"The main engine of the spacecraft is turned off, the second secondary engine is being repaired, and the third secondary engine is working normally."

"The Darkstar One support ship jumps, and will meet in fifteen minutes."

"Eighty percent of the insect swarm in the Falling Wind has been annihilated, and it is only a matter of time before the remaining insects are annihilated, and our side has sacrificed more than 16,000 soldiers and lost 12 ships."

The pseudo-mother worms were broken one after another, and the swarm lost its activity, and it was being divided and surrounded by the Sherman Empire ships, and they were annihilated one by one.

"The Sherman Empire's military launched a nationwide public live broadcast, broadcasting the already stable encirclement and suppression war to the entire Sherman Empire, emphasizing that they had defeated the sinister conspiracy of the new Federation."

"The new federation has begun to raise an emergency press conference to try to explain that this matter has nothing to do with them."

Ritsu's voice paused:

"The troops of the new federation withdrew in an orderly manner after seeing the zerg, which became the most favorable evidence for Sherman."

Behind the portholes.

Yang Luo, who was slumped in a chair, breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard the news that this 'small' swarm of insects had been annihilated.

"Lu, has our landing spot been detected by the Sherman military?"

"Not for the time being, boss, for the sake of safety, we are heading towards the border of the Sherman Empire at the moment, making a picture of returning to the Sherman Empire, we have already passed by the edge of the detection system of a Sherman Empire boundary monument, and immediately turned around after leaving traces."

Ritsu quickly explained:

"Even if the Fei Nan loses most of its power, its performance is better than that of a ship of the same length."

"I've maxed out the stealth system, and the ship's energy can last for three galaxes, enough for us to wait for supplies."

Yang Luo nodded and began to look at the projection screen with interest.

In the projection screen, there is a picture of the Sherman Empire's live broadcast of insect extermination.

The Sherman Empire's ability to seize opportunities is indeed much stronger than before.

This is the aristocratic lords, perceiving the benefits of guiding public opinion?

This battle also intuitively reflects how terrifying the war strength of the Imperial Ship Regiment with dreadnought support is.

This insect swarm is a death squad sent by a mature group of fifth-order half-space zergs.

One-tenth of the strength of the death squad made the military alliance of the Falling Wind Empire, which Yang Luo now controls, almost exert all his strength, and he still has to pay a certain amount of casualties to annihilate it.

And the main body of this death squad, facing the dreadnought formation, facing the powerful expeditionary force of the empire, fell apart in an instant.

What is Strength?

Dreadnoughts are called strength!

However, Yang Luo also knew that his desire to have such a powerful ship was still wishful thinking at the moment.

"Law," Yang Luo said, "the bereavement allowance for the soldiers who died in the battle this time came out of our private funds, which is twice the standard. ”

"Yes, boss."

Ritsu lowered her voice and reminded, "Miss Hera is also listening, we can discuss this matter later to avoid causing pressure on her." ”

Yang turned his head to see that Hera was standing by the porthole a few meters away, staring out of the window.

Yang Luo nodded slightly, motioned for Lu to go and get busy first, got up and walked over.

"It's okay."

Yang Luo hugged her from behind:

"There is a gap in our early warning mechanism, and the direction in which the bugs come is a gap in our usual defense, which will be filled after this time."

"A lot of people sacrificed, didn't they?"

Hera whispered:

"It's my responsibility, and my experiments are destined to be catastrophic."

"That's also the responsibility of the two of us, and I funded your experiment throughout the process."

Yang held her in his arms, feeling the tremor coming from her petite body, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Luo, I can't go back to the Falling Wind Empire," Hera said, "I want to go to a no-man's planet, I will find a way to make the swarm unable to contact me, such as turning on the signal shielding device all the time, I have already researched almost, I can also take the initiative to take samples of microorganisms infected with ordinary worms, so as to cover the infection, completely cover the microorganisms that may have mutated in my body, I 1." ”

She was speechless because Yang Luo had already lifted her chin and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Hera's body grew softer, but she soon began to struggle.

"Lolo!"

"Alright," Yang Luo let go of his arm, and Hera turned to face him, taking two steps back against the porthole.

She looked at Yang Luo with complicated eyes: I already know why the swarm came.

Yang Luo frowned and said, "I didn't let the law tell you this. ”

"I've communicated with the mother," Hera's lips trembled, "the swarm thinks the predators are defiling the mother, they worship and reproduce, and I've tried to explain to her that I'm human, but its perception hasn't wavered. ”

Poplar:

"We are human," Yang Luo said, "Hera, you have to admit it, we are all human, but there are some abnormalities. ”

"Yes, you're human, but I'm not necessarily still human."

Hera had a slight emotional breakdown:

"I can feel their thoughts, and after I communicate with the Queen, I even have new changes, I can feel the fluctuations that occur when those bugs are defeated, they also have emotions, and they also have fears."

I could feel their fear and anger.

"Lo, I really. I can accept that I am not a good person and I can betray my country because I feel that my country has done something wrong, but I can't accept that I am not human anymore and I am clear. I know. ”

"Calm down, Hera," Yang Luo said in a deep voice, slowly hugging Hera.

