"Welcome back, Your Excellency, Commander. Shul entered the control room alone, leaving everyone outside, even Fleison, who had been sneaking for many years, was called out by him to make sure he wasn't hiding in the control room in advance. As soon as he entered the door, he saw an artificial intelligence greeted him with a military salute, "Wei is on call, Your Excellency." ”

"Lock the door, keep an eye on the surrounding doors, and report to me immediately if someone tries to eavesdrop. Shure commanded with a gloomy face, "I'm going to show the records I've said, mainly Mia's, her facial expressions, and her overall body language." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. Wei would never ask the commander why, and very cooperatively released the stereoscopic image of that time just now.

"I just heard a very ominous term. There are two images, one is Mia's three-dimensional image from beginning to end, and the other is magnified, her synchronized facial expressions, Xiuer stared at the image intently, and said thoughtfully, "I heard that the master of the soul clan mentioned a kind of bug, called the pretender, do you have any impression of this kind of bug?"

"Yes, the pretender is the name of the Zerg, and the name of the soul clan is not recorded in the memory bank, and it may also be called the pretender, but we usually call them brain control worms. ”

"Elaborate. ”

"The data in the local database is not comprehensive, only the basics. ”

"It's okay, wait, stop here, well, it's okay, keep showing the image. Shure's eyebrows had shrunk, "The name sounds ominous than the Pretender, and you can say as much information about it as you can." ”

"Brain Control Worms are a unique parasitic branch of the Zerg, they have no attack ability and almost zero defense. Commander, look at it, this is the image of their offspring, similar to a parasite on the home planet called the tapeworm. ”

"Hmm. Shul nodded, "Go on." ”

"The method of controlling the parasite of the brain worm in the human body is still unknown, and it is possible to get infected through direct contact with wounds or skin, but there have been special cases of indirect infection. They favor weaker individuals, and the better the physical fitness, the lower the likelihood of being parasitized, and so far there have been no examples of B-level and above fighters being parasitized. ”

"It's another rating. Shure asked, "What rank do you judge the eight of us?" do you know who I mean. ”

"Your Excellency and several of your colleagues should belong to the middle of the A-class, and there is still a certain gap between them and several S-level elites. Clearly, Wei had made a distinction between the thirty-four men in the base, "Fifteen soldiers are rated B in one and C in the others. ”

"The oldest, seriously injured one is a B grade, I guess so. In other words, except for the eight of us, everyone else may be parasitized?" Shur nodded slowly with a deep groan, "What will be the consequences of parasitism?"

"The mother of the brain control worm always stays in the mother nest of the insect colony, and the offspring parasitize in the organism, which can occupy the victim's brain for a short time, absorb all the memories of the victim, and control the victim's actions at the same time, using the victim's body to lurk in the population of other organisms, waiting for opportunities to expand the parasitic range. ”

"Oh, sure enough, it's about the same as I feared. Shul tapped his thigh, thinking, "Is there any way to find out?"

"The Soul Clan has a way to find parasites through spirit body scanning, but our scientific and technological direction is biased towards materialization, and it is difficult to find the existence of brain control worms, even if it is a craniotomy. The larvae enter the human body and are temporarily dormant until the victim enters a deep sleep state, at which point the larvae regain activity, anesthetize the host and rapidly devour the host's brain, while absorbing the host's memories. When they wake up the next day, the larvae have completely replaced the host's original brain, and are indistinguishable from the appearance of the brain. Only destructive behavior on the brain can trigger the stress behavior of the brain control worm, but if you do this, whether the test result is negative or positive, the subject will be brain dead, and there is no test meaning. ”

"Can the Soul Clan scan, and they can even control the Soul Clan?"

"No, the Soul Clan is a pure spirit body, and they can't control it. ”

"Oh, it's ironic that the races that will be affected can't find them, and the races that can be found aren't afraid of them. Shuer sighed and shook his head, "Very troublesome bug, is there any way to identify the person who is being controlled?"

"Our clan has not found a feasible way so far, but we can borrow the scanning equipment of the soul clan for verification, but we need to return to the main base of the K45 galaxy to do so. ”

"What about daily behavior observations?"

"The brain control worm absorbs the host's memory, not only grasps all the knowledge in the host's brain, but also imitates all the daily habits of the host, unless an individual is extremely familiar with the host, the chance of being able to observe the abnormality is less than 1 in 10,000, it is not recommended that the commander waste time on this matter at this stage, it is of no practical significance. ”

"Wei, in fact, there are some methods that can't be explained conventionally, maybe you can find the problem. ”

Artificial intelligence does not say a word, apparently unable to understand what methods cannot be explained conventionally.

"Heh, it's okay if you don't understand, Wei, can you let my voice go outside so that everyone can hear it?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, it's ready now. ”

Shuer nodded, closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and summoned the remaining seven high-level mercenaries into the control room through the whole station broadcast. Several people actually came in at the same time, including Yuri and Fleison, and it seemed that since Shul entered the control room alone, everyone also felt a different atmosphere, and simply gathered together.

