Chapter 12: Zerg Crystal Nucleus
According to the latest reports, the Space Force recently assembled 130 warships in the asteroid belt, including four capital warships including the Mir Hope. After a fierce battle, the Spider Girl Meteor was shattered and turned into about 300 meteorites and flew towards Earth. The human warships were completely destroyed. ”
"I am now at the Mars front base, just approved by General Chen Shaohua, ten nuclear bombs with a yield of 80 million tons have been loaded on the Dawn, as one of the last two main warships of mankind, the Dawn has a long way to go."
"I'm at the Moon Arsenal base right now, and just now, Brigadier General Mack called for the mobilization of the whole people to produce strategic materials, and humanity will definitely be able to win this war."
"The casualty report in the early hours of yesterday morning has come out, and the number of people killed and missing in the asteroid belt is 67,321 people in total. According to incomplete statistics, from the 17th to the present, a total of 10,000 Zerg have entered the earth's atmosphere, of which 2,000 are still absconding. ”
"So far, the Zerg have caused more than a million casualties on Earth, and they are still increasing at a rate of 50,000 per day......
"Shipping has now been completely halted ......"
"Sea freight is no longer possible for ......"
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Su Zhuo turned over on the bed, the computer was still playing the news not far away, and he was looking at an electronic map in his hand. In the past few years, he only came back on the day of his mother's death, and he is not very familiar with China.
Still, he knew that Shanghai, 176 kilometers away, was one of the most important cities in the country, but he didn't choose to go there and stayed in Hangzhou. Shanghai is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, that is, now that human beings still have an advantage on the earth, there is no way for the Zerg to find out once they get into the ocean army, and when the situation is worse in the future, the ocean will become a paradise for the Zerg. So a city close to the ocean is really not very safe.
In addition, Hangzhou itself has a division of the army stationed, and it is not very far from Shanghai, so if the situation in Shanghai can be stabilized by that time and the troops stationed in Shanghai can effectively control the situation, it will not be too late for him to rush over.
If Shanghai is not safe, he can also go north to Nanjing, which should be the headquarters of the Nanjing Military Region, where there should be a fairly strong defense force, and there is also a second-class spacecraft launch base where a brigade of Space Force Marines is stationed. Su Zhuo didn't know what the army in Nanjing would plan to do at that time, so he was still in a wait-and-see state.
He looked at the south side of the map again, and there were also a considerable number of garrisons in the south, but Su Zhuo didn't think about it, the core of China was in the north, and when he got to the south, he was afraid that it would be easy to fall into an isolated situation.
"I'm at China's largest space experiment base, and just now, Kassel Rowling, one of the world's most authoritative biotechnologists, zoologists and geneticists, has given us an important message that we must convey to the people of the world!"
The same words were repeated twice, and the reporter was very excited to hear it.
"After experimental research by scientists, it has been found that every Zerg has a crystal-like piece of meat in its brain, and if humans take this crystal meat block, their physical fitness will be greatly improved, and it is possible to form special abilities like the transformer."
"What?" Su Zhuo sat up silently and stared blankly at the screen not far away.
The female scientist had a tired smile on her face, and she said, "I think that's all I have done for humanity, and I can only wish you good luck in the future......"
At this time, the female scientist fell down, and the camera suddenly shook. However, it was quickly fixed on the female scientist. The female reporter was busy pinching her, and a team of medical personnel ran over and gave her a series of first aid measures.
A man with glasses ran out, saw Rowling lying on the ground, and howled uncontrollably, "No! No! No! ”
He pounced and hugged Rowling, "We said we would use our wisdom to save humanity, why don't you leave me alone!" My dear! My dear! Don't leave me! Speaking of the back, he was already choked up.
The camera pans to the female reporter, her eyes are red, she snorts, and says, "The following ...... That's it all...... Woo-" She cried uncontrollably, and she cried as she said, "I've been here these days, and Rowling hasn't slept for eighteen days for this research, and has been injecting herself with drugs to keep her ...... clear."
The scene cuts to the host of the news.
Su Zhuo was stunned and maintained this action. On the monitor on one side, more than a dozen people on the screen are flustered, irritable, restless, and helpless...... But in space above him, a scientist paid with his life for the future of mankind.
"The essence of man is good." This was what her mother used to say, but since she died, Su Zhuo no longer believed it. But now, he suddenly felt the softest part of his heart being touched.
