Time is pushed back a little.

Andrei Romanov is one of the few Soviet-born employees at Maga. After the last war, most of the former Soviets or Russians chose to return home and embrace a new life in a more promising world.

Romanov's father ran out of the Gulag, so the whole family did not dare to go back. Since the collapse of the Western world, my father drank heavily every day, and when he got drunk, he began to exaggerate the horror of "that side" with them.

Romanov himself thinks it's okay, maybe the Soviet Union is really so terrible, but China won't be so terrible no matter how you look at it.

After all, it was a country that chose the path of "seeking common ground while reserving differences" against public opinion when it had its own comprehensive advantages.

Because of his origin, Romanov had watched the "final speech" many times and could even recite some of its passages - in Chinese.

For example: "We know that by continuing we can achieve a total and complete victory and establish an order like ours in the whole world."

"However, we believe that people all over the world are entitled to choose the path they want to take. We have purged the criminals who started the war, their armies have been dismantled, the ruling apparatus has been dismantled, and what remains will be brought to justice.

"Now it's time for the peoples of the world to engage in 'national self-determination.'" We don't intend to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, nor do we intend to colonize economically, that would just turn us into another evil dragon.

"The strength of our system is that all wealth is created with one's own hands, not from the exploitation of others. The prosperity of a country should never be built on the poverty and backwardness of other countries and other peoples.

"Of course, we have to admit the general law of economics, when the cake is only this big, then there will be people who are rich and people who are poor.

"Our solution is also very simple, that is, to make the cake bigger, through scientific and technological progress, through the expansion of the circle of human life, through various other methods, until all people are prosperous.

"Next, we will focus all our energy on the development of the universe, the earth is just the cradle of mankind, and now that mankind has grown up, it is time to march to the sea of stars."

When Romanoff recited this paragraph, he would always burst into tears, how could such a country be what his father described?

However, the Romanovs still obeyed their father. In his childhood, he watched defeated countries rise from the ashes and saw the comeback of "those people".

On the Internet of Lone Star Country, there are many influential influencers who are propagating, saying that Huaguo stopped its allies because they were not sure that their own route was the final answer, so they wanted to "retain diversity in the sociological sense", and then preached that "our set also has unique advantages".

The Romanov did not know if this was right, because he had not lived on the "other side".

He only knew that none of his friends had come back, and it was unknown why they didn't come back.

Now, he is a P2 employee of Maga, working as an ordinary electrician at the research site for asteroid 20371.

He's been at this base for almost a decade, his bones are already fragile, his muscles are degraded because of his long-term low gravity, and he's become more and more neurotic lately.

Maga does not universally allocate psychologists, psychologists are very expensive, chat with them and charge by time, even P5 level employees can't afford to receive regular treatment, and can only find someone to treat after feeling signs of depression.

The Romanovs had to deal with the mental insanity caused by staying in space for a long time.

Fortunately, the base of Star 20371 is completely inside the star, and there are no portholes, otherwise Romanov may be in a worse situation, and now, he just has some insomnia and nightmares, not unbearable.

Now, while thinking wildly, Romanov completed the overhaul task and covered the cover of the repair opening.

He then picked up the tablet and ticked off the ticket that appeared on it.

"I'm going to ...... next," he muttered, checking over the next task.

Most of the tasks of the P2 employees were mechanical and boring, which was untiring, so Romanov was tired.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a "crunch".

It must have been the sound of some hatch that hadn't been oiled in a long time.

Romanov turned his head and looked in the direction the voice had come from.

Empty, nothing. And in order to save electricity, the base turned off the lights in most of the corridors that are not commonly used.

The empty corridor of the black hole looks like the mouth of a giant beast that is devouring humans.

Romanov was a little apprehensive, he picked up the searchlight that floated beside him, and turned to shine into the dark passage.

