Section 104 Little People
In the Pentagon's database of electronic management centers, the Florida base is part of the primary sequence of the classified order.
This is an underground launch site for long-range missiles, and a total of fifteen intercontinental missiles are on duty. Because it is a strategic attack weapon, the target is directly targeted by the Ministry of Defense, and the scope includes Russia's major populated cities in the European region.
Mars is the fourth batch of multifunctional transformation soldiers.
According to the Pentagon's plan: the first batch of six soldiers will be transformed, focusing on reshaping bones and muscles, increasing weight bearing and body strength output. The second batch of two soldiers was transformed, focusing on the expansion of brain nerves and the synchronization of external equipment. The third batch of four modified soldiers focuses on simultaneous control of multiple weapons (such as shooting at different targets with both hands at the same time, and the enhancement level can operate different types of weapons).
Strictly speaking, the fourth batch is a continuation of the third batch of renovation plans. Because from this batch, the transformation plan of the research department has been upgraded to a notch.
All the soldiers who undergo rehabilitation are volunteers. From the moment Mars signed the volunteer letter, he was ready to "never be a human being again".
As he left the pod, he found himself transformed into an octopus.
Four more arms were added to each side of the shoulders, and with the addition of the original two, there were six hands in total. The length of the arms varies according to the standard from top to bottom, the original pair of arms is the shortest, and the further down the arms becomes, the six palms can be arranged in a straight line.
The core of the program is the technical arms, not the initial combatants.
If everyone has an extra pair of hands, some special industries can produce double benefits. The Ministry of Defense has been working on similar projects for a long time, and only now there has been a breakthrough.
For example, Mars is on duty for combat-ready missiles, and under normal circumstances, he needs four people for this position. Now, Mars can do it alone.
Experimental modifiers always have defects of one kind or another. Mars was no exception, the exponential increase in the number of upper limbs led to a sudden weight gain, he could not walk like a normal person, and the research team had to equip him with an electric pulley, which he can now only move while sitting.
As time passed, the initial novelty wore off. Mars began to feel like he had made the wrong decision. Now this octopus looks like no one can see people, and even the superiors who know the inside story of the experiment have an instinctive disgust every time they see themselves. Of course, they could never be ridiculed to their faces, but the contempt and contempt in their eyes were clear.
Mars asks more for the research department.
I want better quality meals: the finest veal steaks, fresh Japanese cuisine, foie gras and caviar, and fine brandy from France...... I want it all, not the special meal you keep saying is "nutritious".
I'm going to drink whiskey.
I'm going to smoke.
I also want a beautiful girl to help me relieve my loneliness, like Marilyn. Monroe's kind.
A captain who makes a lot of demands would be locked up in a confinement cell by his superiors as a psychopath under normal circumstances.
But Mars is different.
He got everything he wanted.
He's just an experiment, and as long as he gets all the data in the process, he can have more experience for the next transformation.
Science is a kind of exploration, and when looking for and groping for an ignorant future, there will always be sacrifices and attrition. No one forced you to sign a volunteer letter, and now it's too late to regret it.
Mars is no ordinary military man.
Not just anyone can sit in a chair in the combat readiness missile duty room and keep an eye on the monitoring screen at all times. In fact, there were not many technical officers like Mars, and their salaries were far higher than those of ordinary soldiers in combat units. Although volunteers who signed the experimental agreement could be promoted to the rank of first rank, no one took Mars, who carried the badge of a major, seriously. All of his training and data monitoring takes place in a simulated laboratory environment.
He knew what he was doing, and he hid it quite well, at least in the eyes of the monitors, except for a little more material requirements in life, nothing else.
Exceptionally obedient, obeying orders without discount. During the year-long observation period, the monitoring personnel did not find any problems. Mars's material demands were considered reasonable and acceptable.
The superiors decided to let Mars return to his old job and truly become a controllable and successful GM.
When one person does the work of four people, it is equivalent to reducing the salaries of the other three. If you add in the various associated normal expenses, you can save a lot of money.
That's where the special retrofit comes in.
