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Su Hao never doubted Xu Renjie from beginning to end.
The previous words are just an indispensable part of the whole plan.
No one thought that Yang Junhao would escape, it was an accident.
When he first accepted the mission, Su Hao didn't think that he would be able to get Worm Haig in the field hospital.
According to the original plan, Su Hao planned to return to the base city with the "resurrected" Bai Yuncong, and this dead "living person" would provide him with indispensable proof.
However, the emergence of the Yellow River forced him to change his original plan.
Worm Haig's brain control is very powerful, but it is not human after all. Although Bai Yuncong's physical appearance has been restored, he is only a corpse after all, and suspicious traces will inevitably appear on the surface of his body.
Huang He is still alive, and he is more suitable than Bai Yuncong to play the role of a witness.
If you want to get more and more benefits, you must exaggerate the danger and difficulty of this mission as much as possible. Only in this way will Su Hao's weight in the minds of Xu Renjie and the military department be increased.
The field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division belongs to the jurisdiction of the new Chengdu base city. Under normal circumstances, as the commander of the group army, Xu Renjie would not usually report the completion of tasks in the area under his jurisdiction to the military headquarters.
There is no information in the Future World about super-conscious mutants such as Haig.
But on this plane, it does exist. Everything in the future world has not been discovered, and that is because no one has ever penetrated the field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division to discover the secrets in the central control room.
When he left the new Chengdu base, Su Hao once wanted to find out a series of secrets about the virus storm from Xu Renjie. But the answer is incomplete, Xu Renjie also bluntly saidββββ if you want to know more, you must climb higher.
There is not only one way to rise to the rank, Su Hao can also take the path of the Academy of Sciences.
The Yellow River is already a quasi-"worker bee", and Bai Yuncong is just an unconscious, corpse controlled by Haige. The entire field hospital could no longer find any more surpluses alive ... Yang Junhao inadvertently created a wonderful opportunity for Su Hao, and he decided to use the current environment and the encounter of the assault team to make the secrets in the field hospital public and obtain more from all aspects.
The lumps of flesh that Haig had lived in the central control room had died, and the black particles could not survive for long at room temperature. Su Hao found amethyst inside the meat ball, which meant that Haige was at least a high-level mutant creature above "level 8". Even the decaying biological samples it leaves behind are of considerable research value. Wang Qinian has an unusually strong interest in new mutant creatures, and he can completely exchange the necrotic flesh and blood in the passage for a chance to be promoted to the rank of researcher.
Discarded flesh does not reveal the presence of the worm blackgrid, and there are many ways to use it as a cover.
Su Hao got the computer memory, Xu Renjie is working hard to woo him, as long as he leaves the hospital and returns to the base city, there is absolutely no problem in promoting him from captain to major.
Haig said that the field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division is actually a large, well-equipped base. There must have been a record here in the military department, and concealment or covert engulfment will arouse suspicion and trigger a series of unpredictable negative effects.
The most rational thing to do is to post distress signals everywhere and disclose the entire mission process.
The military department will definitely send relevant personnel to investigate on the spot. As the only survivor of several groups of search forces before and after, Su Hao and the others will at least receive a partial reward. If you're lucky, you might have a chance to be promoted to the military rank again, or be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
The constant transmission of distress signals will attract a lot of attention. It won't be long before the search for a field hospital will spread quickly among military personnel. Turning one's back on one's comrades on the battlefield and escaping alone is the most hated thing for soldiers. Yang Junhao will not have any good results, and Su Hao can also get the support of a large number of soldiers and officers. If Xu Renjie puts him as the commander of the combat unit, he can invisibly get a strong group cohesion......
The whole plan is very thorough, and there is not the slightest omission.
Looking at Xu Renjie, who was full of anger on the screen, Su Hao took a deep breath hard, raised his right hand with an unusually resolute and calm expression, and gave a standard military salute.
"General, I'm sorry. It's not that we don't believe you, please understand what I'm doing. β
These words are eloquent, and they are completely in line with the actions of people who are in a desperate situation.
Xu Renjie gasped for breath, barely expelling the unhappy thoughts. He gradually calmed down, and had to admit that if he was in the position of Su Hao and the others, what he would have done was estimated to be similar, and maybe even more radical.
He glanced at Su Hao deeply, and his words began to become gentle, but also irresistibly tough.
"You must hold on, reinforcements will be there soon. I promise that in the handling of Yang Junhao and related matters, I will definitely give the deceased people, as well as you, the most satisfactory answer. β
Su Hao nodded calmly: "I believe in you." β
The Academy of Sciences has six basement floors.
It was an extremely large space, and the huge escalator carrying dozens of armed soldiers in black uniforms quickly rose to the ground under the heavy sound of mechanical collision.
On the spacious concrete platform, three "Night Shadow" gyroplanes have already started their engines, and the high-speed rotating oars roll up a powerful air current, blowing that makes it difficult for people to open their eyes, so they can only bend their waists, clutch their weapons, and trot into the cabin.