The moment the lamp shone past, it sounded like the sound of a newspaper rolling into a roll and slapping the table. Romanoff was all too familiar with the sound, after all, he was born in the Lone Star Country, and it was the sound of a silencer-equipped firearm firing.

He was about to scream when a bullet pierced his head.

His hand holding the lamp immediately let go, and the lamp floated in the air, and the light that shot out hit the figure wearing the combat exoskeleton.

The leader gestured to his subordinates to dispose of the corpse.

At this moment, Romanoff's walkie-talkie rang, and in order to save trouble, he directly turned on the hands-free mode, and suddenly the voice echoed in the secluded corridor: "Romanov, why did your heartbeat stop?" Is your spacesuit malfunctioning? ”

The person who floated over immediately took out the scanner and scanned Romanov's throat, and the next moment the voice synthesized by the computer according to the scan results sounded: "It's broken, it's short-circuited, I'll fix it." ”

There was silence for a few seconds, and then replied: "Romanov, do you have a cold?" This doesn't sound right, is this really you? ”

But the voice was interrupted, and an even more brutal voice shouted, "Stupid! It was a voice synthesized after scanning the structure of my throat, and I could hear it as soon as I heard it! Pull the battle alarm, someone is in! Let those nerds delete the contents of the storage! ”

The next moment, the alarm went on.

**

In the 20371 base scientific research center, the director of the center was watching the experiments in the laboratory in front of the observation window, and suddenly the alarm was loud.

One researcher shouted, "Director, the Security Section has requested that the implementation of the erasure protocol begin and all files be destroyed. ”

"Neurotic, it must be the head of the security section again, don't worry, that section chief is lower than me! Where are there so many attacks, activate the backup power and life support system, prevent that neurotic from losing power and pumping air. We continue to experiment, and this experiment is very important, and it is related to whether the project can continue to be funded, and the directors are waiting. ”

Then he picked up the microphone on his desk and said to the other side of the observation window, "Ignore the alarm and continue testing." ”

Two men wearing helmets glanced at the Director through the observation window before returning to the device.

The researcher in charge of filming the experiment record "reported the curtain": "The 513th experiment tested by the general-purpose brain-computer interface control device. Two new operators were replaced today, and the previous two operators have had a nervous breakdown due to serious side effects......"

"You don't need to record this." The deputy director in charge of the specific experimental work on the laboratory side said, "Just say what you should say, erase it and record it again." ”

And the chief scientist sneered: "It's normal to suddenly synchronize people's consciousness with the sensors of the entire big robot, and go crazy."

"Unless the person has been in sync with the big robot since birth, his brain will adapt to the 'performance' of the body, otherwise, our brain will adapt to the poor functions of the body.

"For example, if a human person walks at a speed of about five kilometers per hour, the instantaneous burst speed is about 10 meters per second, and the top level of continuous running is more than 20 kilometers per hour. It's no wonder that you suddenly hook him up with a thing that can fly ten or twenty kilometers per second.

"If you want me to say, we have gone to great lengths to make the combat boat humanoid, hoping that this will reduce the load on the pilot, so that this brain-computer interface can be put into practice in the field of spaceship piloting, which is simply a dream. I think the most suitable place for this system is to do virtual reality games, and it is also the only suitable place to go. ”

Another scientist shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't the company trying to test the feasibility of a new human?" There are many on the board of directors who believe that Gila Millale is the closest person to the standards of a new human at the moment. ”

The chief scientist sneered: "The people of the board of directors have seen too many cartoons in the pre-aerospace era. In addition, even if there are really any new humans, in order to reduce mental pressure, we now connect two people together through brain-computer interfaces, and the new humans will be confused, right? ”

At this time, one of the two people on the test bench said: "Don't worry, I have long wanted to be united with my wife in the true sense." ”

His wife smiled sweetly.

Chief Scientist: "No, I think it's the primary cause of continuous mental breakdowns. ”

"But since the change to a two-person tandem, the average support time of each group of test subjects has become longer, and science needs to pay attention to data." said the second scientist.

