Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 926: Breakthrough of Disaster
"I'll only say this once, so listen carefully... Also, if in the process of receiving this information, your self-awareness and memory show any abnormalities, or the degree of erosion suddenly deepens, you must tell me immediately." The nest master said. In his eyes, Ke Lan seemed to be a very precious object, and he needed to be extremely careful and cautious in "handling" it.
Ke Lan did not interrupt. He focused all his attention on those sealed memories. Although the owner of the hive said that if any abnormality occurred, it must be terminated immediately, he still hoped to dispel the fog covering these memories through some external inducements.
"I said before that in order to prevent the second disaster from coming, the hive city sealed all the information about that existence and the first disaster. Except for the controller of the hive city, all the residents of the hive city are completely unaware of the situation on the surface and what happened in the past. This is almost exactly the same as what the undead crew will do now. They classified all information related to human civilization in this time and space as top secret, and sent secret teams to erase the engine wreckage sites and seal off all the ruins with the remnants of the disaster, all to prevent a new disaster from breaking out on the Ark."
The Hive Master paused, and then continued: "As the leader of mankind, we must be ruthless when necessary - the Undead Crew will find a way to wipe out the soldiers and hunters who have performed such missions, and we will also "deal with" the survivors who return from the surface. In fact, the number of explorers who can bring back technical documents and materials alive is much higher than the number announced to the public, but most of them will not even have the opportunity to enter the archives, and will be executed and their bodies destroyed. The very few survivors announced to the public are to serve as examples to encourage humans to participate in surface exploration operations, but in fact, these "examples" that appear in front of the public are all pre- arranged substitutes.
"I know it's cruel to treat the 'heroes' like this. They risked their lives for the hive, but when they returned triumphantly, not only did they not receive a welcome ceremony or the agreed-upon rewards, but they were stabbed in the back by their own people... You can describe people like us as despicable and shameless, but we have to do this. Each of them has been eroded. Even if there are no signs of mutation on the surface, the seeds of danger have been planted in their bodies... This is equivalent to the 'brand' I just mentioned. Sooner or later, they will become eroded corpses.
"The first generation of hive residents sacrificed themselves to ensure the 'purity' of their offspring. If I were to be soft-hearted and leave these people behind, all the efforts and sacrifices of the first generation of hive residents would be in vain."
"But the second disaster still broke out." Ke Lan said, "It turns out that dealing with those who were corrupted cannot completely eliminate the possibility of a disaster breaking out."
"That's right. Even if every person who has been corrupted is executed, there will still be an unstable factor in the hive, the biggest unstable factor." After saying this, the hive master sighed heavily.
"The unstable factor is you, the controller of the hive." Ke Lan gave him the answer that he didn't say out loud.
"That's right. I am the biggest destabilizing factor. I am the breakthrough point of the disaster." The Hive Master's voice was filled with sadness. "Although Yunding will monitor my status at all times, under the dual effects of the residual consciousness of that existence and my own desire to survive, I have to find a way to hide the true extent of my erosion. It is not difficult... Because of my own selfish desire, it directly led to the outbreak of the second disaster."
"It seems that there are quite a few hive controllers who have this idea, otherwise the entire Alpha hive would not have fallen." Ke Lan said.
"No... As long as a disaster breaks out in a part of the hives, the disaster will sweep across the entire hive civilization like a plague... I was still a little sober at that time, and sank this hive into the deep sea and sealed it up at the last moment. But for the other hives that were completely destroyed, I relied on the information stored in the archives to send expeditions to those hives that were not affected by the disaster..."
"So that's how it is..." Ke Lan murmured.
This thing is just like the Resident Evil. In the tug-of-war between the two sides, the number of humans will only become fewer and fewer, while the number of zombies will become more and more - even if only a very small number of people are infected with the zombie virus at the beginning.
What's more, the transmission method of disaster is more unsolvable than that of virus. As long as you participate in the battle, you will be corroded... Even if the participating army is composed entirely of robots, it is useless. The disaster can even affect artificial intelligence and computer programs, transforming those robot soldiers into horrible mechanical monsters.
This is a war in which the strength of both sides is completely unequal. No...it can't even be called a war.
The expeditionary forces from the fallen hive cities were like wasps passing through a territory. No one was spared wherever the war reached.
"I have a question. Since you have also been eroded, why are you still rational now?" Ke Lan asked.
"The one who was eroded was the previous 'me'. The previous 'me' did two things in the last conscious moment. One was to sink this nest to the bottom of the sea, and the other was to remove the shielding of the cloud top monitoring program so that the monitoring program could function normally again.
"Then, he was terminated by the monitoring program, and I, who was stored in the cryostat, was awakened as the new hive controller.
"The Night's Watch must have told the Fool all this information." The Hive Master went on to say, "In fact, whether it is the Hive Controller, the Night's Watch, or the Undead Crew on the Ark, they all play similar roles. There must be a group of people in human civilization who know the truth, but this group of people is also the biggest breakthrough point for the disaster.
"We want to lead human civilization forward, but we cannot allow ourselves to be swallowed by disasters. Therefore, there must be someone who can accept all the 'forbidden knowledge' without fear of erosion ." The master of the nest said very solemnly.
"So... I am that person?" Ke Lan looked down at her hands, somewhat incredulous.
"Yours is just one of many plans, but as of now, it should be the one closest to success." The host of the nest said, "However, before those memories are completely unlocked, whether this plan is really successful is another matter."
"...I know." Ke Lan nodded. "Then can you tell me what the White Coffin and the Black Coffin are? Also, do the other members of the Undead Crew know about these plans?"
