When Lu Jiuchuan woke up, he found that he was lying on the sofa, with Tang Ci sleeping next to him. He was still awake. His face was pale, his eyebrows were frowning, and cold sweat was constantly breaking out on his forehead. He seemed to have fallen into a terrible nightmare.
Is the fragment that flashed through my mind just now a dream or a reappearance of memory?
Lu Jiuchuan stepped forward, gently held Tang Ci's hand, and whispered: "Xiao Tang, wake up."
Tang Ci was struggling in a nightmare when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling him. He struggled to wake up from the nightmare and looked into Lu Jiuchuan's deep eyes.
Seeing him open his eyes, Lu Jiuchuan helped him sit up and handed him a glass of water: "Drink some water."
Tang Ci broke out in a cold sweat. The sweat had soaked through his shirt and even his hair was wet. The bloody scene in his dream made him tremble uncontrollably. He took the glass of water with trembling fingers and drank a few sips hastily.
The warm water slid down his throat, his body gradually warmed up, and Tang Ci finally regained his consciousness. He looked at Lu Jiuchuan, his voice was hoarse as if he had just woken up: "Brother Jiu, I just had a nightmare."
Lu Jiuchuan said: "Me too."
The two looked at each other, and Tang Ci quickly reacted: "If the content of our dreams is the same, does that prove that it is not a dream, but a memory that we have experienced together but have been forgotten?!"
After all, it was the scene that flashed through his mind when he was in a coma, and it might just be a dream. But what if the dreams of two people are the same? That proves that everything in the dream is a real event that they have experienced together.
Lu Jiuchuan said in a deep voice: "On February 17, star calendar 3000, my immediate superior, General Lin Zecheng, suddenly summoned me and asked me to eliminate the low-level Zerg on a black planet in the uninhabited land of Hilt and occupy that planet.
Precious resource star."
Tang Ci continued what he said: "On the afternoon of the 17th, you returned to the Arrow Legion and told me to leave for Hilt No Man's Land on the 19th and let me prepare. I asked you what the mission was, and you said easily
, to kill some bugs.”
When Yu Hanjiang heard this, he looked at Lu Jiuchuan and said, "Brother, do you still remember that we met once on February 18th? You said you were going to carry out a mission and came back a long time later. I asked you about the mission. Because the military department
The special mission must be kept secret, you didn’t tell me... the time is just right."
Accepted the mission on the 17th, said goodbye to Yu Hanjiang on the 18th, and set off on the 19th.
It seems that these fragmentary pictures are really forgotten memories.
Xiao Lou walked up to Yu Hanjiang and said: "Brother Ninth and Mr. Tang have never experienced the 8 of Spades secret room and have never seen this kind of Zerg. So they underestimated the enemy and encountered an accident while performing a mission in the no-man's land of Hilt?"
"
Lu Jiuchuan said solemnly: "General Lin told me that this planet is full of bugs and does not have any intelligent creatures. So, we didn't take the bugs to heart at first. After we came here, we dropped some bugs on the planet.
A lot of gunpowder was intended to burn the Zerg to death, but ended up causing the Zerg to fuse and upgrade."
Recalling those experiences, Tang Ci couldn't help but pale slightly: "I remember that those bugs evolved the ability to fly, and the vanguard troops we sent out were all wiped out. Although the bugs are afraid of fire, their numbers are too large, so we directly use bugs to fly.
The naval tactics overwhelmed us, pierced our mechas with their sharp wings, and even pierced the starship’s protective cover!”
Lu Jiuchuan said: "Many people died in the legion. I had no choice but to send an emergency letter to the military."
Tang Ci continued: "Later, a woman's voice suddenly warned us to bury her people with her... It must be the Queen of the Zerg? The voice we heard just now was the same as the female voice in our memory."
Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "What happened next? There were so many Zerg, how did you escape?"
Lu Jiuchuan pressed his temples hard. He recalled carefully for a moment, and then said: "Someone should have saved us. The situation at that time was extremely dangerous. The Zerg army had broken through the defense cover of our starship and even destroyed the balance system. The starship was simply
Unable to take off, more and more Zerg entered the starship and started fierce battles with our soldiers. Xiao Tang's leg..."
When he said this, he suddenly stopped.
In his memory, he watched with his own eyes as Tang Ci's legs were cut off by the Zerg's sharp claws.