The Chief Scientist just shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture to begin the experiment.

So the assistant who pinched the watch began to count down.

When the timer reached zero, the male subject exclaimed, "Oh my God, I'm Gundam!" ”

The female subject screamed.

The chief scientist looked at the humanoid machine standing up in the test site on the screen and said, "Try using the 'mass autonomous movement method' with a robot, the mass distribution of the body has been adjusted so that it should be close to a human, and there is a computer to assist you." ”

The next moment, the robot on the screen moved, stumbling, and it could be seen that it was trying to roll over in the air, but it behaved like a patient with a traumatic semicircular canal and a complete loss of balance.

On the subject's side, the female subject let out a painful scream, and then retched out a small lump of yellow liquid.

Deputy Director of the Center: "Let the computer return to the posture of the body." Prepare to cut off the tandem between the two and let No. 51301 give it a try. Hurry up and treat No. 51302. ”

"Ready."

"One, you can get started."

One's body twitched, and it was supposed to be controlling the robot as well.

However, the robot still turned into a mess.

Chief Scientist: "There's progress, isn't it?" At least a third of the way through the 180-degree turn, with an irregular offset to the left. Used in battle, this is the Brownian maneuver, who can hit such a maneuvering body? No! What the fuck isn't there! ”

The primary purpose of this project is that if the mass autonomous movement method is used to rotate the body, it is possible to eliminate the installation of an attitude control engine, or to install a less attitude control engine, which can save a lot of weight and working fluid

Of course, the skeleton and electronic muscles used to perform the movement also weigh weight, and whether the attitude control engine is heavy or these weights is a question that will be considered later.

Second, the attitude control engine is basically exposed to the ship's hull, which is one of the easiest targets to destroy during laser roll call. Removing the engine can greatly improve survivability in the face of laser irradiation, after all, the bones and electronic muscles are inside the armor.

However, the trade-off is that the humanoid may become very vulnerable in the face of live ammunition.

In the end, what is the possibility of gambling on the new humanity?

Of course, the board of directors invests mainly in betting on the possibility of new humans, which I have to say is also a kind of black humor.

Just as everyone in the laboratory was at a loss for the results, the voice of the director of the center on the other side of the observation window came from the loudspeaker: "Stop for a moment, let the computer control the mech based on Gila Millaire's battle logs." ”

The order was carried out immediately.

Then the humanoid machine on the display completed the steering perfectly, and it also turned.

The chief scientist held his chin: "I have carefully read the battle record of Gila Milyre, and he will never turn around, why?" He used his hands in the cockpit to control the rotation of each joint. ”

The second seat teased: "You don't have to worry about the affairs of the new humans. ”

When it was too late, it was too late, and the sound of a loud explosion drilled into everyone's ears. The asteroid shook throughout.

Immediately afterwards, the loss of pressure alarm sounded rapidly.

In the next moment, the door of the laboratory was blown open, and the impact of the explosion first squeezed the air inward, and then the airless universe sucked the air outward.

The breach was like a giant vortex that sucked everyone through.

The drastic decompression made everyone's ears bleed.

The depressurization process was over in no time, and only dead people remained in the huge laboratory.

A big man in a combat exoskeleton rushed in, with a black identification band wrapped around his arm.

The mouth in the big man's helmet squirmed, but the laboratory that had entered the vacuum state had no medium to conduct sound.

And on the radio, the big man said: "Fuck, isn't the space station depressurized as a whole?" Why is there still air here, why are they not wearing spacesuits? Now the tongue is gone! ”

Then he raised his gun and aimed it at the other side of the observation window and shouted, "Don't go! Don't delete the information, we are bandits, if you dare to delete it, we will dare to kill! ”

After saying that, he remembered that there was no air, and the other party did not necessarily have radio equipment, so he ordered the computer to start typing Morse code with the tactical light on the exoskeleton.