"The key issue is the corpse." Bayonet jumped down from the box lightly. "If it is true as he said, then why is there a corpse here for him to control? According to his narrative, that time should be a very urgent moment. This We have previously understood that this area is a production area. They give themselves time to prepare a spare body while transferring their brains?"
"I didn't think too much about it. I just felt that most of the corpses I encountered before were waxed. How can you control a corpse that has been dead for such a long time? The nervous system must have been necrotic long ago." Tie Mei Said, "But I think since the captain dares to take action directly, there must be a very specific reason."
"I think the captain must have checked this appearance directly." Bayonet glanced at Lu Ning.
"That's right." Lu Ning confirmed her suspicion.
She had reserved trust in Luo Qing's words from the very beginning. She opened the terminal in her hand not to verify Luo Qing's identity, but to look for the appearance of the corpse in the files. Since she was talking to "Luo Qing", the other party was completely unaware of what she was really doing.
A facial comparison showed that the body did not belong to any member of the advance team. It is impossible to obtain any breeding permission during the unexplored alien operation, so it can be judged that this is not a person who once existed, but a specially made "tool".
When "Luo Qing" directly blurred this most critical issue, Lu Ning made the decision to kill. She wouldn't trust a brain floating in a jellyfish.
While talking, Lu Ning had already smashed the last jellyfish into pieces. Spider Silk carefully extracted some samples, and then Lu Ning opened the team communication and asked Dragon Vein to restart again.
Restoring the operation of the outpost was easier than expected, but Lu Ning didn't think this was a good sign. The distribution center will not let tourists off easily when it comes to tasks. In the past, even the first task was difficult to complete. However, although she encountered some monsters along the way this time, the strength of her entire team was completely exceeded. At most, if she was careful, the entire mission would be almost in vain.
This made Lu Ning feel worried. The staged missions were released and the early missions were very easy to pass. All of these seemed to be consistent with a situation that many tourists did not want to see - hunting missions.
Before this, Lu Ning had only experienced one hunting mission, and it was a survival hunt. Even if he did not complete the hunting mission, he could still return to the distribution center safely after surviving the survival period. But if it's a simple hunting mission, you can't return to the distribution center as long as you can't kill the target.
She couldn't tell the team members about her worries, so she could only lead the three of them back to the central control room.
This time, the line was connected without any problem. As Longmai finally confirmed the recovery procedure, the lights illuminated the surrounding area, and all the screens also lit up. Finally, there was a sense of order. The team members went to their respective positions, and Lu Ning walked to the many internal monitoring screens and began to perform block inspection and cleaning work.
The personal terminal already showed that the task was completed, and immediately after, the second task popped up.
[Task 2: Obtain three B-level or above phantom star biological specimens. 】
The difficulty increases sharply.
Lu Ning himself knew the equipment of the team and could easily suppress D-level creatures. There was no problem in fighting C-level creatures as long as the organization was sound, but it was hard to say for B-level creatures. However, this mission requires obtaining specimens rather than hunting. The so-called biological specimens also include some biological parts. If you can steal the opportunity to obtain hair scales and the like, it will be counted according to the alliance standards.
"Captain, the central control room reporting system has resumed operation. The connection to the upper block has been temporarily cut off to ensure no interference. Do we send planetary reporting to Magic Star?" Dragon Vein asked for instructions.
"No need for the moment. Wait, now that the sending system has been restored, has the receiving end received any other sending signals?"
"Yes." Longmai quickly replied.
"Number, and team."
"Outpost 3, DU-001; Outpost 7, NE-001; Outpost 10, BW-001; Outpost 23, AL-001; Outpost 37, HJ-001." Dragon Vein quickly reported. .
"...the number one team of five battleships." Qiu Shu said, "It seems that they have the confidence to send out the numbers directly. I doubt that this number was not randomly generated...at least it doesn't look like a coincidence now. .”