The surveillance of Mars continues. He knew that there were several pairs of eyes behind him at all times, and that there was always a gun aimed at him. He is very cleverly disguised, and no matter how you look at it, he is a good soldier. Mars even took the initiative to find a bug in the computer program at the missile launch center, which prevented the accidental large-scale nuclear radiation.
His superiors finally reassured him, and Mars rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
After spending two years studying the entire launch system, copying the nuclear key of the officer on combat readiness duty by various methods, he chose to act on his birthday, having already left a secret door in the computer system.
The launch pad, which requires at least two people to start, is not a problem for him at all. Fifteen giant missiles loaded with long-held hatred and resentment rose from the silos. At that moment, Mars felt that he had been reborn, he locked the door of the control room with a smile on his face, stared at the huge surveillance screen, gently hummed the song "Susanna" that he had heard his grandfather sing since he was a child, raised the muzzle of the pistol and stuffed it into his mouth, and with infinite satisfaction and anticipation, he pulled the trigger hard.
Only a madman would destroy the world. They are never afraid of death, and they spend their energy racking their brains to carry out terrible plans just to bury the world for themselves.
Rustic ideas, extravagant ambitions.
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After reading the information displayed on the old grandmother's screen, Tianhao's expression was still serious, and his eyebrows were furrowed with suspicion. He was now full of questions about everything, the whole world, including the old light brain in front of him with a long history, lingering like a broken old man.
It takes courage to leave the dimly lit and abandoned base halls. Tianhao felt extremely tired, and his legs were so heavy that they seemed to be filled with lead. Despite this, he still staggered and walked out slowly.
The orange-red sun was already close to the horizon, and the remaining light in the sky made Tianhao feel dazzling. He closed his eyes and sat on the ground. He knew the night was dangerous, but he felt he needed to sit for a while, even if it was only for a few seconds, anyway.
Do machines lie?
The answer is ambiguous———— maybe it will or maybe not.
The Awakened?
I am the last survivor of this world.
There is no point in continuing to ask. No matter what the truth of the destruction of the world is and what secrets are hidden behind it, Tianhao has lost interest in digging.
In the distance, there was the sound of falling leaves and debris. Two hideous heads covered in tiny scales poked out of the woods.
It's the velociraptor that licked itself before. It was not alone, and brought with it a companion, much larger than it, about eight meters tall.
This should be the criterion by which they are distinguished from adulthood. The larger Velociraptor may have been its father, or its mother. Tianhao had not studied prehistoric creatures, at least not in terms of appearance and morphology. But just give him a little more time and you'll figure it out.
The two velociraptors lowered their heads at the same time, sticking out their tongues and slowly licking the top of his head and neck, as well as the palms of his hands that were exposed outside the cuffs.
Tian Hao became more and more sure that the two beasts were attracted by the residual salt on their bodies.
Untied his backpack, took out a small bag of spare salt, poured it in his palm, raised his palm, and the two velociraptors immediately turned and stretched their tongues towards the small pile of cloudy and rough salt grains.
They are very docile and do not mean to treat Tianhao as a snack in the slightest. Licking the salt grains in his hands, the smaller velociraptor bent down and gently touched his shoulder with its huge head, and the eyelids on the surface of the palpitating vertical pupils were half-closed, and he was like a pet who was coquettish and cute in front of his owner.
Velociraptors with large bodies were more reserved. It looked down at Tianhao, its gaze was not hostile, it was full of comforting softness.
"I'm getting out of here." Tianhao stretched out his hand to stroke the beast in front of him, and sighed with emotion that only he understood the meaning: "Do you want to go with me?" ”
The beasts couldn't speak, and they watched as Tianhao stood up and quietly followed behind him, answering with action.
There's radiation everywhere here. Tianhao felt that this was the reason why the velociraptor was larger than he remembered.
A man, two carnivorous dinosaurs that should have been extinct hundreds of millions of years ago, walked together, leaving the abandoned base, leaving the square occupied by plants, leaving the buried history.
Radiation can change a lot of things.
Tianhao suddenly understood why the creatures in this land were so weird.
