(Bankrupt, bankrupt! Renovating the house turned out to be bankrupt! Well, I’ll start making instant noodles from tomorrow...)
Actually, I think we may have caught a strange one among the fallen apostles...
"Actually, I think anyone who can live within a hundred meters of your family will become weird sooner or later."
Bingtis touched her chin. After listening to my sigh, this female gangster complained without hesitation. She has been with us for such a long time. I think of the women who came and went like the wind and the world with only one person and one brick.
The gangsters have also learned to complain!
And I actually found that I didn’t seem to have any position to refute, because this guy immediately added: "Look, even I and that old stubborn Kenser have been acting a little abnormal recently."
Are there any normal people in your five-person group of gods from the beginning?!
"What to do with this stuff?"
I resisted the urge to beat this gangster goddess - in fact, I couldn't beat her - turned around and whispered to Sandora.
The strange prisoner who looked a little different from the normal fallen apostle no matter how he looked at him still looked at us expressionlessly, but now no one believed that his expressionless face was related to seriousness, but the most important thing now is to find a way to get out of here.
The guy got some useful information out of his mouth, but based on the other party's attitude of not getting into things later, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to do this.
Torture? That's nonsense. Even the fallen apostles are essentially a branch of the Xiling apostles. This is a bug-like race. No matter how severe the torture is on these guys, it will just scratch the itch. I don't believe that any pain can be strong enough to make people feel uncomfortable.
The extent of an imperial soldier speaking, even when Shandora stabbed the prisoner into a sieve just now, the other party did not show any sign of submission. This tenacious spirit is admirable under normal circumstances, but when it appears on the enemy
It can only make people hate it with itch.
Another way is to brute force the data directly from the opponent's memory core. Xiling Apostles are a special life form. They are essentially constructed lives. All parts of the body can be regarded as modules, which provides them with
Their unparalleled survivability also gives them some machine-like characteristics. One of them is that their memory core and thinking core can be taken out and operated separately. They have even developed a method to recode and package the soul for this purpose.
The technology stored in the memory core allows most of the Xiling apostles to be resurrected in situ through many ways. However, it may not be easy to use this method to read the secrets from the brains of fallen apostle prisoners, because the memory cores of all apostles have
Firewalls and self-destruct devices - well, in fact, everything related to the Xiling civilization can be self-destructed. They would rather smash it than hand it over to the enemy. This is their racial characteristic. I believe that the fallen apostles are good in this regard.
We are equally proficient. We cannot take out the memory core of this prisoner without knowing it and complete the scan safely, because theoretically, the memory core can only be read in the activated state, and the activated state
Will the underlying memory core allow unauthorized data access?
This is an unsolvable problem. Even if it has a 50% success rate, we are not willing to take the risk, not to mention that its success rate may not even be 5%.
"To be honest, boss, I have never tried so hard to pry something out of a heretic's mouth. I'm afraid the ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty will no longer work."
Lilina looked at the commander's uniform that had been stabbed into the main Olympic stadium and said feebly, "I'm afraid no one in the world can make such a prisoner speak."
"Indeed, this situation has never been seen before," Sandora shrugged. "In the entire history of the old empire, I have interrogated countless prisoners of war, but not including the Xiling apostles. How to torture the imperial soldiers?
Something, this is a proposition that has never been attempted before. Who thought that such a day would come to pass?"
"To be honest, why do you need to keep this secret?" Sister-in-law looked at the prisoners of war who had been ignoring us from beginning to end, shook her head and sighed, "You have lost this battle, and the wreckage has fallen into our hands, even if
If you don't tell us, sooner or later we will be able to figure out what the wreckage is for. Whether you tell us or not is just the difference between us spending a little time."
"Then you can continue your research."
The other party glanced at my sister and said without emotion.
"You still remember what happened before you became like this," Sandora sighed, "I'm really curious, why did you become like this even though you have maintained your original consciousness and memory? The glory of the race
Are they all gone?”
"This is just a necessary sacrifice to achieve a great cause, including you." The other party did not hide anything on this topic, or in other words, he was happy to discuss this with us. "The empire will eventually change the pattern of the entire void, and we will control everything.
, including the void and the abyss, but unfortunately there are very few people with this qualification, so you have to be eliminated."
"Great cause, great cause, everyone knows that you are tormenting the great cause. I have provoked whoever and asked you to form a team to toss," Lin Xue said with a sharp tongue and complained unceremoniously, "Tell me about it yourself, do you know what your uncle looks like?
"
"I think you may have grammatical or semantic errors," the prisoner of war thought for a moment and said very seriously, "But it doesn't matter. You don't need to know what the goal of Daye is, and I don't need to know either. I'm just a soldier, obeying orders.
, complete the mission, complete the great cause, and let the empire stand at the top of the entire void. As long as this goal can be achieved, all sacrifices are not worth mentioning."
"Hey, you can't change the topic. Ockham also discussed the great cause with me back then, but he has already given up." I grinned. The "great cause" mentioned in the other person's mouth is not unfamiliar to us, no matter it is
Back then, Occam on the Santu River and Sylvia, who had returned to the imperial camp, had mentioned this grand plan, but it seemed that even the senior officers among the fallen apostles were not familiar with the details of this plan.