Hera suddenly had an emotional breakdown and sobbed in Yang Luo's arms.

Although Yang Luo's focus may be a little strange in this case, he clearly feels it.

Hera's mood seemed to have returned to normal.

The emotions that she had suppressed and affected before, and the emotional system that she had lost before, seemed to have suddenly recovered at this moment.

She is no longer so obligatorily calm and rational.

There were already signs of this transformation before, and Yang Luo recalled it carefully, probably at about the same time as when she adjusted the direction of the experiment and began to try to give instructions to the insects.

The reason why Hera's previous feelings were suppressed came from the microbes in her body?

It's kind of magical.

Yang Luo hurriedly suppressed these thoughts and began to gently soothe Hera.

It stands to reason that in this atmosphere, they could embark on a great post-war journey;

But Hera insisted that they could not do anything beyond the line now, and that they had to keep a certain distance.

This made Yang Luo a little annoyed.

Fifteen minutes later, a large 500-meter-class supply ship in the shape of a water drop appeared above the Feinan.

This supply ship is obviously a product of copying the latest special ships of the New Federation, the tail of the water droplet is the engine room and the control room, and the circular cavity in front of the water drop, which is close to 300 meters in diameter, has a super volume.

The Fei Nan maintained optical stealth to meet the supply ship.

The outer deck of the supply ship rotated, slowly opening a huge rift that engulfed the Feinan in one gulp.

Then, the supply ship began to coat, jump, and disappear into this barren star field.

In order to evade possible pursuit, the supply ship first jumped into the no-man's land of the Sherman Empire, and then jumped four times in a row before returning to the territory of the Falling Wind Empire.

The Darkstar One Supply Ship is a support ship tailored for the Feinan.

The Fei Nan docked in the dock, and immediately several huge telescopic mechanical arms pressed over and fixed the Fei Nan steadily.

Dozens of floating platforms, which had been sprayed silver white, floated forward, forming a stable passage outside the main hatch of the Feinan, connecting the luxuriously decorated rest platform.

Hundreds of mechanical guards, lined up behind metal shelves on both sides.

Rows of tracked robots quickly passed by the bottom deck and began to overhaul the Feinan.

When the hatch opened, the mechanical guards and the robots everywhere stopped moving, and these machines with independent minds housed within, all the while bowing to their father, the great goddess of law, at the same time.

"Is it pretty?"

Yang Luo asked Hera with a smile, and the latter nodded slightly.

Yang pouted: "Three hundred million, this ship and these machines inside are always made of you, and you are beautiful in exchange for money." ”

Hera smacked slightly.

Yang Luo remembered something, turned his head and beckoned to 026.

026, who was enjoying the scenery inside the ship, immediately ran up, was told by Yang Luo, and helped Hera to the platform to rest first.

Then, Yang Luo turned his head to the black box that outsiders couldn't see, and said with a smile:

"Welcome aboard, Examiner."

The examiner appeared above the black box with his hands behind his back, turning his head to look around, his eyes full of emotion.

Yang Luo quickly entered the state and began to talk eloquently:

"The Falling Wind Empire you saw before, as well as the surrounding vassal governments, are just forces that I have formed on the surface."

"You know, I have no roots, unlike Levy Sherman, who came from a noble family with a territory and led his family all the way to war."

My roots now lie in these little ones that I have personally raised.

"Next up is our Dark Star Base 2, and when Hera is settled, we'll go to Base 1."

"Also, can you guide me? I want to protect my partner, can I use our existing technology to make a shielding facility to keep her safe from the threat of the swarm? ”

The examiner nodded immediately.

"The rules are dead, people are alive, and your cherishing and loving love for your partner makes me look sideways."

The examiner turned his head to look around, and he seemed to be able to see those little mechanical thinking bodies, and those old faces were full of emotion.

There was even a little bit of touching.

"You've earned my respect, Lesser Old God Lifeform, this is the second time I've said this, it's all incredible."

Yang Luo and Lu glanced at each other, their expressions tightened, and they continued to remain serious.

Although the Dark Star Project is their backup plan, the original intention is to have a bug in the card assessment after the failure of the efforts to gain power;

However, from now on, Yang Luo, who has mastered the 'assessment code', has decided that they will control a human force in the first place, so as to better develop the mechanical star!

"Prioritization and Priority".

The second base of Dark Star was chosen on the Abandoned Resource Star near the Third Administrative Star of Falling Wind.

The scale of the base here is not too large, unlike the first base that goes deep underground to open up an underground city, the second base is only opened up at a depth of 200 meters on the surface, relying on three connected abandoned mines, and the amount of construction work is much smaller.

Today, Base 2 has the rudiments of an underground city.

Its main body consists of a medium-sized shipyard (under construction), two mechanical automatic production workshops, a heavy machinery assembly workshop, and twelve maintenance workshops;

Around these core buildings, residential areas have been constructed to accommodate thousands of mechanical minds.

Of course, they have no complaints about the harsh environment and are constantly working hard every day for the prosperity of civilization.

