After learning from Ding Yi about the use of the Keystone, Qiao Lu asked Renault to return to the Hyperion first to explain the situation to his crew.

The Rangers were formed mainly to overthrow the Tyranid Empire, and if they want to turn around and deal with the swarm, they need Renault to go back and do some ideological work.

At the same time, Qiao Lu also needs to think carefully about how to use the 55,000 civilization points at hand to improve the scientific and technological strength of the Wandering Earth before the decisive battle comes.

After all, it is a battle related to the fate of all mankind on the wandering earth, and it is natural to make unremitting efforts to deal with it with all our might, no matter how careful we are, we can't be too careful.

Therefore, what Qiao Lu needs to consider now is how to convert civilization points into combat power as soon as possible, and finally it can come in handy in the decisive battle two months later.

The special research projects he can choose from at the moment are:

[Soul Transfer]: 14000 civilizations

[Antimatter Mass Production III.]: 45,000 civilization points

[Antimatter Pulse Weapon]: 14000 civilization points

[Symbiote Armament]: 20,000 civilization points

[Wake up Earth]: 90,000 civilization points

[Human Genetic Sequence Recombination]: 55,000 civilization points

[Psionic Theory (Beginner)]: 25,000 civilization points

Among them, the recombination of human genetic sequences can just spend the civilization points on Qiao Lu's hand to the maximum, but this is not necessarily the best solution, if you want to understand the changes that these technologies can bring, it is undoubtedly best to discuss with the scholars of the Central Academy of Sciences.

Qiao Lu first thought of Zhang Bin, who was the president of the Central Academy of Sciences, but Zhang Bin was not in the office at this time, according to his assistant, he was going to inspect an important research.

"It's strange that you didn't see him over there at Keystone?"

Qiao Lu couldn't help but wonder what was another important research at this critical moment, besides the Keystone?

So under the leadership of Zhang Bin's assistant, Qiao Lu took the elevator into the underground depths of the Central Academy of Sciences.

This way is very closely guarded, not only have to go through several gates, but also have to change three elevators to reach the destination. It feels like a shelter for something anomalous, and it can be locked down at any time if something happens.

"The Central Academy of Sciences still has such a place." Qiao Lu couldn't help but sigh.

The assistant replied, "This is a secret laboratory set up during the expedition of Director Qiao Lu with the fleet, and it is dedicated to the study of those dangerous creatures. ”

When the elevator reached the ground floor, Qiao Lu finally understood why it needed to be so guarded here.

I saw that in the underground laboratory, there were countless large and small glassware, which were filled with various insect biological samples, including jumping insects, stinging snakes, cockroaches and other alien insect creatures that had appeared on the wandering earth.

Inside the sealed compartment on the side, the scientists, dressed in heavy chemical protective suits, carefully dissected these Zerg creatures and removed their internal organs.

There are even some live insects in the specially designed containment chamber, gnawing frantically at the inner walls of the containment chamber like rabid dogs. These are the objects that need to be closely guarded, and they must not be allowed to escape.

The entire insect research laboratory has been built very large, and countless scholars are nervously analyzing the data of the Zerg creatures, hoping to achieve greater advantages for humans in the next war.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. The existence of this laboratory is indeed necessary.

Zhang Bin really inspected here, and as soon as he saw Qiao Lu, he greeted him and asked:

"Qiao Lu, why are you here?"

Qiao Lu replied, "Originally, I was just here to see the progress of Keystone's research, but I didn't expect you to conduct such a secret research. ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "Actually, it's not a secret, I think I know that it is impossible for us not to study the insect sample, it is nothing more than how to do it." ”

Admittedly, it would be impossible not to do so, at most it would not be announced to the outside world.

"So how is your research going?" Qiao Lu asked.

Zhang Bin took Qiao Lu to visit the laboratory and explained to him:

"First of all, we tried to find the genetic defects of these alien creatures, and to see if we could use biological weapons against them. However, it turns out that we are far from being a match for the Zerg in biotechnology, and it is their biological structure that has given us a lot of insights, such as the ability to use them to create symbiote weapons, a technology that we have not yet made a breakthrough. ”

It is not difficult to understand that the Zerg conquered the universe by modifying biological genes, which can be described as their housekeeping skills, and humans naturally cannot defeat the insect swarm on it, and they are completely taken by the Banmen's behavior.

It's just that if you can use the genes of the Zerg in the symbiote armament, it is indeed a very powerful weapon, for example, the Queen of Blades is a human who has obtained the genes of the Zerg, and the symbiote armament may be able to do this.

Zhang Bin continued: "Then we tried to change the method, not to try to get rid of the insects, but to try to control them. After all, these alien units are all biological weapons under the control of the hive mind, and theoretically, we should be able to interfere with or even take over this control! ”

"You mean, control the swarm?"

Qiao Lu's expression suddenly became serious, it is true that most of the insects are just biological weapons without self-awareness, not only the Queen of Blades can control them, as long as there is a stronger mind control ability, the insect swarm can also be controlled by humans.

But this is not an easy task, otherwise the swarm would not be wreaking havoc everywhere.

"I know it won't be easy, but considering we still have an Infinity Stone in our hands, it won't turn out to be."

"Mind Gems?"

Qiao Lu immediately realized that Zhang Bin was planning to use the power of this Infinity Stone to take over the swarm, and if he used the power of the Mind Gem, he might be able to do it.

"And what was the result?" Qiao Lu hurriedly asked.

"The Mind Stone can influence the Zerg's hive thinking to a certain extent, and this Infinity Stone does have the potential to do so."

However, Zhang Bin then sighed: "It's a pity that we, as users of the Soul Gem, seem to be missing something important. ”

"What is it?"

"Psionic energy."

This is basically not surprising to Qiao Lu, in the plot of StarCraft 1, Mengsk used a psionic launcher to induce a swarm to attack a human planet. Even after the Queen of Blades turns back into a human, she can still rely on psionic energy to control some insects.

All signs show the importance of psionic energy to the Zerg, otherwise the Juggernaut would not have chosen Kerrigan, who is a psyker, to transform into the Queen of Blades.

Even if one wants to use the Psychic Gem to control the swarm, the user must first master psionic powers before they can understand how to control these insect creatures.

Qiao Lu can already decide what to exchange for Civilization Points.