There was blood all over the floor.
Tang Ci fainted from the pain. Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were about to burst, and he rushed forward to hug Tang Ci tightly...
In fact, Tang Ci's leg was broken in the Nightmare Secret Room of Plum Blossom J. Only Tang Ci knew what happened at that time, and Lu Jiuchuan did not witness it with his own eyes. But this time in the secret room, the gatekeepers changed the plot, and Tang Ci started to double
The legs were good, but they were cut off by the Zerg in front of Lu Jiuchuan.
Lu Jiuchuan didn't want to recall that scene at all.
The unprecedented heartache still remained clearly in his mind. He watched Tang Ci fall in a pool of blood, his legs below the knees were torn off by the Zerg and thrown aside. His heart seemed to be crushed.
It was so uncomfortable that I almost couldn't breathe.
He picked up the submachine gun like a madman, aimed at the insect swarm and fired fiercely!
Seeing the clusters of flames shooting out of the gun barrel, the Zerg were frightened and frightened. Their ear-piercing screams resounded through the starship, and the Zerg coming from behind attacked Lu Jiuchuan even more crazily.
Lu Jiuchuan's shoulder was poked with a big hole by the Zerg's claws, and he was bleeding profusely. He didn't feel any pain at all. He just wanted to kill these Zerg and die with them!
It's a pity that he can't deal with so many Zerg by himself.
Not long after, he collapsed to the ground due to excessive blood loss.
Lu Jiuchuan felt that his consciousness was gradually becoming blurry. He crawled over with difficulty, hugged the fainted Tang Ci tightly, and said with choked sobs: "Xiao Tang, it was me who harmed you... But I can die with you."
It’s not bad to go together.”
Before he completely lost consciousness, he heard a clear singing voice coming to his ears.
The sound seemed to come from the distant sky, like the sound of nature...
Lu Jiuchuan closed his eyes to get rid of the bloody scenes in his mind, and suddenly turned around and hugged Tang Ci tightly.
When his teammates saw his action, they looked puzzled.
But Tang Ci knew why Brother Jiu suddenly hugged him. He remembered that at the moment when his legs were cut off and he was about to faint from the pain, he saw the man rushing over to hug him like a crazy beast, and uttered a
The painful roar was the last scene in his memory.
Lu Jiuchuan must have been devastated. Now that he thinks of those scenes, it is normal for him to be emotional.
Tang Ci stretched out his hand, gently touched Lu Jiuchuan's back, and said softly: "It's okay. I'm standing here well. My legs have also been healed. You don't have to feel sorry for me."
Lu Jiuchuan was not sad, he was just heartbroken.
He suddenly thought about how difficult it would be for Tang Ci to survive alone after losing his legs in the nightmare chamber of Plum Blossom J. At that time, he was not with Tang Ci... leaving Tang Ci to face the loss of his legs alone.
The pain and fear were the greatest regrets in his life.
Perhaps the gatekeeper deliberately replayed the scene of Tang Ci breaking his leg in front of his eyes in order to torture him and let him know clearly what a terrible nightmare Tang Ci had experienced.
He would rather have his limbs chopped off than Tang Ci suffer that kind of pain again.
Lu Jiuchuan tightened his arms and hugged Tang Ci hard. The body temperature of the person in his arms made him feel at ease. It was so good that Tang Ci was still with him and his legs had recovered... He secretly swore that even if he risked his life,
, and will never let Tang Ci get hurt in the future.
Lu Jiuchuan took a deep breath to calm down, let go of Tang Ci, turned to look at his teammates, and said seriously: "After Xiao Tang fainted, I was injured in the fight with the Zerg. Due to excessive blood loss, my consciousness gradually became blurred. In the coma,
I heard a strange singing voice before, and I thought I was about to die. I heard a singing voice coming from heaven. Now it seems that the singing voice must be real."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other...singing?
Yu Hanjiang said: "Did it come from the person who saved you?"
Without knowing that these Zerg were highly intelligent creatures, Lu Jiuchuan set fire to many Zerg to death. The Queen was furious and threatened to bury them all together, and would not let them go easily.
The person who appears at the critical moment and saves them is the key point.
Xiao Lou clarified the time sequence and said: "Brother Ninth sent a distress signal to the military. The nearest legion cannot arrive within a few minutes, so it is definitely not the Imperial Legion that saves you."