"Agreed." Yang Hao sneered, "This is not a combat operation, so it is easy to understand a certain simplified management. At least they can judge the importance and credibility of the intelligence through the sequence of numbers, right?"
"Yanghao, you don't seem to trust the alliance." Bayonet said.
"Girl, I don't trust many things because I don't know the guys who give orders, unlike us face to face now." Yang Hao said, "Then, do you want to contact them? Captain? I don't think so. These five are fuel-efficient lamps.”
"let me consider it."
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Fantasy Star rescue plan formulation period, personnel screening meeting.
"Then now that the candidates have been decided, it's time to decide on the formation."
"We need five leaders...not openly. All teams still act independently. But once they need to form a small army, they must have absolute command power. So, what should a leader look like?"
"Excellent military exploits, strong leadership, and loyalty?"
"That's the battlefield, Magic Star is not a battlefield."
"Prudent, lawful, adaptable?"
"It's hard to define to what extent one can meet this requirement. Many people have the corresponding qualities."
"...Then what kind of people do you think can take away the number 001? Although they won't say it with their mouths, they are all excellent soldiers and they will definitely care in their hearts."
"The requirements are very clear. We need them to stand up and lead the team when necessary, don't we?"
"oh……"
"Can survive until then."
Five photos appeared on the screen behind the person hosting the meeting, along with their resumes.
"Here are my nominations."
——Cosmic Defense, Du Xieyi. With 25 years of military experience, in all the wars she has experienced, everything seems to fall into place. The number of officially recorded wars is 1,365, including interstellar expeditions, galaxy strikes, planetary orbital battles, landing operations, etc., all of which ended in victory, with the troop damage rate below 5%. The details of such a brilliant record were abnormal. Because of this, the military department was worried about her, but it was also impossible to do anything to an outstanding officer based on suspicion, so it was handed over to this fantasy. Star Project.
——Natural Evolution, Chu Song. With 41 years of military experience, this is an experienced veteran. He has served in several units and survived eleven wars rated as desperate. Although there were not many units left each time, this persistent The fighting spirit and will are unshakable. There is no need to doubt the loyalty of this soldier. However, considering his experience, the military may need to leave the battlefield temporarily, but if we need anything to stand up, it must be him.
——Blue Wave Number, Mo Ningyan. With 12 years of military experience, the daughter of Lieutenant General Mo Changgeng, although somewhat suspected of nepotism, Mo Ningyan quickly proved her strength on several battlefields. Her troops showed an astonishing growth rate, and Mo Ningyan's training of soldiers was efficient and rigorous. She was even able to temporarily train a group of civilians into a militia capable of defending their homeland from the star thieves. Mo Ningyan's ability to participate in this plan this time also includes certain gold plating requirements. But aside from these, Mo Ningyan is still one of the best.
——The astronomical light signal is heard falling in the north. He has 20 years of military experience, rich experience in special operations and squad operations, and is good at swift strikes and decapitation attacks. The military's evaluation of him is that he is a bullet that can hit the fatal part at any time. His highest record is that he led a team to paralyze the planetary defense system of a planet within two days, opening the door to planetary orbital bombing. The only thing that needs to be considered when using him is whether he is bloodthirsty - so bloodthirsty that he can't control himself. This is the reason why the military does not approve of him continuing to perform similar tasks.
——Supersonic Jazz Horn, Shang Shen Cauldron. With 21 years of military experience, he was originally a researcher, but became a soldier because of some special encounters. Because of this background, he has extremely strong judgment on the power of the weapons he possesses and all factual basis, to the point of almost mechanical judgment. He was supported because of his rationality, but he also blamed himself for the loss because he was too supported. After all, he was not an orthodox soldier. But in the Phantom Star Project, this may be a good thing. After all, he has never let his emotions affect his rational judgment.
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"I think we should connect to our own one first. I want to know the situation first." Lu Ning didn't think for long and quickly decided to test the situation first. Longmai Hekuai quickly transmitted the signal to her console. Lu Ning connected the connection line of her spacesuit and turned on the communication button.
