The next day, Younas sent a general over, asked some details, and then asked Xia Ming to go to the headquarters, of course, not to make a report, but to participate in the "joint strategic meeting".

Outside the buffer zone, a sizable space station has been built on the surface of Homo sapiens, where scientists and military personnel from various countries conduct research and training, and where Younas's forward command is located.

The buffer zone is no longer connected to the scavenger, but several lanes, some carrying people and some goods. Thanks to the infrastructure panels produced by the asteroid belt automated smelter and robotic factory, the space station has been able to expand rapidly. If all these building materials have to be transported from Earth, it will be at least three or five years before the construction of the Homo sapiens space station will have such a construction schedule.

Xia Ming took Hou Yunting and Anson to Younas's headquarters, which is tall and tall, but it is actually a large cabin with an area of about 100 square meters, which is filled with computers and communication equipment, and the place left for personnel to hold meetings is only about 10 square meters.

Hou Yunting and Anson could only wait outside, Xia Ming plus five co-commanders, one chief science officer of Younas, and one UNOC observer, eight people crammed into this small cubicle for a meeting.

Admiral Ye Ding, from the Huaxia Navy.

Admiral Cox, from the U.S. Navy.

Admiral Sanson, from the French Air Force.

Lieutenant General Alexey, from the Russian Army.

Lieutenant General Schroeder, from the German Army.

The above are the five co-commanders, the chief scientific officer of Younas is Major General Erhard from NASA, and the observer of the UNOC is a politician from South America, so there is no need to go into details.

Xia Ming wore the white capsule space uniform of the Starlink Special Service, which was in stark contrast to the dark blue uniforms newly worn by the six generals. The generals saluted him in different styles, and his palms were as straight as Huaxia, but his fingertips were as careless as those of the United States, which made the generals exchange glances for a while.

Connecting the data cable that ensures the security of communication to the military data terminal hanging on the waist, everyone did not do more greetings, and went straight to the topic: how to solve the lair of the mutant Borg.

The predecessor of the lair was supposed to be a giant spaceship, from the civilization of the mutant Borg. Given that in the past four months, there have been no examples of mutant Borgs using technological weapons, other than the erosion of robot control units, it can be concluded that they do not possess advanced biological intelligence.

With a wave of his palm, the nest model appeared in the air, scaling and spinning as he spoke.

"According to Mr. Xia's reconnaissance report, it is determined that the hundreds of millions of mutant borgs in the Beta Belt are all centered on this nest."

"There must be an environment inside the nest to replenish the hydrogen needed for the life cycle of the mutant Borg, but we have not seen any signs of hydrogen leakage, the nest must be a closed structure, and the internal environment should be more complicated."

According to Mr. Xia, the bones and shell of the mutant Borg, and even the structure of the DNA, have absorbed the mutated stargate material. It is speculated that the shell of the nest will also mutate accordingly, and normal weapons will not be able to deal effective damage. ”

"In addition, so far, the total number of mutant borg we have come into contact with is no more than 100,000, which is only a very small part of this group, and it is likely that there will be other types of mutant borg gathered in the beta zone."

"We don't know the characteristics of the mutant Borg population, and the corpse specimens we have don't even have a gender distinction. But since there are nests, there is a stable social structure. The swarm society is the most efficient and stable structure of the lower organisms, and if we assume that the mutant Borg is also a swarm society, then we must pay attention to the existence of the queen bee and beware of its abilities that we do not know. ”

"Anyway, we need to spend some time trying to get more information. And, with our current strength, it's not enough to sweep the beta band. Occupy this lair, we need to accumulate more resources......"

"The Board has done its best!"

The observer interrupted the scientific officer's report: "The precision instruments, chips, weapons and ammunition, and even food and drinking water we need now have to be transported from Earth to Homo sapiens. The autonomous smelters and robotic manufacturing plants in the asteroid belt will only be able to meet the needs of buildings and substrates in the next few years, and will not be able to achieve self-sufficiency in the Zhishen base. ”

"Now that countries are fully supporting us, if this situation continues for several years and there is no real benefit, the Council will not be able to withstand the pressure from governments."

The observer looked at everyone earnestly: "I am not here to put pressure on you on behalf of the Council, but to remind everyone that time is limited!" As Mr. Xia said, we now have less than five years to go, and in this time, we have to not only clean the beta belt, but also find out the situation of the entire space, find the stargate hub that Mr. Xia said, and completely control the stargate. ”

He pointed to the model of the nest: "Our technology has come a long way, but it's not enough!" If this ship, oh lair, has more advanced technology than we have in it, it should be of great help to us. ”

While the scientific officer nodded, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes: "With such a large scale of artificial structure, the technology will definitely surpass that of humans in all aspects, if we can occupy it, the digestion technology is secondary, and using it as a base within the stargate will definitely greatly increase our strength!" ”

Admiral Ye Ding spoke on behalf of the command: "If within three months, we can send another 2,000 people over and build 200,000 combat robots, equipped with corresponding heavy weapons and combat spaceships, we can launch a full-scale offensive." As long as the mutant Borg doesn't change too much beyond expectations, the odds are above 70%. ”

He added: "This ratio will be further adjusted in future small contacts, but overall, we are very confident." ”

After speaking, he stared at Xia Ming, looking a little worried.

Xia Ming frowned, two thousand people? This is going to be fought with people?

So far, thousands of officers and soldiers have been sent to the earth, and they are still doing training in all aspects. Considering that ordinary people can't resist the aggression of thinking, Xia Ming specially formulated a training plan to enhance the strength of the thinking barrier. In addition to training the Starlink Special Service, the plan was also given to Younas to train the soldiers accordingly. Coupled with the PEI synchronous fighting machine partner, it can be put into actual combat after six months to a year.