Yang Luo introduced the No. 2 base as follows:

"It is used as a production base and as a foothold for foreign trade in the future. Subsequently, the number of mechanical thinking bodies here will still be controlled at 3,000, and a large number of low-end artificial intelligence machines will be stationed for fully automated production. ”

"My plan is to have the best mechanical minds stationed here, equipped with a uniform realistic skin, so that they can integrate into human society."

"After all, the blueprint of these mechanical minds is based on the imitation of human thinking."

"That's right," the examiner laughed, "Actually, they're more like an extension of the human mind, but without the weak human body." ”

Yang Luo bowed his head slightly and said with a smile:

"I have designed a complete set of logical structures with lawyers, and each area is equipped with a psychological counselor to avoid misthinking."

"You take a brief look first, and when we build a defensive barrier and place Hera, I'll take you to Base One right away."

"Let's hurry up," the examiner urged, "I can't wait to announce the results of your assessment, and the method I give should be simple." ”

Law appeared next to him and complained: "It's very simple, use the biomagnetic field to manipulate particles in the microscopic world, teacher, haven't you considered it, is it possible that the technology I have mastered at this stage may not meet this requirement?" ”

"This," the examiner wondered, "is it difficult to do?" Have you been only researching how to make yourself cute in the past few years? ”

Ritsu pursed her lips tightly, shook her body and disappeared.

Yang Luo smiled: "She is indeed quite cute. ”

The examiner shrugged.

Once you have mastered the preferences of the examiner, the subsequent assessment will become extremely smooth.

In particular, they arrived at the Dark Star, the Void Dark City and the Underground City that had already become a scale, half a day later, which amazed the examiners.

The existence of the City of Darkness ensures that the logic of mechanical thinking bodies and humans is common.

The thinking bodies born in it subconsciously think that they are human beings.

And this steel city built on the underground ocean maintains the activity of more than 100,000 machines on weekdays, and has been able to provide hardware support for 60,000 mechanical thinking bodies.

Although in order to support the construction of Base 2, the number of thinking bodies living here is only a few thousand;

However, in the event of an emergency, an army of 60,000 mechanical minds can be pulled out at any time in the Dark City.

The underground ocean was dark, but under the light of this mechanical city, there were more patches of light here.

After walking around the No. 1 base for half a circle, Yang Luo parked the hovercar near the artificial beach, took the examiner to a lighthouse-like building, and turned around to look at the entire city.

The examiner's eyes were full of emotion, but he still reminded himself:

"Pay attention to the scale, it must not be too large, otherwise the Fa-Asian civilization will treat this place as a crisis of intelligence."

"Although I'm glad that you can accept the form of the mechanical thinking body civilization, the galaxy is now the territory of humanity, and you still have to supplement it here, and focus on managing the existing human social order."

"I don't want to, I finally met such a good seedling, but it was ruined by Faya unreasonably."

Yang Luo groaned a few times: "Your Excellency's description of the Faya civilization, is there something to hide?" ”

"Of course," said the examiner with a smile, "when you have more information and a more comprehensive understanding, you can get more truth, the development of civilization is cruel, and there is no emotion at all, and the individual must eventually obey the will of the collective, which is the tyranny of the majority." ”

Yang Luo nodded.

Powerful Faya civilization, brutal Faya game.

"The Abyss".

Zerg.

The Valkyrie threat.

The Falling Wind Empire and the main civilization of the galaxy.

Yang Luo's mood was very complicated at this moment, but these complicated emotions quickly turned into a shallow smile.

"What do you think you have figured out?"

The examiner asked with interest, "Can you share it with me?" Before I declare you passed. ”

Yang Luo shrugged: "I just thought that compared to the moment I opened my eyes to recognize this galaxy, now that I have a lot, why worry too much about the endless crises, to meet, to conquer." ”

/ Nice mentality," the examiner's projection left the black box, and he had an extra scroll in his hand, "Alright, I'm going to announce your results next." ”

Ritsu appeared in the corner, a little nervously waiting for the examiner to speak.

Your first assessment score was excellent, indisputably excellent, and your score was 126,705.2, 60,000 above the baseline.

I announce that you have passed Twilight's first exam.

"Next, you must spare three months to go to Twilight to accept the gift of this departed civilization and start a new round of assessment cycle."

"Although the technology given to you after the first round of assessment is only the basic technology for the development of a first-level civilization to a second-level civilization, it is also the cornerstone for you to undertake high-level technology in the future."

"This assessment has been successfully concluded."

The examiner spoke, and the black box became faint at the same time.

Before leaving, the examiner winked at Yang Luo:

"This time, you can drive a 400-meter ship over."

"It's time for me to upgrade your protections, the enemy you're facing is too strong for you at this stage."

"If it were for my master to know that their heir would be so bullied by this lowly high-dimensional insect, I would never have imagined that I would be thrown into the time vortex for hundreds of millions of years."

400-meter class?

A higher grade than the Feinan?

Yang Luo's eyes became incomparably bright.

Made!

He didn't have a choice last time, the Fei Nan was his first ship, and this time he will get a gunboat with two main guns!