This is not normal, this is not normal.
A mystery is solved, but if you think more carefully, a bigger mystery emerges.
Tang Jiumin's thoughts were spinning, and his intuition told him that he was very close to the truth.
Liu Ziyun, who was standing aside, seemed to feel something when he saw the map, and turned to look at Tang Jiumin.
Everyone felt that the atmosphere was a little subtle and looked over one by one. However, after a long time, they only heard Tang Jiumin sigh.
"That's it, let's rest for now."
He said that, but Tang Jiumin himself didn't rest. He came to the console, found a computer-like smart terminal, and started searching.
The newcomers were not stupid. After seeing this, they did not disperse directly.
Even if it hadn't been for what Tang Jiumin had just said, they would have wanted to go over and take a closer look at what the latter was up to.
"Come over and take a look?" Chen Min saw Tang Jiumin's movements, his eyes flashed, and he called Liu Ziyun.
Liu Ziyun did not refuse.
Shan Zhaoyang was next to the two of them. He lowered his head slightly and followed without saying a word, arriving behind Tang Jiumin.
The three of them said nothing and watched Tang Jiumin's movements quietly. Soon, Chen Min discovered what Tang Jiumin was looking for.
Tang Jiumin was searching for someone.
Dr. Hammer.
A person mentioned in the hologram just now.
It turns out that this Dr. Hammer is not only an extremely powerful scientist, but also the highest person in charge of the entire Edge Star, a person with military rank.
This is a ruthless man who has been involved in various secret experiments since he was 23 years old. For this reason, he gave up his reputation, his family, and his rights...
Even, give up the body...
At only 40 years old, he actually transformed himself into a semi-mechanical life form in order to facilitate research.
After that, he was sent to Edge Star to be responsible for all experiments, the most important of which was Mission No. 1, or the Spark Project.
This is a top-secret mission that started 107 years ago. The content cannot be viewed, but the relevant definitions of Mission No. 1 can be seen.
Mission No. 1 (Top Secret): Use experiments to ensure that all humans can survive in any environment, and allow all humans to adapt to the energy of the Protoss to prevent death from the energy attacks of the Cyr Protoss during the war.
Just by looking at this definition, you know how important the so-called mission No. 1 is, because now, humans are at an absolute disadvantage facing the Cyr Protoss.
The physical weakness can be made up for with firepower, but the so-called divine energy cannot be protected by armor.
Once this experiment is successful, the advantage of the Ser Protoss over humans will be directly reduced by more than half.
It can indeed be called the fire and hope of mankind.
"This person's information is also top secret, and he is indeed the one in charge." Chen Min saw Tang Jiumin continuing to search for the location of the scientific research laboratory that Dr. Hammer was in charge of, but a pop-up message showing insufficient permissions appeared on the screen.
"Who is this Dr. Hammer? Known information shows that he has lived on the Edge Planet for more than 170 years and is 200 years old..." Shan Zhaoyang watched the whole process and couldn't help but muttered.
"More than that, if you include the time when the accident happened on Edge Star, he is almost three hundred years old." Tang Jiumin looked at the screen, his mind kept thinking.
"Looking at the information, here is the oath he required for the Fire Project: Create fire, look for hope, remember the mission, and mankind will survive forever!"
"This man is definitely a madman, a scientific madman, a human madman, and a religious madman. I suspect that the entire Spark Plan and the entire Edge Star are arranged around him."
"Humanity will last forever?"
Looking at this sentence in front of the terminal, Tang Jiumin gently pinched his chin and read it out inexplicably.
This kind of oath represents the depth of Dr. Hammer's obsession at that time. It was obvious that mankind as a whole was in crisis at that time.
If Fringe... is really completely secret, then everything they see now, including the experiments, began 170 years ago.
It’s not 1972 at all!
Wait, 72 plus 35, 107, the year 72 in the airdrop cabin broadcast corresponds to...
Suddenly, just as Tang Jiumin was frowning and thinking, his tablet screen flashed on the operating table. When he lowered his eyes, he found that the robot was transmitting an image, and there was a heat source approaching from the surrounding area.
The speed was extremely fast, and the basin was quickly surrounded. At a rough glance, there were about forty or fifty of them.
Next to them, the other three people also saw it, and their faces tightened.
Such a monster insect scale is not something they can resist.
"Damn it! The strange insect is here again. Now take everyone off the lift. There is no way to escape! Tang Jiumin! What should we do? Think of a way!" Liu Ziyun quickly looked at Tang Jiumin and asked for his opinion.
Tang Jiumin smiled and said, "The quantity was unexpected. After waiting for a long time, it finally arrived."