Nightshadow, dressed in a special combat uniform with a lieutenant colonel's insignia, sat on the inside of the cabin, silently watching the soldiers boarding the plane in order.
This is a very special unit, and there is no record of it in the computer files of the military department.
Since four years before the outbreak of the virus, the Academy of Sciences has allocated a large number of personnel and funds to conduct research on the topic of "replicant soldiers".
From the very beginning, the research direction went astray, and one after another encountered various unexpected difficulties.
The main problem is that replicants have no memory, and they are unable to respond to various sudden events in a timely manner like natural people. While it is possible to create perfect human bodies based on proteins, they are not self-conscious and can only behave as puppets at all times. To put it in the words of one researcher, "they don't have souls." β
The soldiers who walked into the cabin were burly and muscular, with an average height of about two meters. They were equipped with short-barreled millimeter cannons that had been modified to make them easier to carry and had a significantly reduced range, as well as alloy storage boxes of incredible size that could hold large amounts of ammunition.
Wang Qinian is an out-and-out madman.
After the replicant's plan failed, he did not give up, but shifted his research direction to how to strengthen his biological thinking in a short period of time. Under the orders of Dean Fat Man, a batch of new replicants was also created in the incubator based on protein. They are physically strong, with the best athlete and military genes in the world, and they have been lying in an incubator for two years through electrical stimulation and pictorial consciousness input before finally gaining the most basic concept of independent thinking.
These new replicants have been injected with augmentation drugs, and their basic daily activities are to carry out self-response reinforcement and deal with complex situations in a computer-simulated environment. They have mastered only the simplest vocabulary and language, are able to understand complex battle orders, but can only answer with "yes" or "no".
In the classified archives of the Academy of Sciences, they are referred to as "Black Dragons".
These replicant soldiers all possess combat abilities of rank 4 or higher. Wang Qinian has never treated his own people badly in terms of the use of medicines. The same is true for fighters who have been cultivated with special methods. The "black dragons" have no emotion, they only know how to obey, even if Wang Qinian orders them to commit suicide, the "black dragons" will resolutely carry out the order without any discount.
The concept of the manufacture of the "Black Dragons" is very clearββββ they just need to be strong enough to skillfully operate any combat equipment. Cold-blooded, cruel, and without the slightest emotional thinking that a human should have, he obeys orders and does not question the orders of his superiors. In order to coordinate the body's motor function, Wang Qinian modified the central nervous system of the "Black Dragon", so that the motor coordination increased by 40% without taking strengthening drugs, but the pain perception was reduced by 30%...... They are not so much transformers or replicants as fighting machines.
"Black Dragon" is one of the secret hole cards mastered by Wang Qinian.
He rarely used this special unit.
In addition to secrecy, the most important reason is that it is difficult for the "Black Dragon" to cultivate machines. Especially in the process of consciousness transmission, the mortality rate of replicant larvae is as high as 85%, and it takes a lot of resources and time to wait for their growth. So much so that since the implementation of the replicant soldier research plan, there have only been eighty-six "black dragons" who have been successfully cultivated.
Looking at these replicant soldiers in front of him who were completely integrated into the darkness, Night Shadow only felt that his ears were still "rumbling" from Wang Qinian's crazy roar ten minutes ago.
"You personally bring someone over, set off now, at any cost, you must get Su Hao's kid back for me completely-
Haig did not cut off the power supply, and the electronic monitoring equipment in the field hospital remained operational. After a planned deletion, Su Hao uploaded a combat video of the assault team to Wang Qinian.
Looking at the terrifying picture of the coordinated attack of various mutated creatures on the screen, the adrenaline of the fat dean was doubled on the spot, and the emotions of tension, enthusiasm, and anticipation ruled the entire brain.
He desperately issued an order to send the "Black Dragon" troops, asking Night Shadow to rush to the field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division as quickly as possible, get the battle video from Su Hao, and collect enough biological samples.
Beijing No. 1 Base.
Admiral Zhao Zhikai, with snow-white hair, sat on the sofa and carefully read a report that had just been sent in his hand.
Satellite surveillance captured a distress signal twenty-four minutes earlier. It was determined that the signal came from the field hospital of the 71st Infantry Division in the southwest, within the jurisdiction of the 915th Army. The monitoring personnel immediately connected the signal to the military system, confirmed the military identity of the person who claimed to be the sender of Su Hao's signal, and also received a tragic battle video footage.
According to normal circumstances, such incidents will not disturb Zhao Zhikai, but will be handled by other departments.
However, when the monitoring personnel entered the term "915 Infantry Division Field Hospital" into the computer and prepared to connect to the information network of the officers on duty, they unexpectedly found that the red words "confidential, insufficient authority" appeared on the ββββ screen.
Zhao Zhikai has already seen the battle footage sent by Su Hao, and the report in his hand now is the relevant mission record sent by the 71st Group Army.