"First of all, I informed everyone of one thing, and Moria actually guessed it. Today, we learned about a parasite called the Impostor, which can dominate the host's body and disguise itself as the host for any activity. Shure still closed his eyes and didn't look at anyone, and said a decision that surprised everyone, "The Pretender is at the mercy of the Queen of the Swarm, and if anything happens, it will pose a great threat to us. In order to eliminate the instability in advance, I decided to organize a commando team to break into the mother nest of the swarm to carry out the decapitation mission and directly eliminate the queen of the swarm. ”

This guy is crazy, this is everyone's most direct thought.

In just a few minutes, Moria's information on the insect hives she observed today has given everyone a general explanation, with a wide variety of insects and an overwhelming number, which can only be described as terrifying and desperate.

Indeed, everyone is a gold-level powerhouse, and among the insects found so far, none of them can hurt the eight people here, but the quantity can sometimes be transformed into quality, and the quantity is so large that unless you step into the sacred realm with half a foot like a demigod, no matter how powerful an individual is, you will have a headache. Just like today, each of them can easily destroy swarms of insects, but in the end, they are chased by the insects and flee in a hurry.

So, don't make a fuss, it's sent to the door for someone else to behead.

However, although most people think about the same, but no one directly said it, everyone is familiar with it, but the professionalism can not be thrown away, during the combat meeting, the captain put forward a plan, even if there are opinions, but also after the plan is explained and entered the discussion link before putting it forward, otherwise it will not be called a meeting but a quarrel. Therefore, everyone remained silent, waiting for Shul to continue to explain.

However, Shuer still closed his eyes, as if he was asleep, and as time passed, the atmosphere in the control room gradually became strange.

"Pretty much that's it. The expressionless mountain elf suddenly sneered and asked, "Have we found a problem?"

"Heh, congratulations to everyone for being themselves, not becoming bugs, well, it should be like this. Shure opened his eyes and smiled, "Well, I'll admit, my plan just now was. ”

"Perceive hostility?" Lin Jing reacted secondly, "This is a solution, the pretender does not have only instinct like other insects, since it can disguise itself as if we are not yet discovered, it must be thoughtful, we will not treat an idiot who acts on instinct as our own people." Even if the bug itself has no thoughts, but the controller behind it, the queen of the swarm, must have it, and the brain control worm is equivalent to an extension of its consciousness, and its hostility will be transmitted through the brain control worm. ”

"No wonder you said that you would directly raid the Zerg Queen. "Indeed, if it were me, I would have been hostile to hear that someone was going to rush in and kill me." ”

"So, the result is normal?" Mia asked with a straight face, "Didn't find anyone trying to kill you?"

"Heh, between any two people, there will be some hostility to a greater or lesser extent, it's just whether it's strong or not," Shuer said slowly, "And the magic technique of perceiving hostility can only warn the surrounding hostility and discern the general direction, as for who released the hostility, unless there is only one person around, it is difficult to judge." ”

"The results of the test just now, well, are still acceptable, except that three people tried to beat me up. The idiot holding the rose with a sinister face counts as one, and Militdy, you put away the bone whip, I don't need to test it, I know that you count as one, and who is the other, stand up and admit it yourself, wow, how did it become five, and the hostility is getting stronger and stronger, you must be accused of brain worm parasitism, hey, it has become seven, you guys, do you want to murder the captain?"

In fact, it is impossible to perceive hostility so precisely, and it is possible to judge who is hostile enough to want to beat him up, this magic is just a rough judgment of hostility. Everyone also understands this, so after Shuer said a few words, he knew that this bastard was talking nonsense again, of course he couldn't be polite to him at this time, and he would be killed first.

The reason for killing him, of course, was not because of nonsense, at least not entirely, but mainly because he doubted everyone present. It is understandable and admits that this is the only way, but after all, everyone is somewhat unhappy when they are suspected for no reason. It seems to be a trivial matter, but many serious problems in the team are caused by the accumulation of small things bit by bit, and it is best to take the opportunity to vent it like this. Well, that's the reason for Shuer's nonsense, not because he has a bad taste and wants to tease everyone, yes, absolutely not.

Fortunately, this is the control room, and the artificial intelligence Wei is still next to it, so in order to avoid being suspected, everyone finally put up with this breath and just waved their fists at the bastard as a threat.

"The joke is over, since everyone is not parasitized, let's talk about the thoughts after that, I think, we must break away within four days, and the mutant spider mother can only support us for another four days at most, and if you don't leave within four days, everyone can only stay here forever. ”

"Wei, can the scanning radar be ready tonight?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. ”

"Then out of the plan, I will draw it up tonight, inform it, and tomorrow at breakfast time, all the members will gather. ”