Clearly, that should be what the final boss of the fallen apostles is planning. Other fallen apostles, even emperor-level fallen apostles, can only be engaged in a part of this grand plan. What is surprising is that these fallen apostles are actually in
He was able to fight so hard even though he didn't fully understand what the "great cause" was. I really don't know what methods the mastermind behind the scenes used in this process.
"You don't understand how important the cause we are engaged in is, so there is no need to talk about it." He is obviously a prisoner, but the other party's attitude seems more upright than ours. If you didn't look at the context, you would think that he is a national hero.
I knew that at least it was impossible to find out anything from the other party today, so I turned to Sandora and said: "Let him be locked up for now. After the refugee matter has been dealt with, he will be transferred to Shadow City and we will think of a solution later."
Take your time."
"Ah, is this the end?" Lilina suddenly had a look of regret on her face. She originally thought she would see at least one hot-button torture session today, but we discovered that even though Sandora shot more than a dozen bullets on the prisoners of war,
The other party didn't even frown. Everyone had given up this plan, so Lilina was very disappointed, "Forget it, but can I beat him up? The aura of the abyss in him makes the divine power of this Pope too uncomfortable.
Got it!"
Prisoner of war - well, since he didn't say his name, we temporarily named him Prisoner A. Prisoner A suddenly exclaimed: "Hey! Why has the current Xiling Apostle turned into this kind of creature?"
"Lilina, don't make trouble," my elder sister also patted the eager Black Loli, then turned to look at prisoner A, "But you are indeed a dangerous guy, I'd better put a circle on you so that I can follow you.
"
Prisoner A suddenly became alert. He recalled that after he was captured, the imperial soldiers peeled off the circle of paper from somewhere on his body like an enemy. A sense of crisis suddenly came over his heart. He looked at Lilina and said seriously: "What did you just say?
Is that true?"
Lilina thought for a while: "Beat you? Of course it counts, but after I beat you, my sister will still draw a circle for you. This is a double-choice question."
Prisoner A immediately took it seriously. He thought for half a minute and nodded solemnly: "Then if you are tired, beat me to death."
Everyone: "..."
"Holy shit, I discovered something," Bingtis came over to me and whispered, "As long as you don't discuss military secrets with him, this guy is actually a pretty cute guy..."
I thought to myself, could this be the glorious tradition of the Xiling Apostles? Why does Prisoner A in front of me look more and more familiar to people?
Of course, in the end Lilina did not successfully practice the King's Eight Boxing, because I found that the captured hapless guy did not seem to be hated by others. At least at this time, it was not appropriate for Lilina to abuse the prisoner casually, but sister
Your Excellency still managed to leave a piece of paper on the other party. In the spirit of the Olympics, she also drew five rings. I still clearly remember the unlucky fallen apostle officer's appearance as if facing a powerful enemy, but this cursed beacon is not a moment of time.
The triggered dangerous item will only take effect when the prisoner tries to escape or destroys the beacon. As for its power, onee-sama herself can’t say, but it can be drawn by the Queen of the Curse who can use a bunch of glass beads to map and destroy the entire star system.
The Olympic flag is not a mortal thing, and it is probably possible for an intermediate apostle to drown in urine...
When I returned to the officer's lounge and waited for "", I was still thinking about the few words I heard during my contact with the fallen apostle. Although the other party refused to talk about all the key information, he made some inferences from certain words.
Things are still possible.
"Girl, you still remember, that guy said that they will control everything, 'including the void and the abyss', and that they will lead the empire to truly stand at the top. I think this sentence is very concerning."
When I said this, I looked at Lin Xue. When there is a lack of information, she is the only one who can give a more accurate conclusion. Although Lin Xue is not the smartest among us, nor is she the most strategic, she is not the most strategic one.
There is no doubt that she is the most vocal among us on any issue.
"Control the void and the abyss." Lin Xue has been using her abilities frequently these days, and she is always predicting things that could change the overall situation, so she has a tired look on her face. However, she still tries hard to find the answer to my question, "That
The fallen apostles provided me with information points, and now some vague things have emerged... It seems that the fallen apostles' plan is much grander than destroying the world. I have a vague feeling that their ultimate goal is still what they were doing before the empire was destroyed.
The matter, um, could be even bigger."
"Before the empire was destroyed?" Sandora was still sleeping on my shoulder, but she opened her eyes at this time, "You mean to rule the void and truly become the third clan of gods?"
"In terms of strength alone, the old empire is already the third clan of gods. There is no need for the fallen apostles to call this restoration of the strength of the old empire a 'great cause', and there is no need to be so nagging. I am afraid they are trying...
Expand the territory into the abyss? Then control the void and the abyss at the same time? Anyway, this will make the empire truly unrivaled, even far beyond the gods."