I don't know what Lu Dao is for, seeing the words "escape from battle" and "leaving the battle without authorization" on the page, Zhao Zhikai felt very uncomfortable, his eyes always subconsciously avoided it, and the wrinkles on his forehead became tighter and tighter.
"Humphββββ"
Suddenly, he threw the report on the ground, spewing a stream of intense anger from his nostrils.
Next to him, the young adjutant took a few steps forward, lowered his hand and bowed his head, his expression solemn.
He was well acquainted with the temper of the general. Zhao Zhikai is usually not easily angered, and such a strong performance is extremely rare.
Record Command ββββ
The adjutant immediately took out the electronic tactical board that had been prepared for a long time, and clicked on the blank document on the screen.
"Send two "Dragon's Teeth" squads to the field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division to participate in the rescue operation. The Military Judicial Supervision Bureau was ordered to issue a second-class order to the 71st Group Army, requiring them to provide necessary facilities in terms of personnel, equipment, and materials. In addition, the Academy of Sciences and the Research Institute of the Military Headquarters were notified to appoint scientific research personnel to the new Chengdu Base City. As soon as the interior of the field hospital of the 915th Infantry Division is cleared, it will be stationed immediately, collect relevant samples, and grasp first-hand data and materials. It's not a good thing for us that mutated creatures know how to work together. β
The adjutant entered the text nervously and orderly on the electronic screen.
"In addition, the 71st Group Army was instructed to severely punish the relevant personnel who caused heavy casualties to the assault team."
Zhao Zhikai's voice was full of murderous intent: "A scum like Changyang Junhao is never allowed in the army. It is necessary to make an example of a hundred
Su Hao and Huang He have been busy in the field hospital. By the time all the necessary preparations were made, more than forty minutes had passed. Night covered the valley where the hospital was located, and there was silence all around.
This is the ground floor. Through the window, you can see the undulating, rolling hills in the distance.
Su Hao stood in front of the window, clasped his hands, and pondered silently.
Huang He took a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth, walked over slowly, and looked at him with a complicated expression.
"I really didn't expect that I would live like this."
He was referring to his identity as a "worker bee".
Su Hao smiled faintly: "It's actually a good thing to be alive." A lot of people died, and you and I, were much luckier than they were. β
"I don't think so."
Huang He spewed out a puff of smoke, pulled a chair from the side and sat down, raised his head, and looked at the starry night sky outside, with an indescribable sourness in his mouth.
"When I first heard about the virus in the mouth of the instructor in the northern base, I thought it was just a boring joke, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Su Hao's breathing was calm and even. He didn't turn around, still staring out the window, and his tone was calm: "This world is full of too many lies. The prosperity of the civilized age is largely based on deception and falsehood. We believe in beauty and goodness, that human beings are the supreme masters of life on earth, that we are miracles in the history of biological evolution, and that we are the best combination of wisdom and labor skills. The result...... Hehe, we're nothing. We have lost our most basic ability to survive, we need clean water and food, we need a safe and stable living environment, and we are addicted to desires all day long. If you go back and look at the mutated creatures, they don't think about so many living conditions at all, and their thinking is so simple that they only eat and fight...... Perhaps, one day we will be eliminated by them, and they will become extinct. β
When he was in Kunming, it was Wu Guoguang, Li Li, and Li Daoyuan.
In New Chengdu, Su Hao came into contact with more soldiers.
Each of them has a different understanding of biological warfare, and the information they hear from each person is different.
However, the description of the experience in the first few years of the virus outbreak is basically the sameββββ they have all received physical fitness tests under the auspices of the military, and they have all gone to the northern base for intensive trainingδΈ¨ It is an extremely difficult and painful process to change the logical thinking concept in peacetime and accept the cruel and tragic biological warfare. Many people simply don't believe it's true, and some even think that the instructor telling about something like a future virus outbreak might be a movie script that is being filmed. Laughing, suspicious, dismissive...... This is almost the first batch of people to participate in the training camp! Officers and soldiers are normal.
The following daily training includes biochemical protection, common medical knowledge, battlefield life-saving, and high-intensity hand-to-hand combat.
Even on weekends, there are no holidays scheduled. Everyone watched movies and television in the camp. There are only three types of films: disaster, horror, and war. For the most terrifying and bloody scenes, the instructors often repeat them, asking the participants to concentrate on watching. After that, based on the background of the film, change their identities, and order the trainees to assume that they are the protagonists, what kind of reactions will they make in the same environment?
"Your future enemies are zombies, even more terrible than zombies."
"Don't think it's a joke. Put yourself in your shoes and think about how you can make the most of the weapons you have to kill more mutated creatures. β
"Don't worry about scratches and bites, you're immune to the virus. You are soldiers, you are soldiers, you must abandon those unrealistic ideas in your head, no one will come to save us, you can only save yourself. Forget the civilians, forget your families, and those who don't pass the physical test. A lot of people will die, and we can't protect them all, not even save most of them. The various base cities and bases are our most reliable and hopeful. You and I are the chosen ones, and it is our duty to carry more. β