"As long as human beings help each other, there is hope." The host's heavy words, some Su Zhuo heard it, some didn't, he was thinking about something now.
"Crystalline lumps of flesh......," he muttered, remembering what the mysterious old man on the Mercury energy ship had said, and suddenly, he thought, maybe it was time to go out and find the dead Zerg.
He put on the Swift Dragon Armor, and after these few days of training, he was now able to control this armor proficiently. There were two missile launchers on both sides of the armor, and now only two of the least powerful special armor-piercing missiles remained. The power is not very great, but it can be used to save life when it is critical.
After experimenting with the armor in the basement a little more, he opened the door and walked out.
It's half past five in the evening. Today, there were no bugs nearby, and there were many fewer explosions in the sky, so he decided to go a little farther away.
When the Swift Dragon armor was at full speed, he could reach speeds of up to 200 yards, a speed that gave him the confidence to escape from the mouth of a normal bug. Although it was a bit risky, he knew that this was a step that had to be taken, and now he had no one to rely on, the only one he could rely on was himself.
He headed north, on the edge of the city, where many had moved away, leaving many empty houses. As he went, he looked at the discarded furniture, clothes, children's toys, and the occasional vehicle that had exploded.
No sooner had he crossed a small river than he heard screams and the hissing of insects. He ran over and saw a large praying mantis more than three meters tall chasing five or six men and women with its sharp forefeet, and the slowest woman was suddenly stabbed in the body by the praying mantis, and then the latter picked the woman up and bit her head, and the mixed liquid of blood and brain plasma scattered out like arrows.
Su Zhuo didn't know why, but he knew that these insects liked to eat human heads, and had no interest in other parts at all.
His body couldn't help but tremble, his legs trembled, looking at the praying mantis getting closer and closer, he took a deep breath and said, "What you need is just to step out, be brave and strong." As he spoke, he took the step.
The next moment, fear was left behind, he raised his right arm, a red crosshair appeared on the blindfold, and his mind moved, and a white light shot out, hitting the head of the white-veined mantis.
The white-veined praying mantis has a green entire body covered with white stripes. These days, people on the Internet, including the government, collect a lot of information and make it public, and now everyone knows that in the future, many times people will have to rely on themselves, and in this case, the more information each person has, the better it is for everyone.
In the increasingly complete information, the white-veined mantis and the giant spider are classified as first-class zergs, and this kind of zerg can be injured by bullets, just like what Su Zhuo saw on the goggles now, and the white-veined mantis's mouth flowed green blood.
The white-veined praying mantis soon spotted Su Zhuo, and it was furious, rowing its four giant feet towards Su Zhuo.
"Damn it!" Su Zhuo scolded, he should have hurried to hide when he shot a shot. But now it's too late to get upset. Armor of the Dragon called up the map around him, and he looked at the map and decided to lure the white-veined mantis towards the river where no one was around.
The speed of the white-veined cockroach is not fast, Su Zhuo controlled the speed at 100 kilometers per hour, and now, the fear has disappeared, his heart is full of excitement, it turns out that all this is not difficult at all.
Running to the crossroads, Su Zhuo stopped, turned around, raised his arms to aim, but this time, the white-veined mantis dodged in advance.
"Compound eyes." Su Zhuo said these two words solemnly, and the data showed that long-range weapons were very difficult to deal with the Zerg, because most of the Zerg had compound eyes, although he could not be agile enough to exceed the speed of light, he could capture the moment when the opponent shot, and then evade it.
He stopped, and instead of running out, he went up to a three-story building, and when he reached the roof, the white-veined mantis was already close at hand, he crouched down, raised his arm, and turned the power output of the weapon on his arm to the maximum, and activated the burst mode at the same time.
One after another the lasers hit, he didn't choose to shoot in the head, but attacked the body of the white-veined mantis, the white-veined mantis was enraged, and he didn't care about the laser projectiles that fell on his body, and his sharp forefeet were inserted into the wall, and he climbed up to the roof step by step.
Su Zhuo finally shot down, got up, sprinted along the route he had been looking forward to, and leaped. Although he never jumped two or three meters high after encountering the giant spider, his bouncing power was still qualitatively improved compared to before, coupled with the assistance of the Swift Dragon Armor, he crossed the eight-meter-long gap, jumped to the balcony on the third floor opposite, and then got into the building, and hurriedly ran towards the top of the fifth floor.