Lu Jiuchuan nodded: "The military department's statement is that we were attacked by alien creatures in the uninhabited land of Shilt, and suffered heavy casualties. We were rescued by passing friendly forces, but the actual situation is definitely not like this."
Who saved Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci?
This was all Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci could recall. They had no memory of what happened after they fell into coma, and Xiao Lou and the others naturally had no way of knowing.
Chu Huaying stood next to the porthole, looking at the black planet at her feet, and suddenly said: "I have been wandering in the stars since I was a child. I heard that there are Zerg in the uninhabited land of Hilt. This is what I heard from my parents. This shows that human beings are not
This is not the first time we have landed on the Zerg planet. Do you still remember the Queen’s warning just now?”
She repeated: "Invading the Zerg homeland and massacring my people, haven't you humans done enough evil over the years?"
Shao Qingge frowned slightly: "The evil done in these years... It seems that before Brother Ninth, there were humans who massacred the Zerg? When I was talking to the Queen just now, I could clearly feel her anger, and her hatred towards humans.
The hatred is extremely strong. Could it be related to the invasion of human cities by the Zerg in the 8 Spades Chamber?"
Although they experienced the 8 of Spades first, the time flow rate in all the secret rooms in the card world can be adjusted. Maybe the humans massacred the Zerg, which triggered the Zerg's revenge?
In that 8 of Spades secret room, the entire human city fell. Except for dozens of surviving challengers, almost all tens of millions of humans were infected by the Zerg and became their puppets.
If there is a logical connection between the 8 of spades and this secret room, it is most likely a retaliatory invasion of humans by the Zerg?!
The more Xiao Lou thought about it, the colder he felt in his heart. He said: "Huaying's starship is based on the form of the Zerg. The seniors on this star pirate ship must have landed on the Zerg planet. Otherwise, find other planets.
Do you want to investigate?"
Chu Huaying simply nodded: "Okay, I'll call everyone over for a trial."
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【Chapter 428, past events】
Chu Huaying has lived on the Dark Night starship for twenty-eight years. In her memory, she has been wandering among the stars with her parents since she was a child. Unfortunately, her parents died early, and the Dark Night starship has never landed on the Zerg planet again. She has no regard for this planet.
Also half-informed.
Chu Huaying gave an order, and more than thirty star thieves on the star thieves ship were all gathered in the command room.
She began to interrogate them one by one: "Have you ever been to the Zerg planet before? How much do you know about this planet?"
Most of the star thieves knew only a few things. They heard from their parents that there were bugs on this planet. No one knew exactly what bugs they were. The scene of the merging of the bugs just now made many people turn pale with fright.
Yu Hanjiang was more professional than Chu Huaying in interrogating people. He stood next to Chu Huaying with a mask on, carefully observing the expressions and movements of these star thieves. When Chu Huaying interrogated an old man with gray hair, Yu Hanjiang suddenly leaned into her ear.
Side said: "When this old man heard about the Zerg planet, his eyes dodged, and his right hand subconsciously shrank behind his back. He obviously knew something."
Body language is also very important. In many cases, Yu Hanjiang can judge whether the suspect is telling the truth or a lie based on subtle body language. This is his valuable experience gained from interrogating criminals for many years.
Chu Huaying understood and focused on interrogating the old man in front of him.
The old man was over 50 years old. He was a star thief of the same generation as Chu Huaying's father. He was responsible for the repair and maintenance of starships. He didn't show up much, but Chu Huaying remembered him.
She walked up to the other party and said warmly: "Uncle Qin, you have watched me grow up since I was a child. Now that I am the captain of the Dark Night starship, I should have the right to know some secrets, right? Otherwise, I would be like today
, wouldn’t it harm everyone if we accidentally drive the starship to the Zerg planet again?”
The old man trembled suddenly, gritted his teeth and refused to speak.
Chu Huaying said: "What was the reason why those bugs suddenly flew over to attack us just now? The queen of the bugs said, haven't we humans done enough evil over the years... Do you know what she meant? Tell me?"
The old man was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly and hoarsely: "Twenty-three years ago, we were wandering around the stars and accidentally discovered that there were a large number of precious minerals on this planet. We landed in that mine, intending to mine it.