"What do you mean? Wait, you already knew they were coming?"
Facing Liu Ziyun's doubts, Tang Jiumin glanced at someone without leaving any trace.
"Of course, they will come. They are hunters. They will find ways to hunt us. They will always find ways to follow us, as long as they think there are enough."
"The reason why I deliberately went here is, firstly, for clues, and secondly, for these guys."
"It's very remote here. There are no more ruins or other locations. As long as we deal with these guys, it will be very safe for the rest of the time."
"Even if we let a few of them run away, it doesn't matter. These dozens of them have allowed them to gather for so long. If we do it again, our mission time is over, right?"
Tang Jiumin's words were very clear, but the newcomer next to him found it difficult to accept them.
"Holy shit!" Peng Shikai was the first to cry out in dissatisfaction, "You fucking knew the monsters would surround this place, why did you come here to die? How could we escape?"
"Nima, you're crazy and your brain is broken. Can't you just die by yourself?"
Peng Shikai's words were hard to hear, but the newcomers surprisingly did not object, because at this time, their faces were not very good-looking.
"I have been thinking about where to set up an ambush before. Now that I am here, let's do it here." After looking at Peng Shikai, Tang Jiumin was not angry at all, but explained patiently.
"You put it nicely... How can we fight an ambush when we don't even have a way out?"
Faced with doubts again, Tang Jiumin went directly to the nearby wall and pointed to an indoor picture:
"Of course there is a suitable place. The height of the elevator shaft is a little more than ten meters. It is very high for us, but it is not difficult for those guys."
"Where? What can you do?" This time it was Liu Ziyun's turn to ask.
"The main entrance of the laboratory, that steel gate!"
Tang Jiumin pointed into the distance and glanced at Liu Ziyun's heavy machine cannon.
"There were no cannons before. I was wondering if we should take another approach. But now, we can do it more simply."
"We only need to introduce them to the laboratory door and fire with organic cannons. We are at least 70% sure."
"It's not that easy. Although those strange insects are not very smart, they still have a certain IQ and will not take the initiative to approach danger." Shan Zhaoyang said suspiciously.
"You're right!" Tang Jiumin replied again: "They have suffered losses. With the intelligence of these guys, they would rather drag us to death than attack rashly."
Shan Zhaoyang was stunned on the spot. He didn't expect Tang Jiumin to answer like this. He thought he had come up with a good idea.
"Then we are doomed. The mission only lasts a little more than two days."
Everyone was very nervous.
Only Tang Jiumin was different. He calmly ordered, "Liu Bodhisattva, take Chen Min, Shan Zhaoyang, and Li Changfu to the door first. Make traps, obstacles, and choose shooting positions. You are the best at these things."
"Okay, come with me."
After hearing the order, Liu Ziyun shouldered the cannon and left with the three of them without any hesitation.
Chen Min walked at the end and glanced behind him calmly. The moment he met Tang Jiumin, he showed a meaningful expression.
After the four people left, Tang Jiumin turned back to look at the uneasy newcomers.
Peng Shikai kept muttering that he was going to be killed. When he saw Tang Jiumin turn around, he rushed forward angrily, grabbed Tang Jiumin's shoulders, and shook him violently.
"Don't you fucking know everything? Why did you bring us to this hellish place? Are you coveting that reagent!?"
No one spoke out to dissuade him.
Because in the eyes of new people, what Peng Shikai said is the truth.
Tang Jiumin looked calm and raised his hand to remove Peng Shikai's hand, "Don't worry, I asked the four of them to go to the gate to delay time. Now we can think of a solution."
What? Delaying time?
These words made Peng Shikai stop for a moment, and he showed a hint of surprise, "Is there any other way?"
"certainly."
Peng Shikai rolled his eyes and suddenly showed a strange smile, "I understand. Do you know of any other secret passages? Let them drag the strange insect swarm with them. Let's go first."
"Yes, if there really is a secret passage, it would be more cost-effective for the four of them to die than for a group of us to die!"
"You are very smart. I have marked many locations on the tablet, some of which can allow us to leave safely." Tang Jiumin smiled and took out the tablet.
Peng Shikai eagerly approached and grabbed the tablet in his hand. He found that on the tablet was a map of the entire immigration station, with many symbols densely marked on it.
"Where are you talking about? Isn't there a way to leave safely? Where is it?" Peng Shikai, who graduated from primary school, couldn't understand the content at all, but he still stared at the screen carefully, squeezed the tablet with both hands and kept asking.
"Where? Isn't it you who are on the way out safely?"
Tang Jiumin's eyes were cold, his tone was no longer gentle, and he was suddenly emotionless.