"Damn, how the hell can you kill it." Even if there is no hard carapace on the body, the white-veined mantis with more than 20 shots in the body can't see weakness at all. He reached the roof, pushed open the door, and hurried to the edge of the roof to look down.
The white-striped praying mantis disappeared?
He was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, he had a strong feeling that the white-veined praying mantis came up from the other side, and it was already close at hand. He instinctively chose to believe the feeling, let out a loud shout, picked up speed, and jumped towards a three-story house on the other side, the pressure of the strong inertia on his legs was removed by the armor, and then he turned around, raised his gun, and pointed at the fifth floor opposite.
Soon the head of the white-veined mantis was revealed, and Su Zhuo fired, almost instinctively, as if his "delusion" ordered him to shoot. The white-veined mantis wanted to dodge, but it didn't expect to just turn its head towards the laser.
The three laser bullets of the "Tuk Tuk Tuk" all hit the head of the white-veined mantis, the green blood splashed, the white-veined mantis shook, and its huge body fell from the top of the building, and its body was still twitching.
Su Zhuo took a deep breath, the wonderful feeling just now disappeared, he sat down, put away his helmet, and gasped for breath. It was so dangerous just now, if he hadn't suddenly felt the white-veined mantis touch from the side, he would have almost fallen for the white-veined mantis's trick. And that feeling was so amazing that it finally allowed him to hit the white-veined mantis in the head.
He was so tired, he couldn't help but feel strange, now he didn't get tired even if he ran ten kilometers in one go, but in just a few minutes when he had just entered that wonderful state, he consumed all the strength in his body.
After resting for a while, he stood up, and when he got downstairs, the white-veined mantis was completely dead. He didn't forget the purpose of his coming out, and pulled out the titanium blue alloy knife behind his back, and now Su Zhuo called it Chenyue, and cut off the neck of the white-veined mantis with one sword.
The moment the head was broken, the body of the white-veined mantis twitched violently, Su Zhuo was startled, took a few steps back, and saw the body of the white-veined mantis fall again, so he walked over cautiously.
Green blood was all over the ground, and the ugly triangular head was in the center of a large pool of green blood, Su Zhuo's stomach couldn't help but roll, but he resisted the urge to vomit and told himself, you will have to deal with these things all the time in the future, don't be like a woman anymore!
He has been giving himself some admonitions and encouragement lately, and I have to say that this is really useful. He raised his sword, fearing that the splattered corrosive blood would destroy the armor, he extravagantly opened the shield. Then he raised his knife and slashed down, and the triangular head became in half.
No.
Undiscouraged, he raised his knife again at one of them, this time he was not disappointed, he saw a white crystal the size of a small thumbnail embedded in the head of the white-striped mantis, he crouched down, carefully took out the white crystal, and wrapped it.
It was already dark, and the night was more favorable to the Zerg, so Su Zhuo didn't dare to stay longer, and got up and went home.
Soon after he left, two men and women in sky-blue spacesuits appeared in the building above, they were two local transformers in Hangzhou, who had just dealt with two Zerg not far away, and happened to see this scene when they returned. The man's name was Liu Yong, and he said, "What do you think of this?" ”
The woman's name is Chen Qin, the daughter of the commander of the Hangzhou garrison, she said: "It may be that there is no registered reformer, I think we can develop it, we need fresh blood." ”
The man frowned, "You think he's a transformer?" I think he's just relying on that outdated armor. ”
Chen Qin shook his head, "Give an ordinary person such armor, even if he has undergone professional training, it will be difficult for him to play to the level of this young man." ”
"Why don't we come along?"
At this time, their communicator rang, "A Flame Demon Insect has appeared in the XXX location of Hangzhou, please send nearby transformers to support immediately." ”
"Damn, it's a Flame Demon Worm again!" Liu Yong said, and the two of them didn't say anything more and flew towards the position on the communication.
Su Zhuo didn't know that he had been noticed, and returned to the basement, it was already completely dark, and Ah Fu had already prepared dinner. He ate hastily before pouring out the white crystal in the light.
"Is this really edible?" Just the smell made Su Zhuo frown, he hesitated, still didn't eat, put the crystals in the refrigerator, took another bath, and went to the Internet to find related things.
Like Su Yun, there are many people who plan to get crystals, and people generally call this thing crystal nucleus, and then divide the crystal nucleus into grades according to the different levels of the Zerg.
