Next to the Iron Heart, an inflatable airship nearly fifty meters long slowly approached the edge of the airship.

Although the inflatable airship was large enough to be longer than a real-life Boeing, it still looked like a tiny sparrow in front of the 500-meter-long Iron Heart.

The crew watched nervously as it hovered above the Iron Heart, lowering the cables and pods and slowly transporting the crew to the deck.

As for why it's so nervous, it's mainly because this thing is filled with hydrogen, and the whole thing is a big bomb.

However, the player who rode it did not panic at all, and did not take this potential safety hazard seriously at all.

After all, three days are a life.

If that kind of accident happens, I believe that the character planned by the dog will definitely compensate them in full.

With his feet on the deck of the Iron Heart, Yashi let out a reckless scream.

"Hahaha! Lao Tzu Hu Hansan is back again!! ”

It just so happened that I was passing by here after work, and there were eight robotic hands behind me and a mosquito with a dogskin pilot hat on his head, and he teased with a hippie smile.

"Didn't you kid wake up ten times a night? Why did you become Hu Hansan again? ”

"Get out!"

"Haha!" Looking at the old brother who rolled his eyes, Jiu Jiu, who was following him, laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, squatted on the ground and gave him a thumbs up, "Uncle Mosquito, you are so humorous!" ”

"Hey, that's a must--gan! Lao Tzu is not that old! ”

"Poof—"

"Hahaha! Uncle Mosquito ......"

The ghost couldn't hold back his laughter, and Feng Qing on the side smiled quietly and covered the corners of his mouth.

There was a joy in the air.

Although dozens of kilometers away is a tense and exciting battlefield, no one seems to be really nervous except for NPCs.

Luo Yu looked the night ten brothers up and down curiously, and asked with a smile.

"Aren't you alive yesterday? Why did you only come back today? ”

It's been a few days since the game was launched, and there were flights between Ironheart and Dawn every night, leaving at midnight (12 in the real world).

He thought this guy was here yesterday.

The night was ten gloomy and sighed.

"Hey, the hidden mission was triggered, and it was delayed for a while in Dawning City."

Luo Yu asked curiously.

"What a hidden mission."

Yashi scratched the back of his head, not knowing how to speak, and thought for a while before speaking.

"There was a guy from the academy looking for Lao Tzu, and he insisted that I take her to visit Dawn City, and I suspected that she was a spy, so I sent her to the guard station."

It's not like he's making it up, that guy is really suspicious.

There is no diplomatic relationship between the academy and the alliance, which is the information published on the official website.

Except for Chen Yutong and Yin Fang, who are running away, it stands to reason that there are no researchers hanging around in Dawning City.

At that time, he thought that she was here to catch Lao Bai's good friend, so he agreed to come down and take her around, and then sent her to the bureau without saying a word.

The guy who was exposed was as he expected, but he didn't know why the guards didn't believe what he said.

When he turns around, he has to go to the forum and complain fiercely, it's so unprofessional!

Jiujiu, who had already stood up, listened to what his brother said, and held his forehead with a long sigh.

Luo Yu glanced at the expression on the little girl's face, and always felt that things were not so simple, and looked at the night ten brothers and continued to ask curiously.

"And then?"

Yashi rolled his eyes.

Then I was in a hurry, and I raised my fist to beat Lao Tzu! Damn, the guards didn't come to help, and they closed the door halfway through the transcript and left, and locked the door! And then ...... The city lord named Luca is still here, anyway, it is very troublesome, and it delays Lao Tzu for a whole day. ”

Luo Yu listened with a confused face.

Not only him, but also the pilots of several goblin regiments, including Mosquito, stared at him with their eyes intact.

The ghost raised his hand.

"A question...... Are you sure that guy is really a spy? ”

Ye Shi said without hesitation.

"Or else? Are there any other possibilities? ”

Feng Qing's expression subtly shifted his gaze to look at the ghost.

"I always feel ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the ghost nodded with a "I know what you mean" expression on her face.

"I feel the same way as you!"