Some minerals are sold to various countries, only to be surrounded by countless insects."
"We were startled and were about to take up arms when we were stopped by the former captain. The Zerg did not attack us, but just watched us curiously. The captain said that there were only about thirty of us and we didn't know about this kind of thing.
Regarding the abilities of the Zerg, don’t rush to harm the indigenous races here, it’s best to communicate and negotiate with them.”
"But humans and Zerg don't understand each other, so we don't know how to negotiate. We talked for a long time, but the Zerg just walked around us curiously and didn't give any response. So, the captain thought of an idea, and he took the initiative to approach the Zerg. At that time
He happened to have a wound on his hand, and those bugs crawled into his body along his wound..."
Chu Huaying's face changed: "Then what? He turned into a Zerg?"
"No, he conquered the Zerg living in his body." Speaking of the captain, the old man couldn't help but have a look of admiration on his face. He coughed lightly and then said: "The amazing thing is that the captain has the ability of the Zerg.
, and could also understand the language of the Zerg. He went to talk to the Zerg Queen and told her that we were just taking some ores that were waste to the Zerg but extremely precious to us."
"Did the Queen agree?"
"She agreed." The old man said: "Those minerals are garbage to the Zerg, but they can help humans make armors. Coincidentally, the nutrient solution we carry for cultivating plants can help the queen speed up the reproduction of the carpet.
"
There is indeed a greenhouse on the Dark Night starship dedicated to growing vegetables and fruits. After all, star thieves have been wandering in the universe for a long time and cannot eat compressed biscuits all the time. Nowadays, with advanced technology, nutrient solutions have become widely available, which can speed up the growth of crops.
A head of Chinese cabbage can mature in just a few days.
Unexpectedly, this nutrient solution is actually effective for Zerg?
A bold suspicion suddenly arose in Xiao Lou's mind, and he asked: "So, you have reached an agreement with the Queen of the Zerg. You provide nutrient solution to help her reproduce the carpet, and she allows you to mine the minerals on the planet?"
The old man glanced at Xiao Lou. The young man was wearing a mask and couldn't see his face clearly. His eyes were dark and clear, and his voice was very gentle... He didn't know whether he should answer or not.
Chu Huaying said calmly: "They have decided to join the Star Pirates. They are their own people. Uncle Qin, just say it."
The old man nodded and continued: "We made peace with the Zerg on this planet, and designed a new starship according to the appearance of the Zerg. After that, we mined a large amount of ore to sell, and continuously delivered nutrient solutions to help the queen control the bacteria.
The carpet covered the entire planet. Those three years were the best three years our star thief team had ever had..."
Chu Huaying can almost guess the next plot: "You sell precious ores in large quantities, and the profits you make make many people jealous. They will definitely wonder about the source of the ores and find ways to track you?"
Old Uncle Qin closed his eyes in pain, clenched his fists and said, "Yes. When we went to the Zerg planet to mine ore, we were tracked by an anti-reconnaissance drone. This hidden resource star was discovered by the Luoke Empire's Resources Department.
The minister found out. Then, he asked the military for help and sent a legion to destroy the Zerg and occupy the resource star..."
Recalling the scenes from that year, Old Uncle Qin trembled all over. He choked and said: "The star thieves suffered countless casualties. In the end, only a few people escaped in the starship, including me and your parents."
Chu Huaying frowned and said: "In other words, the Imperial Army discovered this resource star by following you. Since the minerals on the planet are too rich, they don't know that the Zerg are intelligent creatures, so why don't they just send troops to destroy it?"
Mr. Qin said: "Yes, after all, in their eyes, we star thieves should have been wiped out. We occupied the resource star to make huge profits. Of course they would kill us and the Zerg in one go... But they didn't expect the Zerg to be so terrifying.
They failed to wipe out the Zerg, but the Zerg resisted desperately, causing almost all the troops they sent to be wiped out. Only a few people survived and escaped in the fastest S-class armor."
Xiao Lou asked: "Where is your old captain?"
Old Uncle Qin was silent for a moment and whispered: "He was taken away."
"In other words, the captain who merged with the Zerg was captured by the military and taken back to the capital star?"
