Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Search for Ouroboros
"You know?" Andy looked at Diana in surprise.
"I thought you didn't know much about what was going on outside the nursery, but you didn't look like what I thought you were, and you've been monitoring the tribes?"
"Nope." Diana didn't admit it.
"Your so-called surveillance... For me, there is a lack of the necessary infrastructure, and the nursery is designed to preserve the important objects inside, rather than to exert a strong and widespread lasting influence on the outside world. Therefore, my understanding of the outside world is indeed relatively limited, at most I have a little understanding of a few tribes in the vicinity. â
"Hecate, the reason why I know a little bit more about her is because.... The name originated with me. Andy raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"What do you mean? Did you instruct that mad woman? This speculation, of course, was again denied by Diana.
"From what you know about me, you know I'm not interested in doing anything like that. I have mentioned to you that in the past years, in order to prevent my brain from degrading and deranged due to a long-term lack of interpersonal communication, I used to actively or passively allow some people from the wasteland who came to the nursery by various chances to enter the nursery. â
"Ten years ago, a woman in tattered clothes and dying came to the periphery of the nursery, and it had been a long time since outsiders approached the nursery, so I immediately assigned a robot to bring her into the nursery who had fallen into shock, and then treated her, and completely healed her serious injuries."
"I taught her a lot about biomedicine because she seemed to have a foundation in it and was interested in it, and she was a quick learner and easily mixed some common plants from the wasteland to make a medicine with a unique effect." Andy watched Diana listen quietly, and always felt that the ending of the next story might not be too perfect.
"I asked her, what's your name. She said that she did not have a name, that she was born with some kind of religious position in her tribe, so her name was really just a job code. So, based on this codename, I helped her come up with a name of her own, which combined the content of this codename with my favorite mythology, and so.... She changed her name to Hecate. â
"Of course, I'm also selfish.... This name is actually confused in Roman mythology with my code name, Diana, after all, she is also a student of mine, so I hope that her code name will establish some potential connection with me. When Andy heard this, he knew in his heart, no wonder the name Hekat was so lonely and weird, I thought it was a strange pronunciation in some tribal language, who knew that it was actually related to the myths of the pre-war world.
If Diana hadn't helped Andy find out, he would never have had the chance to find out why, after all, the myths that were ancient legends even before the war have long since been completely lost in today's wasteland.
"In that case... What exactly does Hekate mean? Diana explained it adequately.
"In Greek mythology.... Maybe you don't know much about this word, and you don't need to know much about it at the moment. All in all, ktΡ, or Hekate, is the honorific title of a great goddess. This goddess has a very special place in the mythological system, and in the early sense represents the contingency of good and bad, good and evil, and is the part of the world that cannot be defined in the operation of the world. â
"In the later interpretation, Hekate is primarily associated with concepts of darkness, witchcraft, ghosts, life and death, and is one of the rulers of the underworld, creating and administering hell, and even once defeated a cyclops who was said to be able to fight the gods with her supreme divine powers."
"This god is free to do whatever he wants, he can give someone a blessing or a terrible curse, let a living creature flourish or completely extinct it, and all actions have no clear logic, only unpredictable randomness." Andy touched his chin, it can be said that the name given by Diana is very kind, and in terms of meaning, the style is quite high.
"So..... It sounds like a good wasteland adventure story, the poor woman was rescued by a noble man on the edge of life and death and took the opportunity to be reborn, but how did she become what she was later? Diana fell silent for a while.
"I don't know.... The child seems to have suffered a big change that caused her to be a little unstable, and she hardly said anything superfluous, and she was very respectful to me at the nursery, so I was happy to teach her and relieve my mental problems by the way, but.... Sometimes I think she's being too respectful, probably because of the cultural environment of the tribe to which she belongs. The two looked at each other for a while, quite embarrassed by the embarrassment of being speechless.
"Uh... So, where is this guy now, I believe she does have the ability to spread the Fruit of Hope to most tribes extensively. Diana raised a hand, and a map appeared in the air, her finger pointing to a point in the southern part of the nursery.
"After leaving the nursery, she went all the way south, and the approximate location should be here, where she seems to have established a powerful tribe of her own, which the natives call Ouroboros Village." The beep boy shook a few times.