Night Ten: "......?" ”

Luo Yu didn't understand what he heard, massaged his eyebrows, and asked with a headache.

"So that guy ...... Who the hell is it? Do you know each other? ”

"There was a one-sided relationship, otherwise how would I know that she is from the academy," Ye Shi scratched the back of his head, his eyes searched around, his eyes lit up, and he pointed in the direction of the airship, "That's it, the administrator didn't worry about leaving her in Dawning City, so he told me to take care of her." ”

Luo Yu looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a girl in a silver-white coat standing on the elevator of the transport airship, holding the cable tightly with both hands, waiting for the ladder that was almost attached to the deck to stop.

Her face was pale, and she could barely write the word fear of heights on her face, and her long collar was raised like two flags, fluttering in the wind with two long ponytails blown by the current.

The two flight crews were trying to convince her to come down, but she was still clutching the cable, not intending to let go.

"Jiang Xuezhou, D-class researcher," Jiu Jiu looked over there and said with a faint sigh, "Don't look at my old brother's sassy words, sometimes even I am surprised when he is sluggish. ”

"! D？！ Mosquito looked at Ye Ten in surprise, and the mechanical arm behind his back patted him on the shoulder, "Cow, brother! Isn't that on the same level as Yin Fang? ”

"What does it have to do with me," Yashi impatiently slapped away the mosquito's mechanical arm, "and level is just level, and ability is two different things." ”

He didn't think the guy was smart at all.

If you are so smart, you won't be caught by the Enlightenment.

Feng Qing looked at the ghost on the side subtly, leaned closer and whispered.

"I always feel that managers are not simple...... Goo Goo ......"

The ghost had that "I know what you mean" expression again, and nodded his head thoughtfully.

"Yes...... Tweet ......"

Night Ten: "......"

These two people have been muttering something since just now.

What a bomb to carry out so idlely!

On the other side, the flight crew was still struggling to persuade Jiang Xuezhou, who was lying on the elevator and refused to come down.

"This lady from the academy...... The elevator is already at the end, please come down quickly. ”

Jiang Xuezhou's face tightened and said stubbornly.

"No, isn't there still a little distance?"

The aircrew's expression was subtle, and they were really embarrassed to say that they had only tried to park the civilian airship on the deck of the Iron Heart in the last few days, and had only made a round trip between Dawn City and Pioneer City before.

It took a lot of hard work for the pilot to get the elevator so close to the deck of the Iron Heart.

Another flight attendant patiently reminded.

"This is the limit of what can be approached before we improve this elevator, we are for your own good, it may be more dangerous for you to stay there......"

“……”

Jiang Xuezhou bit his lip tightly, and glanced nervously at the deck, and happened to meet the eye with Ye Shi.

Her face froze instantly, glared at the guy murderously, and twisted her neck stiffly to the side.

However, when she saw the clouds floating outside, and the elevator that swayed against the deck like a swing, she twisted her head back with a sad face.

She didn't know why.

Obviously, it is quite normal to look down from the sky through the perspective of a drone, and there is no problem flying around on her mentor's research ship.

However, since she got on the alliance's hydrogen airship, which is simply nonsense, she has never been stable for a moment......

Seeing her funny expression, Ye Shi almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

This NPC is too funny.

Jiujiu, who was standing on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, sighed, supported his hands, pushed on the shoulders of the old brother, and moved him out of the crowd.

"Okay, okay, my brother has to do a task, my brothers and sisters have borrowed it, borrowed it, borrowed it......"

One was caught off guard, and was pushed by the old sister to stumble in the direction of the airship, and Ye Shi turned his head and glared at the little guy.

"What are you doing?"

"Okay, don't worry about it, you'll be done listening to me!" In a coaxing tone, Jiu Jiu said patiently, "Go quickly, go now, go and take her next." ”

Night Eleven was immediately unhappy when he heard this.

"She still needs my help to jump one step forward, what else does she need to do with her legs."