Lin Xue said in an unbelievable tone at the end. Obviously she also thought this conclusion was too unbelievable, but she still nodded slowly, "I see that they are trying to explore the nature of the abyss, and trying to create
...Well, I can’t see it anymore, I can’t see what they are doing. It seems to be a hidden door or maybe a passage. In short, they are going to reach somewhere... When did this plan start... Ah!"
I reached out and gently brushed Lin Xue's eyes: "Okay, that's enough. I feel really bad."
The eldest lady shivered visibly, then she quickly reached out and hugged my arm, opened her mouth and bit it: "Hey, now you finally remember that I am not your coolie?"
I found that many girls have the habit of biting to vent their dissatisfaction or express their presence. At least there are such weird guys around me, but Lin Xue's bite is not even as painful as the bite of a mercury lamp, so I am too lazy to take my hand away.
Come on, anyway, being held by the eldest lady like this...well, the touch is pretty good.
At the same time, Shandora was still thinking about the fallen apostles. She couldn't be as heartless as us. When Lin Xue said her premonition, she frowned and stabbed her.
Poke my arm: "Arjun, are they not controlled by the abyss, but are instead looking for a way to completely control the abyss?"
"What's the difference?" Before I could answer, Bingtis shrugged indifferently, "Although as a god I can't interfere in your judgment, as a friend I still want to say a few words: regardless of the fallen apostle
Now they are controlled by the abyss or they are controlling the abyss. They are continuing to destroy the world and have caused a huge crisis to the void pattern. They want to destroy you and even want to destroy the divine world. In this case, regardless of whether they
No matter what position we have, we are all absolute enemies."
Sandora certainly understood this truth, but when Bingtis said this, she still couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, the fleet is ready and will dock at the target world Mars in fifteen minutes."
Sivis's report came through the regular communication link, interrupting our conversation. Only then did I notice that the spacecraft had entered the void navigation mode, and several projection devices in the lounge that originally showed the real scene of the external space were now completely blank.
Pitch Black: They cannot work in the void.
"Don't think too much. I'll look for Sylvia when I get back. I hope she can call Bella Vera out."
I rubbed Sandora's hair and whispered.
Sandora thought for a while: "I hope you can communicate with Sylvia normally."
Everyone: "..."
The fifteen-minute voyage through the void ended in an instant, and soon the spaceship entered the universe commonly known as the "Academy Apocalypse World". The number of this universe seems to be esn7511. I don't know what the basis for the Space and Time Administration's coding of these worlds is.
They're really hard to remember anyway.
The brilliant and magnificent Imperial Admiral, as well as a dozen Eternal-class motherships serving as escort ships, and other escort fleets first emerged from the dark sky, hovering in the Mars synchronous orbit, followed closely by the twenty
Two refugee transport ships, all of which are in good condition. Only one transport ship was slightly injured in the previous battle. However, because the injury was minor, we did not waste any more time transferring the refugees it carried to other ships.
Brought over.
"The roll call of all fleet equipment has been completed," the shipboard host reported in a calm tone, and the fleet began to move closer to the Mars shelter. "The shelter command has been contacted, and the command responded with a letter welcoming the royal family to the refuge.
Place."
"Have you told them about the refugees?"
I asked casually.
"The Shelter Command has been informed of this operation and conducted a quick referendum. Ninety-seven percent of the shelter residents welcomed the immigration, and the remaining three percent were slightly concerned."
"Well, this is normal. After all, humans and Xiling apostles are different. It is difficult for the entire race to unify their opinions."
Sandora muttered smoothly: "Actually, I have never been able to understand this phenomenon. Differences of opinion are normal, but on this issue, all non-authorized members should unconditionally obey the requirements of the group. The logical model of ordinary creatures is really confusing.
It’s incomprehensible.”
"Compared to this...the scene in front of me is what surprises me more!"
I smiled helplessly at Sandora's words, then looked up and exclaimed, "Zezi, why has Mars changed so much? It was still a barren land last year!"
The holographic screen in front of me showed the image of Mars that was zooming in rapidly. But if I hadn't known it before, I wouldn't have believed that the planet half covered with green in front of me was the desolate and dead red planet in my memory.
It now has a thick atmosphere. The specially adjusted atmosphere shows an extremely clean bright blue. The North Pole of Mars is covered with a huge ice cap. This is the water prepared by the artificial ecosystem for the next step of ocean transformation on this planet.
Resource reserves, more than half of its northern hemisphere is covered by lush green vegetation. Mountains, rivers, plains, hills, and various terrains are dotted with the color of life. Obviously, they were cultivated with Lilina's help.
These super plants, which are tenacious and whose reproduction rate can be highly controlled, have taken root on the once barren surface of Mars and have now become regular vegetation on the planet.
The northern hemisphere of Mars now almost looks like a second Earth! No, I'm afraid it's better than the Earth. The plant coverage of the Earth may not be as good as the current northern hemisphere of Mars...
Of course, these are only the vegetation coverage in the northern hemisphere. The southern hemisphere of Mars is still the same as it was before, covered with red soil and barren land everywhere, with only some river systems that have just begun to operate dotting the land.
This planet is definitely enough for colonization.