And the truth is indeed as Su Xing expected.

As the captain, Ying Shi explained loudly: "The tribe's crops have been good recently, so we went to the Hive Clan to grab some people back. ”

After some inquiry, Su Xingfang learned.

It may be because of the pollution of the environment, although these natural people in front of them are no different from ordinary humans, they are unable to give birth to offspring.

However, there are a large number of babies in the hive settlement.

I don't know when the tradition appeared.

Whenever the population of the tribe of natural people is decimated, they will venture into the hive settlements and try to plunder some babies to return.

As for why the Hives, who are cyborgs, have a large number of human babies, and why do they have to spend time and effort to nurse them...

These, Ying Shi and others are unknown.

In the team, a member speculated: "In fact, some people have always felt that the hive tribe may have secretly raised a large number of humans, and then enslaved these humans day and night to make them work for the hives, so the hive people living in the wasteland can always be rich and have no worries about food and clothing." ”

"No, it won't."

As a hive drone, Si Su is well aware of the situation in Colony 013.

He retorted, "I don't know about the other settlements, but at least I haven't seen a baby in Settlement 013." ”

"You don't need to say it, we know it."

Natural people often go to the hive settlements to prey on babies, so they also know a little about the situation in each settlement.

"When we natural people go to plunder babies, we usually only go to Settlement 002-005, and then occasionally go to the main settlement of Settlement 001, because only in these five hive settlements can we find human babies. ”

Si Su was stunned when he heard this: "So, are those human beings all captive in these five settlements? And then it has multiplied until now? ”

"Who knows."

Ying Shi laughed: "I'm not a hive, you ask me?" ”

During the conversation between the two, Su Xing borrowed the mouth of 056 to put forward a speculation about human fertility: "If the humans who are captive by the hive clan can give birth, then you natural people who have been rescued from the settlement should also be able to give birth, right?" ”

He questioned: "No, as soon as a natural person leaves the hive settlement, he will directly lose his fertility, right?" ”

"We've all thought about this question too." "Some people speculate that the hive people may have mastered some kind of technology, and this technology is the key to allowing us natural people to have children.... However, after so many years, we natural people have never found this kind of technology. ”

The Hive's knowledge of human breeding is suspected to have been stored in their main colony, Colony 001.

The main hive settlement is heavily defended, not only is the dome's blast resistance much stronger than that of other settlements, but the number of soldier bees in it is also several times that of ordinary settlements.

In Yingshe's cognition, they have a written history of nearly a thousand years.

In the past 1,000 years, wars have often broken out between the Terrans and the Hives, and the Terrans have never been able to invade the Hive Lord's settlement.

This stalemate has led to the current situation.

In the hive, worker and soldier bees are not able to learn cultural knowledge, they only need to work and secure the colony.

Compared with worker bees and soldier bees, drone bees have a slightly higher level of intelligence, but they only have received some low education.

If there is a history of the Hive, or some secret things, they are also not qualified to know.

So Si Su was curious: "What about a thousand years ago?" How did you first appear? And why are humans kept in captivity by the Hives? ”

"Explain in advance, humans are in captivity by the Hives, and it's just a guess for the time being...."

Ying Shi replied: "In addition, there is no record of the events of a thousand years ago in the documents left by our natural people, but as far as I know, thousands of years ago, there were no natural people and hives on King Bee, and some were only ancient humans. ”

Natural people living in the wasteland often discover the technology and materials left behind by ancient humans through archaeological excavations.

This group of natural persons who are dedicated to the restoration of ancient technology is known as 'technology hunters'.

In the last few hundred years, some technology hunters have also discovered a lot of history about ancient humans in the process of exploration.

Compared to the races in the wasteland, the technology of ancient humans is extremely advanced.

Moreover, it was still a highly unified civilized society with extremely high overall quality.

If according to the description of Yingshi, then the level of scientific and technological development of ancient humans is not even comparable to that of the earthlings when Su Xing crossed.

Not surprisingly, the Hive's various technologies, such as sonar technology and mechanical limb technology, are highly likely to be unearthed in the remains of ancient humans.

As for how exactly ancient humans perished....

According to the excavated and incomplete historical records, it is likely that ancient humans became extinct due to a creature called 'brain'.

'Brain'?

Is this the indescribable creature native to the planet?

In the big army.

The moment he heard the word 'brain', Su Xing, who was hiding in 056's body, couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately asked through 056: "What does the creature you just said called 'brain' look like, and where did it appear?" ”

"I don't know."

"According to rumors, the creature 'brain' is ubiquitous, it has no substance, it cannot be described and cannot be described. ”

Really.

What we are talking about is the characteristic of the 'brain', which is a characteristic that can only be indescribable.

Hearing this, Su Xing already had a general understanding of the current situation on Queen Bee:

According to the law of action of unspeakable creatures, it can only come to a planet when the life forms of a planet are generally aware of the unspeakable existence.

For example, the ancient humans in the mouth of Winwa.

Thousands of years ago, it is very likely that ancient humans gradually perished after all of them knew about the existence of the indescribable creature 'brain'.

As soon as the ancient human beings died, the 'brain' was gradually forgotten, and the catastrophe of the world-destroying level naturally subsided.

Circumstances change with the passage of time.

Up to now, as science and technology hunters continue to explore and excavate, they have found out the technology and literature of ancient humans.... It won't be long before the 'brain' descends on Queen Bee again.

At that time, the natural and hive people will follow in the footsteps of ancient humans again.

Of course, all of the above is just Su Xing's conjecture.

It is also possible that the ancient humans really just perished in a world-class war.

After all, the incessant acid rain on the barren land, the polluted water resources, and the scrap metal and garbage that can be found everywhere on the ground.

-- All this is the best testimony of that world-class war.

Along the way, everyone walked and chatted.

After about half a day's journey, until the sky was gradually darkening, I saw a large green area in the distance.

To arrive at this green space means to come to the sphere of influence inhabited by natural people.

Of course.

Due to environmental pollution, although it is a green space, it is also a barren area compared to the hive settlement.

Although you can see flowers and trees in the green space, there are also scrap metals everywhere, as well as the remains of ancient humans who are suspected to have left behind after the war.

However, this green space is better than the hive settlement.

So Su Xing said strangely: "Since the environment on this green space is so good, why don't the beehive people occupy it, but leave it to you natural people?" It stands to reason that the Hive Clan's level of science and technology is so high, and its strength should not be weaker than your natural people, right? ”