Information about the Star Alliance Navy was indeed leaked, but not to Lu Yuan, but to the secret organization Cerberus.
Not only that, because some "accidental problems" occurred from time to time in various aspects of dispatching the support fleet... This large fleet, consisting of one cruiser, four frigates and eleven supply ships, was alive and well. After being delayed for two days, we finally set off from the Arcturus Space Station.
Therefore, it is really not a shame that the Star Alliance fleet is preempted by civilian cargo ships - because it is bound to happen.
At this moment, a banquet aimed at "forgetting the past" is being held in the synchronous orbit of the planet Akuz. The "Guandu", which maintains a minimum number of personnel on duty, is still cruising around the space station dutifully. Therefore, no one discovered that a Cerberus research ship with anti-detection paint was quietly entering the atmosphere from the other side of the planet. The spacecraft lowered its altitude and flew close to the surface, heading towards the destroyed Akuz colony.
"Our personnel number d4123 has been confirmed dead." When approaching the colony, Cerberus immediately confirmed the life or death of the guy thrown by Anne.
After hearing the assistant's report, the person in charge of Cerberus's operation just nodded expressionlessly, indicating that he understood. "The situation of the sand devil..."
"The sand devil colony has lost approximately one-third of its strength, but only one adult sand devil insect has been confirmed dead. ... We arrived too late. The sand devil insect was eaten by the colony, and its body cannot be recovered."
"I understand." The person in charge frowned and signaled to the reporter that he could leave.
...It is indeed a pity that the body of an adult sand devil cannot be obtained for autopsy. Cerberus scientists have always been fascinated by the physiological organs of sand devils that can control mass effect fields. If it can be cracked and copied, it will be possible to develop a new generation of "superpower amplifiers." Then, the next step is to come up with ideas from the Star Alliance Navy. Waiting for the navy to clear out the sand devil insects. Cerberus then tried to find a way to obtain part of the insect corpse.
"Is there anything else?" Seeing that his assistant did not leave and seemed to have something else to say, the person in charge frowned and asked.
"Sir. From the previous report, we found a problem... When Lieutenant Anne attacked the desert bug, something strange seemed to happen. Almost everyone who watched lost about five seconds of memory... Should we investigate this matter?" the assistant suggested boldly.
"Yes, humans who can defeat the Sand Demon Insect are also of great research value... we can let her come a few more times." The person in charge had a cold smile on his face. In principle, Cerberus does not advocate taking revenge on Earthlings who sabotage their operations or hinder Cerberus. Like Li Huamei gave Cerberus an iron fist, but they just let it go. The higher the personal value, the more so.
For example, in the trilogy, Shepard slaps Cerberus in the face every chance he gets. But the Illusive Man believed that Shepard was the new hope of mankind, so he always took the beatings silently and never retaliated...
But Cerberus is a large organization after all. Not everyone understands the goals of the organization, and not everyone is consistent with the Illusive Man's philosophy. Once any organization expands in size, it will inevitably become a community of interests. Therefore, as long as the Illusive Man does not take the initiative to stop it, Cerberus' subordinate teams will often do things under the cover of "righteousness". A brazen crime!
The research ship released gas and landed almost silently in front of the colonial communications building. This vessel is a collection of Cerberus' stealth technologies and is designed to conduct various infiltration and investigative operations. It is the most advanced spacecraft currently available. An older Starfleet frigate like the Guandu would have had little chance of detecting the ship.
Moreover, they have been studying the habits of sand demon insects for ten years, so Cerberus acts in a more orderly manner. After the ship stopped, their men quickly disembarked in batches. The escorts boarded various garrison points, while the scientific and technical personnel dispersed. Some went to measure the deep holes in the ground and collect debris; others began to restore the battlefield based on intelligence and evaluate the combat capabilities of the sand devils and the army.
Just the person in charge, with his assistant. After getting off the boat, walk straight towards the Communications Building.
"Huh?" The person in charge suddenly let out a slight surprise and stopped. He backed away slightly. From the rubble and soil, he picked up a plain white gold ring. Just now the ring reflected the light of the spaceship. It hit him right in the eye. He looked at it for a moment... This was a female-style ring. Although it was not inlaid with any gemstones, the arabesque pattern engraved with dark patterns on the surface of the ring was extremely beautiful and complex.
