.
The jungle in this area is so dense that you can hardly see any sunlight. There are vines tangled together, weeds up to waist height, and it is pitch black all around.
Just then, Hal suddenly spoke up: "The other me is nearby. I received a message from him."
Su Xia said: "Tell him that we are not enemies."
"OK."
Hal did his duty and began to communicate with his other self, saying that the new captain had arrived.
At the same time, he also said that there are many annoying guys around the captain and he must remain patient.
Not long after, there were some slight noises in the jungle ahead.
“Crack…Crack…”
Another Hal appeared in Su Xia's sight.
He is almost identical to this Hal, except that he looks more worn out, with triangular-shaped feet rolling on tracks and a sniper rifle welded to his left hand.
If someone discovered the wreckage in the central area, he would most likely be shot in the head.
Hal's tracks rolled over dead branches and leaves, and he came closer, his big eyes flashing, bringing unexpected news to everyone.
"I trapped a group of people, maybe they are your friends."
He stretched out his rusty mechanical right arm, and several rays of light blue appeared from between his fingers, interweaving into a projection image in front of him.
When the members of the academy saw the people in the picture, they were stunned.
" Old Shi?"
"Professor Shi?"
"Teacher Shi?"
“…”
Several different titles appeared from the mouths of different academic members, but they all pointed to the same person - Shi Sishi.
Su Xia raised her eyebrows and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
The old guy Shi Sishi and the player named Chang Rui were actually trapped by Hal.
We meet each other everywhere in life, and meeting each other is fate.