"Tsk, if you want to go, you'll go!"

was glared at by his sister, and Ye Shi just wanted to say a few words, but he thought that the relationship between this little guy and Fuji Teng was not ordinarily good, so he held it back again.

"Okay, okay...... I'll go, I'll go. ”

"Hey! Come on! ”

Looking at the old brother walking towards the elevator, Jiu Jiu sent a cheering encouragement and an aunt-like smile.

Of course, she knows that her brother likes Sister Fujito, but with this guy's sullen personality, it's probably no fun.

Aren't you a royal sister?

It's just a little bit of Buddhism in the game.,In reality, it's a social elite who has designed a lot of super powerful works.,How can you like this kind of online chatter.、Don't even dare to ask for contact information when you meet a stinky brother?

So give up as soon as possible, brother, and remember that paper talent is your true love!

Be happy!!

Jiu Jiu drew a cross on his chest, chanted Amitabha Buddha in his heart, and silently offered a prayer to the god of the bighorn deer for his elder brother.

Looking at the hateful guy who walked in front of him and reluctantly stretched out his right hand, Jiang Xuezhou curled the corners of his lips slightly, and his pale face returned to a little blood.

"Hmph...... You still have a little conscience. With a slight smug feeling in her heart, she stretched out her hand and put it on the palm of the hand in front of her.

Ye Shi rolled his eyes, and was about to say confidently that Lao Tzu was forced by Jiujiu, but he was glared at by the old sister fiercely, and swallowed back the sassy words that came to his mouth.

"Hurry down...... It's just such a little height, it's less embarrassing, and even this is scared, so it's better to go home and plant sweet potatoes as soon as possible. ”

"You!"

Jiang Xuezhou, who had just jumped down the elevator, almost stumbled and fell to the ground when he heard this, and even forgot his altitude at the moment, and as soon as he stood firmly, he glared at this guy with a murderous gaze.

Ye Shi had no doubt that if this guy had put a laser emitter in his eyes, he would have died ten thousand times.

It's really a conscience to feed the dogs.

I also saved her life before.

Ye Shi muttered in his heart, ignoring this guy. Compared with the murderous gaze, he actually cared more about the lively eyes around him.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was a little stiff, Jiujiu jumped and squeezed between the two, looked at Jiang Xuezhou and said.

"Don't look at my brother like this, he just has a stupid mouth, but he's actually worried about you!"

Jiang Xuezhou, whose chest was undulating, glanced at Jiu Jiu, nodded slightly, and whispered embarrassedly.

"Thank you...... Jiujiu. ”

When she was in Dawning City yesterday, she had known this smart and clever little girl, and her first impression and senses were very good.

It's unbelievable, though!

Such a polite kid turned out to be a family with that impudent guy!

Jiujiu winked playfully.

"Thank you for the wrong person, it's my brother who helped you out, you should thank him."

“……”

Jiang Xuezhou pursed his lips and stubbornly turned his face to look to the side, not knowing whether he was making an awkward fuss, or to hide the red glow under his sideburns.

As the last cargo finally moved down the elevator, a group of flight crew members breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly beckoned the airship off the deck.

It's like I'm afraid that someone will jump on it again.

couldn't stand the smiles of the surrounding group of cattle, and didn't want to stay on the deck for a moment at night, so he hurriedly pulled the old girl and Xuezhou to the direction of the gangway.

Inside the Iron Heart.

Jiang Xuezhou's tense expression was obviously much more relaxed, looking around left and right, and even in the mood to judge.

"Why do you use such primitive means of transportation...... Isn't Boulder a plasma-engined plane? ”

Ye Shi subconsciously slipped his mouth.

"Primitive? I think it's so easy to use. ”

Jiang Xuezhou glanced at him.

"Where did that hydrogen airship work just now......

Ye Shi said without thinking.

"Stable enough, fast enough, and with a large payload, is there a more suitable flying machine for the wasteland?"

Seeing that he didn't realize the point at all, Jiang Xuezhou couldn't help but complain.

