Chapter 19: No Turning Back
Zhao Yingkong's operation to infiltrate Yuri's base camp in Antarctica was not hindered too much.
Chu Xuan, as the think tank of the Zhongzhou team, his scientific research ability has always been an important reliance in the team, this young man has a deep understanding and control of complex technology and data, and this time is no exception. Through some of the equipment found in the destroyed Yuri base that the Middle-earth team destroyed before, he used a series of operations that no one else could understand, and successfully created a device that could suppress the fluctuations of mental power.
The effect of the instrument is remarkable, Zhao Yingkong only needs to carry this instrument with him, and she can restrain her beyond ordinary people's spiritual power, which is no different from even an ordinary Yuri recruit, even Zhan Lan's mental power scan, under a cursory inspection, there is nothing unusual.
Just as a drop of water is easily noticeable in the desert and almost imperceptible in the vastness of the ocean, from the perspective of a psychic controller, meticulously scanning and distinguishing the psychic power of ordinary people is an extremely arduous and unnecessary task.
Most of the time, psychic controllers tend to use more efficient and targeted means to identify individuals whose psychic powers are beyond normal and who may pose a threat or special to them. This way of filtering can greatly save time and effort, and at the same time, it is more likely to find a specific target object.
And to conduct a comprehensive mental power scan, especially to conduct a detailed mental power level analysis of every ordinary person, such an operation is undoubtedly extremely resource-intensive. This is not only a huge burden on the psychic power controller, but also extremely inefficient in actual operation. Therefore, unless there is a specific need or goal, the psychic controller will usually take a more macroscopic scanning approach to the situation, rather than delving into the details of each individual's psychic power.
Ensuring input, efficiency, and consumption is a compulsory course for every mental power controller, and it can even be said to be a compulsory course for every person who has reached the third level of reincarnation at the level of genetic locking.
With the scientific and technological support provided by Chu Xuan, Zhao Yingkong passed through the burst channel and arrived near Antarctica in just an instant. Even after a period of time, the wounds of war are still deeply imprinted on this land. The once-endless ice fields are now shattered by the churning flames of war, rifted with rifts and faults, and the ice is scattered like a sea of rocks, reflecting the icy glow of brutal battle.
Scattered across this devastated and cold wasteland, the wreckage of steel and fragments of weapons of war are scattered, once participants in the flames of war, now silent witnesses. The wreckage, which included the shattered armor of a tank, the twisted wings of an airplane, and the remnants of a battery was frozen on the ice, covered in snow and blended with the vast ice field.
And Zhao Yingkong didn't wait long before he ushered in the opportunity to sneak in. Like a light breeze, her steps steady and light, she kept the same rhythm as the soldiers around her, silently blending into a patrol Yuri's army as if she were one of them.
- Zhao Yingkong did not attract anyone's attention at all, and successfully crossed the outer cordon without arousing any suspicion.
The A-level Warden bloodline could have perfectly concealed her aura and energy fluctuations, and coupled with her set of Warden armor, even her own heat and monitoring could be perfectly hidden. And the several internal guards could not stop her steps at all, the assassin girl of the Middle-earth team was like a ghost, a shadow that could not be captured, every breath was so natural, completely integrated with the surrounding environment, and even the air never revealed her secrets.
As a result, Zhao Yingkong successfully entered Yuri's base camp, a steel fortress.
And in this fortress, Zhao Yingkong saw a lot, a lot.
She saw that the steel fortress was like an insatiable beast, seemingly being being constructed, covered, and rapidly devouring the resources that were being sent. Huge machinery dances through the air like tentacles, mounting heavy steel plates precisely in place, and the sparks that reverberate with the impact of metal form a symphony of fortress construction.
She saw the crowd of people walking like corpses, being guided through a series of complex pipes into the building with five cylindrical test tube structures. The building has a cold exterior and is made of smooth metal materials, with intricate pipes and circuits on the surface, giving it a futuristic cold-hard feel.
This icy structure is called a biochemical reactor, and it is no ordinary building. Those who enter it will extract their biomass energy and convert it into powerful electricity and energy, becoming a link in the energy supply chain of the fortress, providing inexhaustible power for the entire fortress.
She saw some weapons of war being created that were not present in the game at all, and compared to the magnetoelectric tanks, neural assault vehicles, and gate tanks in Yuri's Revenge, these new weapons clearly had the design colors and technology of the Allied and Soviet armies...... And this hybrid technology design has been going on for a long time.
The heavy vehicle with tank tracks seems to combine the shape of a self-detonating truck and a nerve assault vehicle, and there is a towering columnar design in the rear, and just looking at the tip of the shimmering light, you can tell that this thing must be able to release a psychic shock wave; It is even thicker, and even an improved version of the magnetoelectric tank with a Tesla coil is added, and the bottom does not directly touch the conveyor belt on the production line, but is slightly suspended in mid-air.
The head also has a mirror-like design, but is smaller and more delicate than the prism tank, and the paint seems to have the function of blocking the detection of the outside mind, and their looming purple exterior seems to indicate that this tank has an invisible effect; The large four-wheeled vehicle, similar to the Getter tank, seems to be designed to combine an anti-aircraft tracked vehicle with a prototype of an off-road jeep, but looking at its multiple rocket launchers directly in front, it is not difficult to imagine that the firepower of this thing must be far beyond the former.