Peng Shikai was stunned for a moment and raised his head.
Only the cold muzzle was seen.
Tang Jiumin pulled the trigger.
Along with the gunshot, a bullet hit Peng Shikai's shoulder, and the powerful impact knocked him to the ground.
This is not over yet.
There were two bangs and Peng Shikai screamed.
Tang Jiumin showed no mercy and fired twice at Peng Shikai's legs. Then he put the gun on the shoulder of his last arm and fired again.
Fast and accurate, his expression remained unchanged throughout the whole process, and he was not sloppy at all.
The newlyweds next to them were shocked, stunned, and then backed away as if they were waking up from a dream, all showing expressions of fear.
One second, they saw how Tang Jiumin let Liu Ziyun and the four of them die like a beast, but the next second it was completely reversed.
At this moment, Tang Jiumin had already retrieved the tablet and put it in his backpack. He continued to raise the gun indifferently, aiming at the guy writhing and wailing on the ground.
It was probably in great pain. At this time, Peng Shikai couldn't say any bad words, he just wailed and stared at Tang Jiumin.
From this guy's expression, Tang Jiumin could see the look that wanted to kill someone.
"This is a trial. No one will be responsible for the death of others. Whether you are killed by a monster or killed by a teammate, it is death. There is no difference."
"Are you right? Peng Shikai."
This was what he said to Peng Shikai before, to give up holding him accountable.
Hearing Tang Jiu Min repeat this sentence, Peng Shikai's bloodshot eyes widened and he cursed fiercely, "Tang, Jiu Min! You will not die well!"
This scene was so nerve-wracking that the others retreated.
I thought that the Shamei incident was Tang Jiumin's deliberate connivance, but I didn't expect that he would actually attack Peng Shikai and even send his previous words back to him.
To avenge Shamei?
Not like that.
Although everyone couldn't see through Tang Jiumin, his image of being cold and rational was deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Yan Fangling on the side looked at the guy who was wailing on the ground with disgust in her eyes, and then turned her head away unbearably.
At this moment, Liu Ziyun, who heard gunshots in the distance, rushed back.
The footsteps stopped.
Liu Ziyun walked to a place not far from Tang Jiumin and the others and froze on the spot.
Tang Jiumin's gun was smoking, and he was facing Peng Shikai, who was bleeding and wailing on the ground.
The scene in front of him made Liu Ziyun tremble all over and he came back to his senses instantly.
He subconsciously pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Tang Jiumin, yelling: "Tang Jiumin, do you know what you are doing?"
"You actually attacked one of your own?!"
"Your enhancement is very good. It came faster than I expected." Looking back, Tang Jiumin looked calm and continued: "Don't you want more people to survive? Now that we are surrounded by strange insects, I have a way Ambush and kill them.”
"Those monster insects have strong instincts and a certain level of intelligence. It is very difficult to fool them. However, they have an obvious weakness, which is their strong desire for our flesh and blood."
"In the past, they had to take away the broken arms of Shamei despite the danger. This shows that their eating instinct will override their sense of crisis."
"This is true for broken arms, so what if we use an existence that is more attractive to them?"
Tang Jiumin lowered his head and glanced at the guy on the ground.
The answer is self-evident.
"Peng Shikai is the most suitable. He killed Shamei in order to survive for himself. His performance along the way has proved that he can bring dangerous harm to the team."
"Such a scourge needs to be recycled, isn't it right?"
After Liu Ziyun heard this, he froze on the spot. He obviously didn't expect Tang Jiumin's explanation.
"No, you are killing people here."
"He made a mistake, just drive him away from the team! But what about you! You actually want to use him as bait?"
"We can use other methods to lure the strange insects in at the entrance of the laboratory. What method do you think..."
"Kicked out of the team? Are you kidding me?" Tang Jiumin's tone became increasingly impatient.
"One, our trial mission is to leave the Edge Star. If everyone has to leave, where are you going to find him?"
"Two, he is a scourge. He even wanted to kidnap the robot and drive him out of the team when he was standing guard outside the immigration station. Can you guarantee that he will not take revenge?"
"Third, he is a trialer just like us. Once he does something to disrupt the situation, disrupt the plan, and cause losses, can you afford it?"
"Liu Ziyun, I need to be absolutely sure. With such variables, I will not let him leave my sight alive."
As Tang Jiumin spoke, he stared at Liu Ziyun, "Why, Liu Bodhisattva still wants to protect this beast like the last trial?"
"I don't have much time, I only have this option." Tang Jiumin stepped aside and shrugged nonchalantly, "You are the strongest, think about it yourself."