"Yes, he evolved extremely strong abilities after merging with the Zerg. He would not have been caught originally, but too many troops were sent at that time. In order to protect us, he drove his armor to fight. The combat capabilities of the empire's elite troops
It’s also very strong, and can directly trap the captain’s armor with an electromagnetic net and take it away…”
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other. Although they were separated by masks, they both thought of the same possibility at this moment.
Chu Huaying said: "Uncle Qin, if you know anything else, please tell us."
The old man sighed softly and said: "Because the old captain often chatted with the queen after merging with the Zerg, the Zerg queen also learned the human language. When we were escaping in the starship, I heard her say that humans should not step into the Zerg again.
Half a step away from the planet, otherwise we will kill them one by one. Because of this, we never dare to land on the Zerg planet again."
He looked at Chu Huaying with a look of remorse: "If I knew you actually went to the Zerg planet today, I would definitely stop you! Huaying, don't be so impulsive anymore, the Zerg are not easy to mess with!"
Chu Huaying nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Qin. I understand. You can go back and rest."
After the old man left, everyone took off their masks.
Everyone's faces looked ugly.
Ye Qi concluded: "The star thief accidentally discovered that the Zerg territory contained minerals needed by humans, and negotiated with the Zerg for mutual benefit... However, the star thief became more and more greedy and sold more and more minerals, attracting the attention of the Ministry of Resources.
, after discussion between the Imperial Resources Department and the Military Department, they decided to exterminate the Star Pirates and Zerg and occupy the resource star. However, it triggered a fierce resistance from the Zerg. In the end, both sides suffered heavy losses. The Zerg planet suffered heavy losses. The Zerg Queen has since resented humans; more than half of the Star Pirates were killed or injured.
The leader was captured; the entire army was almost wiped out?"
If the military could have softened its stance and negotiated with the Zerg Queen, the tragedy would not have happened.
However, when seeing these seemingly "weak" bugs for the first time, human beings are born with the arrogance of "higher creatures" and subconsciously feel... aren't they just some low-level bugs? Burn them all with fire, and this planet will be ours.
.
The fact gave them a huge blow.
Ye Qi's summary made his teammates feel heavy, especially Lu Jiuchuan, who had suffered a loss, and was filled with regret. However, that was the plot set by the gatekeeper for him and Tang Ci, and it was what happened before they entered the secret room. If it was
Lu Jiuchuan himself would never act rashly.
Yu Hanjiang suddenly whispered: "The captain of the starship was captured 20 years ago, which was also the year when the Noah's Ark project was restarted."
In the star calendar year 2977, star pirates discovered the Zerg planet, sold minerals, and made huge profits. They lived a prosperous life for three years.
Stardate 2980, the Star Thieves were tracked by the military. The military implemented an extermination plan, but failed to eliminate the Zerg and almost wiped out the entire army. The only gain was the capture of the former Star Thief leader who had merged with the Zerg.
In the same year, the Noah's Ark project was restarted.
Could it be a coincidence?
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and said: "The first Noah's Ark project failed in the year 2975 because there was a problem with the culture medium. None of the cloned children could live long, and the experiment was forced to be suspended. We have always wondered why in 2980
The plan will be restarted, and now it seems that the restart of the plan is closely related to the discovery of the Zerg!"
What a coincidence in timing!
It just so happened that that year, mankind suffered a loss on the Zerg planet, and happened to capture a star thief leader who was fused with the Zerg. Not long after, the Noah's Ark project was restarted, and 3 billion was invested to study replicants again.
Xiao Lou and the others had long speculated that the plan to restart was due to the huge improvement in experimental technology. Now it seems that this improvement may also be inspired by the Zerg.
Yu Hanjiang followed his words and speculated: "The culture fluid of vegetables and fruits cultivated by humans can accelerate the reproduction of Zerg carpets. So... can Zerg genes also accelerate the development of humans?"
Xiao Loudao: "If this is the case, the scientists will definitely take the captured star thief for experiments. Maybe they will extract the Zerg genes from him and add some of the gene fragments to the gene sequence of the replicating human cells?"
Xiao Lou took a deep breath, clenched his fists tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "The reason why the second experiment went so smoothly, and the copied children could grow up quickly and be consistent with the age of the original body - is because, the mad scientist,
They actually hybridized and modified human genes!”
When the teammates heard this, they felt chills running down their spines.
What if the Zerg genes are added to the human genetic sequence and it mutates? Are they crazy?!