"What about security?! Don't you think about the safety hazards? ”

"Tsk."

Ye Shi wanted to complain, Lao Tzu was afraid of a hammer for three days, but when he thought of the player manual, he held it back again, pouted and said.

"If you can't stand it, just copy us a copy of your anti-gravity device blueprint, you think the settlements in this wasteland are as full of tech trees as you."

"......" Jiang Xuezhou bit his lip and stopped talking, and a trace of discomfort and sadness appeared in his eyes.

Ye Shi glanced at her, and when she saw the sadness in her eyes, she couldn't help but panic, and subconsciously reflected on whether she was talking too seriously, but after thinking about it, she wondered.

I didn't say anything excessive!

To be reasonable, if those technologies are researched by the academy itself, how can they be used to make their own freedom.

But the problem is that those technologies are the property of the entire human federation and should be inherited by all mankind, and a group of old things have put gold coins in their pockets.

Is this a human thing?

In fact, these guys don't really use those techniques to their advantage, they just collect them like hamsters and hoard them.

At least in terms of the game setting, it's not a problem for him to accuse the academy of incompetence from the standpoint of a Vault resident.

But......

He couldn't bear to let a girl look sad.

Even if he didn't agree with the Academy's approach, it was a political decision, not something that a small D-class researcher could influence.

"What are you doing here?" Night Ten took the initiative to divert the topic.

"My mentor asked me to come." Jiang Xuezhou whispered in a low mood.

"And what is he here for?"

"There's a terrible disaster going on here...... What kind of expression do you have. ”

"It's nothing," Yajuchi shrugged his shoulders and looked at the ceiling overhead, "I'm just wondering why you're here now." ”

Jiang Xuezhou stopped talking and closed his mouth, with self-blame, sadness, and some complicated emotions in his eyes.

Oh, yes......

Knowing that it was such a serious disaster, why did they come now?

But what does this have to do with her?

Is it her fault?

After that separation, she thought that she would never see this guy again, but she didn't expect the mentor to receive another subject related to the alliance, and she was lucky to bring herself.

The reunion after a long absence, it should have been a happy thing, and he didn't know how happy he was at that time.

As a result, the first thing this guy did was to send himself to the police station!

Is this something that humans do!!

The more Jiang Xuezhou thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and the more aggrieved he became, the more angry he became, and he unconsciously clenched his fists, and his teeth clenched.

Hearing that creaking sound, Ye Shi thought that the strongman was nearby, and glanced towards the corner of the corridor.

Weird.

Didn't the administrator let him take his little brother to the airship?

The fat rat won't grind his teeth in the wall.

Silently following behind the silent two, Jiujiu kept his mouth shut and did not speak the whole time.

From the first sentence, she was silenced by her brother's high emotional intelligence, so that she didn't know which sentence to start saving the scene......

She suddenly felt that maybe the paper man with realistic emotions might not be suitable for her brother, even if the other party was about to put up the flag to the ceiling, he would find a way to pull it out by himself.

Jiu Jiu sighed silently in his heart.

I'm sorry dude.

Your sister did her best!

You'd better save up for a bionic person.

It shouldn't be difficult......

The group disappeared at the end of the hallway, and no one noticed a figure standing around the corner of the hallway.

Listening to the footsteps gradually walking away, Chen Yutong, who was hiding in the corner, finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked in another direction.

Although she misses her friends a lot, meeting her at this time will only cause trouble for her and the others who are covering her.

I'm already a dead man.

It's better not to meet each other as much as possible......

……

At the same time, the Ironheart's captain's room.

Déjà vu is happening, but the atmosphere is not the slightest bit ambiguous. ambiguous, and even with a hint of looming lip and sword.

“…… A serious disaster is going on here, and you may not fully realize the magnitude of the problem, but I suggest you do it sooner. ”

A robot covered in metal stood beside Chu Guang.

Its right hand bent forward slightly, a light blue light and a bust of light particles floating above the palm.