- Yuri's technology has been iterated for an unknown number of times, the Allies' prism technology, the Phantom tank camouflage technology, the Soviet army's Tesla coil technology, radiation technology and Yuri's mind control technology, and gene technology have been combined in a completely unexpected way to give birth to more powerful and terrifying weapons of war.
She saw one new tank after another, one new weapon after another, born in a steady stream, known and unrecognized...... With the precision of a giant robotic arm, these weapons of war are assembled, welded, and finally painted in layers of heavy military color. The movements of the robotic arm are almost flawless, and every movement has been carefully calculated and designed to ensure the high efficiency and performance of each war machine.
However, in addition to the mechanical arm, there are also slaves who are forced to work. Among them were the elderly, the young, the men and the women, dressed in a variety of clothes. Their eyes were hollow, their faces numb, as if they had lost their souls, as if they had no idea where they were, and were just doing their work repeatedly.
She saw that the slaves in the factory were like parts on a production line, mercilessly discarded once they stopped functioning. Those who fell from exhaustion, their bodies were dragged away with indifference, and their place, soon taken by new slaves.
This cycle repeats itself over and over again, and the fate of those fallen humans is even more heartbreaking. Some of them, whether they were dead or still breathing, were thrown into the army recycling plant or bioreactor and disposed of as supplies. Either they are being used to create new war machines, or they are being used as a supply of biochemical energy, squeezing the last vestiges of their value.
The other unfortunate part of the people were dragged into the laboratory by the emotionless Yuri recruits. They may be transformed into orcs, or they may be other creatures that are more terrifying, purer, and more ferocious.
Some of them are dressed in advanced biological armor, like the Terminators in the movies, combining biotechnology with modern technology; Some of them are more muscularly developed than the beastmen, and their entire bodies have completely turned into purple-green muscle monsters that are twisted all over their bodies, and the bulging muscles on their bodies also explode one or two disgusting purple bubbles from time to time; What's more, it seems to have undergone biochemical mechanical modification, and simply lost its human appearance, like the Soviet army's terrorist robots, and looking at the green core in its center, it can be seen that it obviously carries a large number of viruses.
Even after seeing these things, Zhao Yingkong did not stop her steps until she saw Yuri's recruits walking out of the "Replication Center" and "Barracks" in the same place.
Wearing a strange-looking special helmet with communications and other sensors, and the iconic badge of the Yuri faction on their chests, these Yuri recruits are equipped with a futuristic style that is very different from American GIs or conscripts. But unlike normal people who look different, these Yuri recruits are exactly the same, as if they had been copied and pasted out of a mold.
- Genetic technology, replicants.
Zhao Yingkong never realized that Yuri's camp was completely different from that of the Allied forces and the Soviet army, not in terms of concept or anything else, but in terms of "essence".
Perhaps in the game, the Allied American GIs could walk out of the barracks for $200 each, and the Soviet conscripts could even produce a steady stream for only $100, but no one would really confuse the game with reality.
There is a sharp distinction between the game and reality, and these classes that can be created with only money in Red Alert II are flesh and blood in reality. They will be born normally, grow up, trained, and then take up arms and go to battle with the enemy...... They have their own relatives, their comrades-in-arms, their own emotions, they will gradually become stronger, they will grow, and when they die on the battlefield, there will be people who grieve and cry.
- However, in Yuri's camp, everything that is taken for granted is no longer taken for granted.
This faction, which was born from within the Soviet army, is naturally fundamentally different from other factions, they have unique technologies and ideas, and they have become a unique existence named after the leader. Their technology, especially in biochemical and genetic engineering, makes their methods and means of warfare completely different from those of other camps.
Their basic building, the bioreactor, is not only the center of energy supply, but also a symbol of their military expansion. This type of building uses biomass energy to convert it into electricity, which provides the energy needed for the operation of the entire military base. But behind this technology, there is an extreme exploitation and cruel use of human beings.
The source of soldiers in Yuri's army was no less cruel. Unlike other factions that augment their armies through formal recruitment and training, they create soldiers through biochemical modification and genetic replication. These soldiers have been reinvented on a biological level, completely losing their sense of self and becoming relentless killing machines on the battlefield.
Yuri's recruit, wearing a helmet, uses mental power to concentrate and release, turning into a flame-spewed class; The Beastmen, a monster engineered through genetic mutations, are similar to the Tyrant in Resident Evil; Virus Sniper, a sniper assassin who uses viruses to snipe, will even explode the enemies he kills, turning into a deadly poison cloud that spreads; Yuri's replicant, Yuri's replicant created using his own genes, also has the mind control ability of the original...... And today's Yuri army is far more deadly and terrifying than in the original game.
- All Yuri's armies are under the direct command of their superiors, and they don't even deserve to have free will.
On the battlefield, they are nothing more than consumables, soldiers, artificial humans bred using genetic engineering technology, and fast-growing test-tube babies. They have no past, no future, no loved ones, and most of the time no will of their own...... And their mission is to destroy all the enemies that stand in their way.
- Was I, and my brothers and sisters in the "empty" project, also created in this situation? As a weapon and tool for the elders to rule the real world......
Looking at the area like a black hole, a certain thought suddenly appeared in Zhao Yingkong's heart.
If she was the past, she might still have a little confusion and think about the meaning of her existence; But now, after experiencing a lot of things, she has already found her own answer and dispelled the confusion in her heart.
So, she continued to go deeper.
Make up your mind and never look back. (End of chapter)