There is a scientific researcher, after a series of tests on the crystal, tried to eat a small piece of the crystal, and now more than three hours have passed, and there is still nothing abnormal at all. He experimented with his abilities, and found that it seemed that the power of the urge was indeed a little greater, but it was not obvious.
More and more holographic projections appeared in the post of this scientist modifier, and several more modders came who also said that crystal nuclei had some benefits for them.
Seeing their speeches, Su Zhuo felt that his worries were indeed unnecessary, and at this time, one person raised an objection. "We got the nucleus of a giant spider, and my brother ate it, and then he passed out and still hasn't woken up," he said. ”
"How so? Is he okay now? The scientist asked hurriedly.
The man shook his head, "I don't know, so I'm here to see if you have any solutions." ”
The scientist said, "Is it convenient for me to project to your house now?" ”
The man was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Convenient, convenient." ”
Then the holographic projections of the two people disappeared, and people looked at each other, and then someone appeared again, saying that their relatives or friends were unconscious after eating crystal nuclei.
The light-hearted atmosphere at the beginning is gone, there are more and more projections in the post, and people are waiting for the scientist to appear. After a while, the scientist returned, and he was about to speak, but when he learned that he had similar symptoms, he followed the men again.
It wasn't until late that he came back, and there were more people in the post, and no one dared to take this issue lightly about their future survival. The scientist said: "I found that this crystal nucleus is basically harmless and beneficial to modified humans, but it is ...... for ordinary people"
He paused and said: "Only under the condition of certain scientific research equipment conditions, it is safe to transform ordinary people into transformed talents, and through crystal core transformation, it is far safer and more convenient than the transformation of Plan K." What's more, with crystal nuclei, the age limit can also be minimized. ”
Hearing his words, people showed joy, but the scientist immediately shook his head and continued: "However, this kind of equipment is only afraid that it will be difficult for everyone to use, so if you resist it, the chances of ordinary people succeeding in transforming it are ...... 15%~30%。 ”
The atmosphere calmed down, people became silent, and the success rate was too low.
At this time, the first person to appear came back and said sadly, "My brother is dead, everyone should be careful." And then it was gone.
No one left, but people were speechless, and this was a slap in the face that God gave mankind a carrot.
At this time, seeing that everyone was so depressed, Su Zhuo finally couldn't help it, he stood up, looked at everyone and said, "Isn't this very good?" What are you still upset about? Originally, we had no chance to become transformers, and we didn't have much ability to resist when facing the Zerg, but now? Now we have that opportunity? There are 15 billion human beings, and 10% of the people who survive are 1.5 billion, and the heaps are also piled up with dead zergs! Isn't it? Now that most of the people here are men, do you want to be a man in the face of the inevitable calamity, or do you wait for the disaster to crush you and your loved ones to pieces? Yes? ”
"What the do you know about a little brat!" A rough man scolded, but in a flash of light, he was kicked out by the scientists. Su Zhuo glanced back at the scientist and smiled slightly, who nodded at him.
He looked at the thousands of people gathered here and said, "I don't know what everyone's experience has been like these days, but I think my experience has been rough enough, how many times, I feel that there is no hope for the future at all, but I keep telling myself that if you keep going, everything will be fine." Almost died on Mercury, almost died on the way here from Jiuquan...... Several times I have brushed shoulders with death. My dad had abandoned me a long time ago, my uncle who loved me the most also lost contact with me after returning to Earth, I wanted to go to Hawaii to seek refuge, but shipping was banned, I had no relatives here, and several times I wanted to give up hope of living, but I persevered because I felt that I was a man, and it was a sign of cowardice to give up hope in giving up my life. I should be brave, I should be strong, even if I die. I kept cheering myself up, like I want to do to you now, and I survived until now, and just this afternoon, I killed a white-striped mantis by myself. Although the guy almost bit my head. ”
The last sentence made the crowd laugh, and someone shouted, "Good job, young man!" Su Zhuo returned to the crowd, many people shook hands with him, and then some people went out to share their experience of how they worked hard to live during this time and worked hard to plan for the future, and encouraged everyone, worked hard, persevered, and trusted relatives and friends.
Although the most critical moment has not yet come, what everyone has experienced these days has made them see the evil and selfish side of human beings, and also see the truth, goodness and beauty hidden in the hearts of the vast majority of people. Now, the coming of the end of the world is not a topic that everyone avoids, at this time, the qualities of truth, goodness and beauty are cherished by everyone who is kind and loves life.