Both the Giant Horn Deer and the Tyrant Mane bear have a terrifying size.
There are weeds that are extremely vigorous and can be harvested as frequently as leeks.
It was fine that the emperor ribbon fish was larger, but it was clever enough to leave the deep sea, which biologists considered the most suitable for survival in the era of civilization, and attacked humans on land like an amphibian.
In the distance, I saw the madness of heaven.
He sat in front of the improvised camp made of tree branches, holding a piece of jerky in his hand, and just happened to see Tianhao walking towards him, his fingers loosened, and half of the jerky fell to the ground. He grabbed the long-handled tomahawk leaning next to him as fast as he could, the muscles on the surface of the huge burly body were tense, the muscles on his face were squeezed together because of tension and anxiety, the layers above the bridge of his nose were the accumulation of skin, his heavy footsteps splashed sand and dust, and he roared loudly all the way: "The third run, those monsters will eat people, I'll help you!" ”
In a moment, the Celestial Maniac who rushed to the front waved his battle axe with both hands above his head, roaring and slashing at the nearest velociraptor with all his might. When the lethal weapon was about to fall, Tianhao quickly grabbed the grip under the axe blade, and the attack screen instantly froze.
"Don't be afraid, they won't hurt me." A weak smile appeared on Tianhao's face.
"This ...... How could it be ......" The extremely nervous Tianmad grabbed the handle of the tomahawk and didn't dare to let go at all. He gasped for air, and his blood flowed wildly through his body at an extremely high rate.
He knew this kind of monster.
I've heard of it, and I've seen it from afar.
They eat people. Panshi Village, Qinglong Village, Qingyuan Village, Zhangpu Village...... All the nearby stockades, large and small, have been killed by the maws of this monster. Agile and agile in their dining room, with a mouthful of sharp, dense sharp teeth, they are the most terrifying creatures the Celestial Mad has ever seen.
They live in packs like black howling wolves, often attacking another species of monster of great size en masse. But the monster with three horns on its head is not to be messed with, and its body is covered with thick bone plates, which are as strong as armor.
"They're mine...... Hmm......" Tianhao didn't know how to explain this matter for a while, and he couldn't find the right words. He turned, his slender fingers brushing the chest of the older velociraptor over it, feeling the coldness and smoothness of the scales, and his gaze fell on its back, which was upturned on either side and sunken in the middle.
"They're my mounts." This argument is compelling.
That's not the point. The dead silence and cold heart was rejuvenated by the madness. I'm not alone, I'm not alone.
"Mounts?" Once again, he felt that his brain was not enough. He slowly lowered his tomahawk, his eyes fixed on the monsters that liked to eat people in his memory, obviously skeptical of Tianhao's statement: "You mean, you can ride on their backs?" ”
"Maybe so." Tianhao tried to make himself laugh. The dull and gloomy mood still dominates him, and no matter who else he changes, it is impossible to get out of the predicament of the truth of the destruction of the world in a short period of time. What is lost can never be returned. The Last Survivor...... What a ridiculous and sad title.
For this younger brother, who showed many excellent traits and outstanding abilities overnight, Tianmad has a kind of blind reverence. He put away the tomahawk in disbelief, hesitantly stretched out his hand, and asked uncertainly, "Can I try it?" ”
This is also what Tianhao wants.
The rough fingers slowly stretched forward, and the closer they got to the velociraptor were, the more clearly the Heavenly Maniac felt the ferocity and hostility from the other party. These are two completely different attitudes, they don't treat themselves as gently as they do towards Tianhao, like fire and ice.
Tianhao sensed this.
He pressed his hand against the velociraptor on the chest, feeling that the action would silence it, at least not let out a menacing roar at the approaching Celestials.
It's very likely that talent is needed to tame animals. No one taught, and no one said how to do it, Tianmad suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, took out a piece of jerky from his leather robe, and handed it over.
It looked down and sniffed, and opened its mouth to take on the food it had never tasted. The ferocious vertical pupil instantly softened, and it chewed slowly, its hideous, terrifying, narrow head showing a satisfied expression.