That bust was none other than Jiang Xuezhou's mentor Yang Kai, and this old Gou Coin was sitting in his scientific research ship at the moment, probably floating somewhere near the Iron Heart.

As before, he never showed people in the flesh, basically let his apprentice bring an external device to hang outside.

Once the situation is not right, he will definitely run away without saying a word.

From this point of view alone, although Li Ke, who is also a B-level researcher, is not as good as this guy in terms of forcing qualifications, his courage is still much stronger than him.

At least that guy dared to run to the front line of the battlefield and pretend to be forced by himself.

Lu Bei stared straight at the robot, his right hand always in the closest place to the weapon.

Chu Guang was different.

He has absolute confidence in his own strength, he didn't take this guy to heart at all, but just said it lightly.

"Now that you know what's going on here, why are you here now?"

Yang Kai sighed, it sounded like he was apologizing, but his tone seemed light and fluttering, and it didn't carry any weight at all.

"We also have our difficulties, and I hope you understand."

Chu Guang continued lightly.

"It might help me understand if you could elaborate on your difficulties, but at least I see more like a shrunken turtle."

"Turtle, this metaphor is interesting...... Forget it, let's get down to business, we've been chatting long enough. ”

Yang Kai laughed and snorted, and bluntly changed the topic.

Chu Guang saw that he didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he didn't continue to waste time on this matter that would not lead to results.

Since the academy is here, it proves that they have some scruples about the situation here, and there is no need for them to be polite to them if they have the initiative.

It is reasonable for him to express his dissatisfaction on behalf of the Alliance.

"That's exactly what I want," Chu Guang said calmly, "First of all, please explain what the seriousness of the problem is. ”

"I was about to say this."

Clearing his throat, Yang Kai continued.

"The effect of Nago on the area is divided into multiple stages, and I believe your researchers already know something."

Chu Guang nodded.

"We're looking into three phases."

This is the result of Chen Yutong's investigation.

In the first stage, a small number of locals, animals and plants were infected by Nago.

At this stage, the fungus hardly exhibits any aggression or harm, not only does it have a sweet and juicy flesh, but it also allows the eater to obtain a body that is almost invulnerable, with the only side effect being occasional wandering and lack of concentration.

In the second stage, most of the locals, animals and plants were infected by Naguo.

At this stage, the fungus gradually shows its fangs and ambition to climb up the food chain. The specific manifestation is that people and animals who have eaten Naguo for a long time will frequently enter a "fugue" state, lose their response to external stimuli, lose their aggression and combat effectiveness, and thus be more likely to be preyed upon by beings at the top of the food chain.

Whether it's being eaten by the more powerful xenomorphs, or being offered to their mutant allies by the church as a paid tribute.

The third stage is probably the advancement of the second stage, when the Nago fungus confirms its dominance over the vast majority of organisms in the domain through pheromones, it will completely tear off the beautiful camouflage and release spores through the mycelium scattered on the ground, thus expanding its domain-

Let all the organisms in the realm fall into the kingdom of heaven depicted and ruled by the gods!

"Yes, to be able to figure these out in such a short time, it seems that you also have a lot of talents," after listening to Chu Guang's simple statement, Yang Kai nodded approvingly and continued, "But your investigation is not deep enough, in fact, after the third stage, there is still a fourth stage. ”

Chu Guang: "What's that?" ”

Yang Kai continued.

"It's after the third phase. In non-academic terms, the kingdom of heaven has descended on this land, the moon has changed from a new moon to a full moon, and this land will be reduced to a plague country forever. ”

In other words, does it take about a month to progress from stage 3 to stage 4?

In this kind of pretending to be a ghost.

However, what made Chu Guang care more was another thing.

“…… Can't clear it? ”

"That's right."

Yang Kai nodded slightly and continued in a non-joking tone.

