Chapter 37: Shrinking Forces
Lucia leaned on Qin Hao's shoulder and whispered a few words, and then finally left, Qin Hao reluctantly returned to his room.
Lying on the bed, Qin Hao unconsciously changed the channel, he didn't know what he wanted to watch, he just felt like a numb.
"Knock knock knock ......" At this time, the knock on the door came again.
"Who?" Qin Hao asked.
"May I ask if Qin Hao is here?" Outside the door was a man's voice.
"In! Wait a minute! Qin Hao got up and opened the door, only to see a young officer standing outside, looking at his age that he was in his twenties, not much older than Qin Hao, but his rank was already a captain.
"You're Qin Hao, right?" The captain asked politely.
"Yes! Sir! Qin Hao immediately saluted, no way, people's ranks are much higher than him.
"General Rice wants to see you, come with me." The captain said to Qin Hao, although his tone was quite polite and he had a smile on his face, it could be seen from the fact that he didn't introduce himself that he still had a condescending contempt for Qin Hao, the big soldier.
"Yes!" Although Qin Hao knew that people looked down on him, he had no choice, there was a way to crush people to death at the level of the official, not to mention that people were more than one level bigger than him.
Following the young captain, Qin Hao walked through the long corridor, and then walked for more than twenty minutes in a hovercar before arriving at the bridge of the Federation Glory.
The "......" hatch opened, and the captain walked in, followed by Qin Hao and also walked into the bridge of the Federation Glory.
"It's so beautiful......" This is the first time Qin Hao has entered the bridge of the starship, there is a huge porthole here, you can see the starry sky outside, and countless data flashes on various displays, but unfortunately Qin Hao, who was born as a big soldier, can't understand it.
"Smack!" The captain came to the command platform, saluted several middle-aged people in white military uniforms, and then reported loudly: "General, Qin Hao is here." ”
"Hmm!" One of the blond-haired soldiers nodded, then turned to Qin Hao and said, "Are you that Qin Hao?" ”
"Yes! Checkmate! Qin Hao immediately stepped forward and saluted, although he didn't know the middle-aged man in front of him, he could also tell from the rank that he was a major general.
"Excellent! Nice boy! The blonde soldier smiled, then introduced himself, "My name is Rice, captain of the USS Federation Glory, temporary commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Federation Navy. ”
"Smack!" Qin Hao saluted again.
"Okay, don't be so restrained, we called you this time just to learn something from you." Rice said with a smile.
"Hmm!" Qin Hao nodded.
"I heard Dr. Pommont say that you have some special information about the mystery of the disappearance of the soldiers at the base in the Coles Valley, right?" Rice asked, and at this point the attention of several other senior officers was also drawn to him.
"Yes!" Qin Hao turned on his battlefield recorder and then projected the image.
"General, look, this is the scene at that time......" Qin Hao began to describe the scene to these officers as the video was recorded.
"Hmm......" After listening to Qin Hao's description, Major General Rice nodded thoughtfully.
"I have a question!" An operational staff officer suddenly raised his hand and said.
"Hmm!" Rice nodded.
"Qin Hao, since Dr. Pommont and that medical soldier were both hypnotized by sound waves, why are you okay?" The staff officer asked.
"Yes...... several other people also nodded, according to Qin Hao's statement, the 20,000 garrisons at the base in the Coles Valley were all booby-trapped because of sonic hypnosis, but Qin Hao was the only one who was fine, isn't it strange?
"That's right, I was born with a birth defect, and I perceive sound in fewer bands than normal people." Qin Hao's words were taught to Lucia when she was leaving.
Lucia doesn't look like a slightly cute girl, she can't endure hardships and has no guts, but her heart is very careful, especially after falling in love with Qin Hao, she thinks about him everywhere, so she discovered this flaw in time, and used her professional knowledge to help Qin Hao eliminate this hidden danger.
"That's it......" Rice and several staff officers nodded, they didn't doubt the authenticity of Qin Hao's words, after all, this war was a war between humans and the Zerg, and Qin Hao couldn't be a spy, so there was no reason to lie.
"Looks like we're going to have to look into it, it's a big problem, and if we are hypnotized on the battlefield, it will be a big blow to us!" Rice nodded.
"Hmmm! Dr. Pommont has set up a new project, and I think he'll solve it. A staff officer said.
"Hopefully, he can solve this problem as soon as possible and stop sending troops to the ground for the time being." Rice thought for a moment and then said.
"Yes! Checkmate! Several staff officers immediately took note.
"Okay, Qin Hao, you go and rest first, we will look for you when we have questions." Rice turned to Qin Hao and said.
"Yes!" Qin Hao saluted and then withdrew, the decision-making of the command level was not something he could participate in.
Then Qin Hao was sent back to his room by the captain, and it seemed that this captain should be the adjutant of Major General Rice.
"Hu ......" Lying on his bed, Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Lucia whispered a few words beside him before leaving, otherwise he would have been asked by those staff officers today, in case the problem of the Zerg gene was involved, he would really be sent to the laboratory to be sliced.
However, after the crisis passed, Qin Hao could also rest on the flagship for a few days, because Rice might summon him again, so he was not immediately sent back to his unit and was temporarily left on the flagship.
In this way, Qin Hao does not have to go back to the barracks of dozens of people, he now enjoys the treatment of a senior officer, and when the commander of the 106th Division, James, was on the battleship, I am afraid that it was also this level of treatment.
Time is like flowing water, half a month has passed, and the research presided over by Pommont has still not made much progress, so the investment of human beings in the ground battlefield is constantly shrinking, after all, the threat of hypnosis is too great, and before there is a way to solve it, Rice does not want to waste the lives of soldiers.
Qin Hao has been very comfortable these days, it is really good to eat, drink and treat, there are even fitness facilities in the officer's lounge, the living environment here is really not the same as the situation of the grassroots troops.
It's just that the only thing that makes Qin Hao unhappy is that in his residential area, the lowest ranks of others are also lieutenants and captains, and most of these people are adjutants of senior officers, and Qin Hao is just a big soldier, so most people are reluctant to deal with him.