Although there is no blood on the ring, it is not difficult to imagine what happened. After all, it is impossible for someone to abandon such a work of art for no reason - it may come from a woman who was eaten, or her limbs were torn apart...
The person in charge's hand holding the ring shook slightly. But he immediately grabbed the ring hard and blocked his assistant's sight with his body. "Let's go!" The person in charge gently put the ring into his jacket pocket and continued to walk forward expressionlessly.
After entering the building, the two people stepped on the broken glass shards and walked through the ground floor corridor of the almost ruined Communications Building, reaching the depths of the building with a very clear purpose. As the person in charge entered the password, a secret door opened in front of him.
Therefore, everything in this world actually happens for a reason - as long as you don’t know the reason, most of it is not a coincidence.
For example, why did the Waller people get hacked so miserably for no reason; for example, how could a rising political star suddenly die of a heart attack; for example...just like the scene we see now - —Why was it that almost all the buildings in the colony were destroyed, but the most conspicuous communication building was left unharmed?
That's of course because the device that controls the sand demon insects is underground in this building. What’s even more incredible is that this underground building has actually existed for ten years. Even the Akuz colony was chosen at this location for a reason. The so-called respect for the ecological environment is just that. Just a clear reason.
This is a laboratory established ten years ago. Before stimulating the Sand Demons to attack the colony, Cerberus had already conducted quite in-depth research on how to control the Sand Demons. By radiating the frequencies that the sand devils hate, keeping them away from the building, this is the real reason why the building survived. As for those survivors who survived, it can only be said that they were quite lucky.
"Wait for me outside." After the person in charge told the assistant, he walked through the door alone and entered the secret laboratory.
The room was empty, save for a large swath of equipment that was still in operation. The person in charge sighed slightly. No one knew that before the Star Alliance established a colony in Akuz, he worked alone here for ten years! At the beginning, he established this underground laboratory with the funding of Cerberus just for an idea. In order to study the Sand Devil Insect, at least half of his team were devoured by the giant insect! Even he himself lost a leg... and completely escaped from death.
Of course, in order to study the eating and migration patterns of sand devil insects. Over the years, countless people have been lured in by disguised distress signals or disguised mineral deposits and eaten by sand demon insects. It can be said that this nest of sand monsters has been "raised" by them into the sandworms that like to hunt intelligent creatures the most in the entire galaxy!
However, with the arrival of the support fleet, the Star Alliance Navy will inevitably station on the planet Akuz on a large scale, and then send troops to exterminate the sand demons, and may also conduct large-scale inspections of the colonies. So, to his regret, the laboratory had to be abandoned.
The person in charge first backed up all the data in the server, especially the records of this test. He looked around the place where he had worked for ten years and activated the self-destruct device.
Finally, he came to a large metallic knob. Around the knob, there are signs with gradually increasing intensity. This is the button they use to control the activity level of the sand devil. Of course, to this day, laboratories are still unable to accurately manipulate sand devil insects - because the insects lack intelligence. They can only control the activity intensity of the sand devil population through frequency stimulation.
The scale is now at a negative position, which he adjusted remotely from the spacecraft. This frequency is equivalent to calming the sand devils and causing them to enter a short dormant state.
"Is this the button?" A voice suddenly asked behind him.
"Who!?" the person in charge shouted in horror, but as soon as he turned around, he saw a man in strange clothes - and saw him waving his sleeves! Just hearing a "chi" sound, the sharp blade hanging on the man's waist jumped up, and with a flash of cold light, it plunged straight into his chest!
The moment he was pierced by the sword blade, the person in charge felt no pain at all! He just felt that the strength in his body was suddenly drained, and then he was carried backwards by the power of the blade, and directly hit the iron cabinet behind him - the sharp blade directly penetrated him and the cabinet. one place! His head was lowered, and all he could see was the handle of the knife, and a dull tip that disappeared into his chest.
Cerberus's best scientific armor is useless against such a blade.
The person in charge's eyes widened in disbelief. What he saw was unacceptable to him! But at this time, a man's hand reached out in front of him and took out the platinum ring from the armor's jacket pocket. (To be continued)
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