"Even if the pseudo-brood is destroyed, the nest of Nago, the colony that inhabits it will still carry out its previous commands, and the kingdom of heaven will continue forever...... With the exception of deformed modified creatures such as mutants, all organisms in the realm lose consciousness, like puppets with severed strings. ”

"You should know that since the manipulation threads of these puppets were carried in the hands of a guy called the Holy Son, the living dead can still live as they should, even if they are not self-conscious, like domestic animals. However, if no one is in charge of them anymore, they may struggle to even eat basically. ”

"Maintaining the 'Kingdom of Heaven' at the fourth stage is the perfect choice for the Church that has the psychic interference device in its hands."

In fact, our researchers speculate that after the fourth stage, there should be a fifth stage of the theory. That is, to let the organisms captured by Nago die naturally, be swallowed up by the whole realm, and then rot away without the intervention of external forces......"

It's not hard to imagine.

The Nago itself is a non-self-aware bioweapon edited from fragments of the DNA of mutant slime molds.

The nest of Nago does not have the autonomous consciousness of the slime nest, it is more like an empty shell with no appearance.

The Torch Church fills its core with a psychic interference device, so that the entire superficial ecology can continue to function.

Once the coordination of the telepathic interference device is lost, this vast ecosystem will immediately fall into the bottomless abyss, becoming a paradise where only unconscious microorganisms can prosper.

Chu Guang's face gradually changed, and he probably guessed the final result, but he still stared at the expert in front of him with a solemn expression and asked.

"What will happen?"

"No one knows what has not been verified," Yang Kai sighed lightly, "You should know that due to the coordination of the Naguo fungus, the organisms infected by Naguo will not be cleaned up by the decomposers of nature at a normal rate." Some scholars believe that it will become an eternal country of bacteria, while others believe that the corpses of those people will bloom with a huge, beautiful crystal orchid...... You know that kind of flower, right? ”

Chu Guang subconsciously blurted out.

"Flowers blooming on corpses—"

"Guiding the way to the underworld," Yang Kai picked up his words, bowing slightly, "To be honest, we really don't know how to deal with this problem, and it's not our style to kill and burn everyone." As for the enterprises, by the time they make up their minds, the troubles of a province may have long since become a small half of the Central Continent...... Not to mention the Legion, they will only gloat at our jokes, you know who those guys are, they can't count on it. ”

Boy.

It's shameless to throw this pot!

Chu Guang suddenly became angry.

"So you kicked the ball to me? That's a provincial person! Even if I could do it, I wouldn't have that much gas! ”

Yang Kai said softly.

"We gave you a thousand cubic meters of fuel, which is better than gasoline...... Even if you were to do it, it would be enough. ”

“……”

Chu Guang stared at him intently.

Yang Kai avoided his gaze, touched his nose with some shame, and continued.

"Don't look at me like that, it's not a mess we caused, it's better that we've been silently guarding the last bit of hope of the old civilization, even if you don't understand how great what we're doing."

"Look at the land beneath your feet, what a terrible thing it is to have a bunch of unworthy fellows possess the weapons of civilized people."

"We're going to leave this planet eventually, that's on the agenda, but we're not going to take all hope with us...... ConclusionDr. believes that the old civilization will not die out completely, and that the common twists and turns of fate will eventually allow us to meet again at some point in the future, even if we go to the corner of the universe or even another galaxy. ”

"It's better to think about how to solve this problem than to resent that we didn't help you more."

Chu Guang suddenly laughed.

"You gave me a problem, and for a moment I even wondered if this thousand cubic meters of helium-3 would be enough for me to sleep until a thousand years later."

In the case that the equipment does not fail, it should be sufficient.

But of course he couldn't do that.

"I'm sorry, but I wasn't the one who made the question...... My apprentice will help you with some of your problems, and if you are going to give up on this era and continue to sleep, please bring her with you, though I am sure you will not. ”

Yang Kai bowed slightly, like a wisp of drifting green smoke, which hurriedly dissipated in the blue light and shadow, and disappeared from the captain's room.

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(Thanks to the leader of "hhhzz6" for the reward!! A few days ago, it dragged on for a few hours, and today it was updated a little bit in advance, and tomorrow it will be the old time and place at six o'clock. ）

(End of chapter).