Chapter 263: Return to Base
Even Qiao Lu did not expect that the existence of the planetary engine would cause such a sensation in the world, and even directly affect the formation of a new world pattern.
However, in this way, the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force is not alone on this planet, and material supplies, construction materials, and ore resources can be obtained directly from the mainland, which is naturally much more convenient than teleporting down from the Wandering Earth.
In the distance, dozens of carrier helicopters with the Shaw Brothers logo are flying over one container after another full of supplies to replenish the material loss of last night's operation for the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, as well as to provide better logistics support.
There is never too much logistics in wartime, and with the Rim of the Pacific Plane supplied with homegrown supplies, Wandering Earth can focus more on using planetary engine towers to transport more important combat forces and military equipment.
It seems that all this was planned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Wandering Earth, including the arrival of those news reporters outside, I am afraid it is all in their calculations.
Qiao Lu didn't have to worry about this kind of thing, he had more important things to do.
He said to Zhang Zhezhong: "Release the detained helicopter pilots, I will go back with them." ”
"Understood." Zhang Zhezhong responded crisply.
The pilots of the helicopter transporting Storm Red didn't know what was going on, and they were released in a daze.
They were innocent enough, and they were inexplicably detained for at least one night, and then inexplicably released at dawn.
Since they were all held in solitary confinement for interrogation, they didn't know anything about what was going on on Qiao Lu's side.
Now that they have regained their freedom, their first thought is naturally to escape from this place of right and wrong.
Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang just followed them as a matter of course, never mentioning what happened last night.
Several carrier helicopters returned to the Shattered Dome base with Storm Crimson again, and by the time they returned to Hong Kong, it was already completely dawn.
The hero who had been missing all night returned, and the people in the Shattered Dome base ran out to greet them in surprise, they all heard the news report on the planetary engines on the Hawaiian Islands, and they were even more curious about the experience of Qiao Lu and the others last night.
Just as a group of people gathered around and were about to ask Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang questions, Panthcoster walked out of the crowd and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
He walked up with heavy steps and asked Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang directly:
"You've been in contact with the forces on the island of Hawaii for a long time, right, and he even sent you here?"
Of course, Pantcoster did not know about the existence of the Wandering Earth, but only speculated whether Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang were related to Shaw Brothers Industries and the military behind it.
In this case, there is no need for Qiao Lu to hide it, and he directly picked it out and said, "Yes." ”
Hearing this answer, Pantcoster smiled instead: "Sure enough, I guessed correctly, besides them, which other country has such infrastructure capabilities?" ”
Qiao Lu knew that he had definitely guessed wrong, but there was no need to correct it.
Thinking that he had finally figured out the details of Qiao Lu, Pantcoster breathed a heavy sigh of relief and said:
"In any case, thanks to you last night, the Shattered Dome base is always open to you. If you wish, you can continue to serve as the pilot of Storm Crimson. ”
In this way, he no longer cares about Qiao Lu's concealment of his identity before, although in fact he does not know Qiao Lu's true identity.
The crowd erupted in thunderous applause, which was also an expression of their welcome to Qiao Lu and Liu Peiqiang.
"Thank you." Qiao Lu simply went down the steps, anyway, there was no need to correct this misunderstanding.
With this heavy identity, it is more convenient for him to continue to take action in the future.
Qiao Lu asked Panthcoster, "How is Newton and Herman's monster brain synaesthesia experiment going?" Is there any further information on an extraterrestrial civilization? ”
He came back for this matter, and of course he was most concerned about the condition of these two people.
Pantcoster suddenly frowned and said: "It's very bad, the two of them suddenly fainted after connecting to the brains of the fifth-level monsters, and they are currently being rescued in the infirmary, and there is no sign of awakening until now." ”
"What!?"
This was a big surprise to Qiao Lu, in the original plot of the Pacific Rim movie, Newton and Herman were able to successfully obtain the information of the pioneer civilization in this way, why did there be an accident this time?
Could it be because the brains of the chosen monsters are different?
"I'll go see them."
Qiao Lu said in a hurry, he rushed back specifically for this valuable information, how could he say that it was gone?
He hurried all the way to the infirmary at the Shattered Dome base, and sure enough, he saw Newton and Herman unconscious inside.
At this time, both of them were lying on the hospital bed with their eyes closed, but their bodies were twitching restlessly, their breathing was very rapid, their brain waves were extremely active, and they were muttering something to themselves, as if they were trapped in a nightmare and could not wake up.
Qiao Lu asked the doctor who was taking care of the two, "Did they become like this after they had synaesthesia with the monster brain?" ”
The doctor replied, "Yes, I have never seen such a strange situation in my life, the brain waves show that the two of them are still conscious, but the body can't wake up, and I don't know what is going on." ”
There is no doubt that this is the work of the Pioneer Civilization Mastermind, who was only connected to a dying and broken monster brain, and the Pioneer Mastermind naturally has no way to do anything to him through such a weak brain.
But now, the two of them are connected to a fresh fifth-level monster brain, and the mental fluctuations that this brain can produce are far from being comparable to the dying monster brain before, or the immature brain of the monster hatchling in the original plot of the movie.
Both Newton and Herman were directly controlled by the Herald Mastermind, which is why they were trapped in a nightmare and could not wake up.
Qiao Lu didn't expect that taking down a fifth-level monster would harm them instead, and furthermore, the ability of the pioneer civilization mastermind was far beyond his imagination.
"How do I wake them up?" Qiao Lu asked the doctor.
Before the doctor could reply, Pantcoster, who had caught up from behind, replied first:
"Their symptoms are caused by synaesthesia with the monster's head, so I thought that by finding someone to connect to their brain through a neuro-sensing device, I might be able to wake them up from the subconscious. But needless to say, this method is quite dangerous. ”
Typical of fighting poison with poison, but this is also a classic method.