[Map Updated] [New Mission: Distribute the Antidote] [Find Ouroboros Village and try to distribute the antidote with the help of Hecate's power] Putting down the Pip-Boy, Andy sighed, it seems that his comfortable life is over, and he is about to set foot in the vast wasteland again.
Moreover, the strings could not even accompany him this time. She had serious physical problems and needed to recuperate at the nursery.
Tank Brain passed by, this guy has been staying with Diana lately and plotting some strange things, Andy knows that asking him to continue traveling with him is also a hot face to stick to his cold metal robot ass, so it's better not to open this mouth at all.
Blackie was nibbling on a beef patty, and Andy looked down at it for a moment, feeling a little comforted in his heart.
Although this guy is not suitable for intimate contact like a pet at all, it is not good that it will let out a fart and Andy will lie on the ground.
Feeling Andy's gaze, Xiao Hei turned his head to look at him, and then lowered his head again and continued to eat.
"One more thing, that Derek's creation, Odysseus.... It's been launching cyberattacks on me, and I've noticed a lot of bots that it should have sent congregating around the entrance to the nursery. I'm not afraid of it, but if it continues to violently attack, it could cause serious damage to the nursery that has not fully recovered from the damage of the earthquake, which is something I don't want to see. â
"You should know it, right? Take this opportunity...."Diana had a headache on her face, and the projection on the side appeared Odysseus' bearded face.
"Dr. Tina Stone, I didn't expect you to reach out to me, have you changed your mind?" Odysseus looked at Diana solemnly, then noticed Andy standing below.
"My commissioner, it's been a long time since you've taken your duties seriously, and if you continue like this, I'll have to consider removing your privileges and ordering the robot forces to launch a targeted hunt for you." The corners of Andy's mouth twitched, why is this guy still the same old.
"Odysseus, we already have the antidote to the new plague, there's no need to continue to be so nervous, Diana, hurry up and show this machine head." Some of the information was transmitted, and Odysseus had a slight look of surprise on his face, but then quickly regained his composure.
"I see, it looks like you've made a big breakthrough. However, this is not directly related to the execution of my mission, and in my calculation of the spread of the epidemic, the crisis level of this new plague outbreak has reached the highest level in history. The quality of the survivors is low, and the various official organizations of the SA have dissipated without a trace, this plague is not a quick antidote to subside, what I have to do has not changed, I still have to arrest all the escaped cases back to Tibbetts prison as soon as possible. Andy scratched his head and felt that this guy was really not perfunctory, and hopefully there was indeed a lack of channels to send it out, and the people coming and going in the wasteland could walk towards the unmonitored area at any time, spreading the deadly new plague virus to the far reaches of God knows nowhere, and if that happened, it would be really helpless.
After all, there is neither a unified administrative system nor smooth public transportation. This is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time.
"I see, but at least for now you should be a little more lenient, and I'll continue to look for the escaped prisoners to get them back to Tibbetts." Diana also spoke out to dissuade Odysseus.
"There's no need for you to continue to prepare to besiege the nursery, the patient infected with the original strain of the new plague has been cured, and there is no epidemic in the nursery, so remove all your robots." Odysseus was silent for a moment, acquiescing to the result, but leaving one last request.
"I can agree to remove the robot, but the prisoner must be brought back to Tibbetts Prison, she is posthumously on the list, and it is my procedural requirement to find her, and this is my condition." ....................... The next day, after communicating with Akisha, Andy took her and Hei to be teleported by Diana to the entrance and exit of the purification facility when she first entered here, and then saw Argos, who had been waiting outside for a long time, this guy transferred Odysseus's signal to bombard the nursery's network indiscriminately, although it could not break through Diana's firewall, but it also made her unbearable.
With the firepower of this big guy, combined with the continuous production of the robot army in Tibbetts Prison, if a reckless onslaught is launched, Diana alone may not be able to easily protect the entire nursery.
Andy watched with Blackie as Akisha was taken away by Argos, the huge robot standing in the wasteland, looking so unreal.
"The prisoner has been contained, continue the good work, commissioner." It rumbled away with heavy steps.
Andy looks south, the Pip-Boy is full of Hope Fruit, where there is a new purpose.