Seeing his expression, Admiral Ye Ding said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Xia Ming, the training plan you submitted to us, after we discussed it carefully, we felt that the cycle was too long and the efficiency was too low. Now we've found an alternative, and with just a month of training, we'll be able to defend against the mind of the mutant Borg. ”

Xia Ming was surprised, can it be done in a month? His training program, even for a person with good talent, will take at least two or three months, could it be that Younas has mastered advanced technology that even the Star Alliance doesn't know?

"That's ......"

Admiral Cox sent a document to Xia Ming, and at the speed at which Xia Ming absorbed information, he read and understood this document with tens of thousands of words, hundreds of pictures, and thousands of data in less than ten seconds.

Xia Ming took a cool breath, and his face gradually turned red, this is anger.

"You ...... Is this using people as machines!? ”

Younas's plan was simple and crude, they built a training center in the Alpha Belt, and used a mutant Borg with a certain amount of brain activity to stimulate the soldiers and train the soldiers' resistance. At the same time, they also rely on the injection of special drugs to speed up the thinking of soldiers, and also improve the defense ability of thinking aggression, and this kind of drugs with a principle similar to hallucinogens are essentially drugs.

According to the documents, the assault on the mind only occurs in close contact with the mutant borg, and with training and medication, it can withstand this aggression for a short time. As long as the principle of long-distance non-contact combat is adhered to, the mind invasion of mutant Borg can be ignored.

Xia Ming said coldly: "In the first three months, there were more than ten accidents of unknown causes, which were caused by this kind of 'training', right?" Why didn't you notify me first? ”

Russian Alexei shrugged: "Knowing that you will object, as it is now." ”

"At least I can improve the plan, and if I carefully sort it out with the human neural model, the harm can be reduced", Xia Ming said dissatisfiedly: "And the violation of thinking is a matter of consciousness activity, just improving the tolerance of the body, it is difficult to say that there will be any unpredictable sequelae!" ”

"Mr. Xia, you are the only human being", said the German Schroeder, "we can't train a thousand, ten thousand of the kind of warriors you imagine in a short time." It's war, they're soldiers, it's as simple as that. ”

Xia Ming choked, could it be that in this matter, he became a virgin?

"Xia Ming, the officers and soldiers all know the risks of training, and they are all voluntary", Ye Ding looked at him and said very sincerely: "Our five joint commanders have also participated in the training......

His expression became very unnatural: "The feeling at that moment, if I can, I dare not think back to it for the rest of my life." But we are soldiers, soldiers who fight for the whole of humanity, and our sacrifice is worth it. ”

The Frenchman Sanson also said: "Mr. Xia, we understand your desire to protect the entire human race, but this is also our own business, and you have done enough." ”

Everyone, including the Science Officer, looked at him sincerely.

Unlike the reverence of people on Earth for Xia Ming, the officers and soldiers of Younas saw Xia Ming lead the team to fight against the mutant Borg. Compared to titles such as "Stargate Guardian" and "Great Scientist", Younas's officers and soldiers regarded him more as a combat hero.

Feeling the true intentions of these people, Xia Ming sighed and stopped mentioning this matter.

However, when it came to the combat plan drawn up by the command, he had another opinion.

The command planned to organize the troops into a three-person team to command a company of low-cost combat robots, and conduct remote-controlled operations through a terahertz squad communication system that could only cover a small area, and a heavy weapons squad with a predominantly human force in the rear for fire support.

The general framework of the combat plan is to drop the assembled army into the beta zone in turn, pull the mutant Borg group, and use dense firepower and even hydrogen bombs to clean up the mutant Borg.

Xia Ming felt that this plan was still the previous concept of the "Big Iron Ball Sea", unable to cope with the various changes that the mutant Borg might have, and did not emphasize the combat ability of people, and it was easy for the battlefield to collapse one by one.

Admiral Cox said earnestly: "Mr. Xia, do you still insist on taking the line of elite soldiers and turning the war into a squad war or a law and order war?" That's 100 million mutant Borgs! ”

"As long as there is a generational gap in technology, we can treat war as a matter of cleaning", Xia Ming is convinced of this.

Seeing that the commanders were going to quarrel with Xia Ming, the observer came to act as a peacemaker: "The UNOC is also asking me how to better coordinate between Younas and Starlink, and this question depends on Mr. Xia's thoughts." ”

He told Xia Ming: "If Mr. Xia wants to get command of Younas, I will inform the UNOC and vote on this matter as soon as possible." ”

Xia Ming looked at the generals, all of them lowered their heads and did not look at him, and sighed in his heart, even if the UNOC supported him, it would be difficult for him to convince these generals, even if these people respected him very much. It's not a question of character, it's a question of philosophy.

"I will seriously consider this issue and make a decision before the next meeting," Xia Ming said.

After Xia Ming left, the generals all let out a long breath.

Lieutenant General Alexei muttered: "He is a scientist after all......"

"War is also a science," Lieutenant General Schroeder expressed his philosophical sentiment: "However, scientists can tolerate failure, and even regard failure as the mother of success, but commanders are different. ”

"What if he does get the command?" Admiral Cox asked Ye Ding.

"Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty", Ye Ding said without hesitation, and said at the end: "But I think that the future of mankind cannot be pinned on one person. ”

Cox nodded: "It seems that our opinions are unanimous, and if we reach a consensus, it is impossible for the council not to consider our attitude." (To be continued.) )