"This is DU-003, please reply."
After waiting for about five seconds, there was a response.
"DU-001, you were the first to respond, but you didn't publish yourself on the communication list. Is there something wrong?"
"No, it's just that the safety of this behavior cannot be confirmed. DU-001, since you have restored the operation of an outpost, you should know what happened on this fantasy star. Are there any special discoveries?" Lu Ning asked.
"There is no very special situation. The highest-level phantom beast in the outpost is only a C-level threat. It has been eliminated by my team members. We are currently gradually restoring the operation of each block, and we are preparing to use this place as a supply point for our exploration and Supplies each team for use. DU-003, do you have any special discoveries over there?"
"I communicated with a creature that claimed to be a member of the original advance team. I roughly know a little bit about what happened at that time. The authenticity has not been verified. I will transmit part of the video, but the creature is threatening and has been shot. We will query the corresponding information in the database for verification."
"Understood. If possible, can you tell me your next action plan?"
"Our overall cleanup of the outpost has not yet been completed, and it will take about one to two days. After that, the cause of the disease and chaos that broke out here will be searched. If relevant content cannot be found within the outpost, it may be necessary to target the surrounding areas. explore."
"Okay, remember to report."
"I won't forget it. You seem to be moving faster. Is there anything I need to pay attention to about the phantom beasts?"
"Protection, be careful to protect yourself. Although there are currently no phantom beasts that can harm our armor, I think they will inevitably appear in the future. Once their special abilities and states can pose a threat to us, their lethality will become extremely terrifying. "
"Thank you for reminding."
"Then, the call is over for now, keep in touch."
"Keep in touch."
Lu Ning cut off the communication.
"What should I say? Did you find anything?" Longmai asked.
"They are similar to us. They have just repaired the system of an outpost and are in the process of recovery. It seems that all teams will inevitably be busy with this in the next day or two." Lu Ning shook his head.
"Let's talk about some special news, captain. I found that jellyfish in the fantasy beast database here. It is indeed called floating brain fluid." Spider Silk said.
Lu Ning nodded: "So are the characteristics different from what we know?"
"First of all... you have to understand that the advance team cannot do human experiments. At most, they are some biological experiments. But it is also very interesting. They tried to let jellyfish preserve the brains of three creatures, and then the jellyfish showed the characteristics of the three creatures. Different qualities. For example, the brain of aquatic creatures will be close to water, and the brain of beasts will like things close to the smell of blood..."
"It sounds like it does protect that brain." Tiemei said, "Generally speaking, there has to be a 'but' behind such words."
"You guessed it, in the test, the jellyfish will not put back the preserved brain, but once they are fed a new brain, the internal liquid will crush the previously preserved brain, decompose it, and then make room for it. A new brain. Because of this behavior, researchers speculate that this is the biological behavior of the jellyfish itself, so it is exactly the opposite of what Luo Qing just said."
"It's not that the preserved brain controls the jellyfish, but that the jellyfish reads the information in the brain." Lu Ning said, "Obviously, what we did just now was because we knew that the power of the weapons in our hands was beyond what it could resist, so we planned to Disguise it, and it looks like you’ve become a little smarter after keeping the human brain.”
"The question is where did that body come from?" Bayonet asked.
"Corpse, it can't be said to be a corpse. Do you remember that plant? I saw a plant that can collect cells for organ culture from a similar plant illustration. It's just difficult to grow. There is only one plant in the entire outpost, and Since phantom beasts can be strengthened, this special plant may be able to do the same."
"The problem is..." Spades adjusted the screen in front of him, "Many suspicious things can't be found. Most of those fantasy beasts don't exist in this outpost. They are just some D-level ones wandering around in various areas. We Fixing them after the monitoring and self-cleaning systems came back was just like playing, which honestly made me feel a little uneasy.”
