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The Gray Gu carrier-based aircraft pierced the atmosphere and came to a synchronous orbit.
There are two gravitationally captured asteroids orbiting Falla, which the Fallas call the First Moon and the Second Moon, even though they are actually much smaller than the real Moon.
In terms of volume alone, it is not even as good as this gray Gu mothership incarnated by Gray Wind.
The hatch of the mothership has been opened, and the carrier-based aircraft has taken Russell to avoid the garbage patch in space and enter the hangar.
As soon as the hatch closed, Russell immediately heard the familiar soft voice of Grey Wind:
"The marshal came in without saying a word."
"Otherwise, do you want me to sing you a little rabbit and open the door obediently?" Russell was speechless at Grey Wind's teasing spirit.
"Of course I'd love to hear if you want to sing."
There was a hint of a smile in Grey Wind's voice, but the smile quickly retracted, and a flat, serious question appeared in his tone:
"What do you mean by the lie you just told to the humans on earth? And...... It's strange here, I had the drone go and roughly scan the planet during the outer orbit mooring, and I have to say, it's really weird. ”
It is obviously an agricultural civilization of the feudal aristocracy, but it has a large number of products and infrastructure with a level of science and technology far beyond the times, and there are even many starports hidden in caves and under ports, in which interstellar ships that can never be built by agricultural civilization are moored.
And the design of those ships is also completely different from the human federation or the earth United Nations in Gray Wind's memory, which makes it wonder if these are really human ships?
"How so? Of course humans are human, but not the humans you know. ”
Russell thought for a moment and felt that it would be better for him to be less foolish, so he decided to tell some objective truth.
"To be precise, this is a parallel universe that is roughly the same as our home, but different in every way; The main human power in this galaxy is called the Empire, and it is currently in the period of decay; In terms of physical laws, there is no conflict, of course, there are psionics and imaginary realms in this universe - this universe and its inhabitants call it subspace; But the subspace here is far more terrifying than the limbo in our hometown......"
Russell briefly dictated his general knowledge of the Warhammer universe to Grey Wind, and his mouth was a little dry, but Grey Wind was considerate, and soon a nanorobotic arm handed him a glass of water.
The carrier-based aircraft had already stopped in the hangar, and Russell sat on the wing with a water glass, looking around and examining the structure inside the hangar, while waiting for the gray wind to digest the information.
After a long time, the voice of the gray wind sounded again: "Marshal, I want to go home......"
To tell you the truth, I want to ...... too This hammer universe is not for people at all.
Russell silently drank all the water in the cup, and the empty cup collapsed in an instant, turning into countless nanobots, sliding down his fingers and falling to the floor, disappearing.
Gray Wind's voice sounded pitiful and distressing, and he was suspected of being coquettish, but in general, the reaction was still within his expectations.
The main theme of the Warhammer universe is tragedy, a tragedy that does not see even a glimmer of hope, and it is difficult to summarize it in simple words.
"Before we can find a way to break the boundary, we must first establish ourselves here and ensure our own safety."
Russell took off the ceremonial robe he was wearing in white, which looked holy, but actually hindered his movements.
He jumped off the floor with only his shirt on and said, "Grey Wind, let's go see the relics you brought here." ”
"Yes, Marshal!" Gray Wind responded with vigor.
So your pitiful appearance just now is really pretending...... Russell was speechless.
It took a while for the hatch in the hangar wall to open, and it was the gray wind filling the hallway with gas. As a nanobot swarm consciousness, it itself does not need to breathe, and the vacuum in the cabin is maintained all year round, but Russell is still flesh and blood, and needs oxygen and simulated gravity.
At this moment, he suddenly felt something, and muttered to himself:
"Flesh and blood ......"
"The golden stone is perishable~"
Grey Wind took his words briskly.
"Ethereal."
"Quantum Eternal!"
Russell smiled, 24 years of wandering in a foreign land had come to an end, and he finally had someone who could reveal a little bit of true emotions to communicate.
Although this exchange is still cloaked in falsehood.
Entering the hallway through the open hatch, Russell followed the guidance of the gray wind towards the resource warehouse deep in the hull.
His steps were a bit heavy, as the simulated gravity provided by the Grey Wind was based on the 1:1 standard gravity of the "union" of the human Federation's home planet, which was similar to Earth's.
And Falla, where he has lived for 24 years, is much smaller in size than the union, and the gravitational pull is much smaller.
As he walked, the voice of the gray wind rang in his ears again:
"Based on the current situation, I recommend that you thaw dormant Thorin protozoa."
"We currently don't have the basic conditions to build ships, but as long as we provide enough food, the queen worm will be able to breed a powerful fleet of swarms in a very short period of time, providing security for you, Marshal."
It paused for a moment, then continued, "As for the source of food, counting the entire planetary population on Falla, it should barely be enough. ”
In fact, strictly speaking, as long as Grey Wind no longer maintains its current warship form and directly disintegrates into countless nanobots, they will immediately have the highest level of industrial production capacity.
But that would actually be equivalent to making Grey Wind commit suicide, and the limit of its splitting itself was to turn itself into a small army, and if it continued, it would not be able to sustain itself, and it would once again become a Grey Gu Storm that attacked everything indiscriminately.
That's something neither Russell nor Grey Wind can accept.
From this point of view, the suggestion to get the swarm fleet after thawing the worm is undoubtedly very reasonable, and the only thing that is wrong is that this is the Warhammer universe.
"No, we can't use the swarm fleet for the time being."
"Why?" Grey Wind wondered.
"Because in this universe, there is also a swarm of insects that are very similar to the Thorin protozoa of our homeland, which they are called the Tyranid swarm by the Empire, or the Great Devourer. All living beings in this universe regard it as mortal enemies. ”
Russell explained, "Once our efforts to breed a fleet of swarms are discovered by other forces, we will be besieged by all races in the galaxy, including the space necromancers. ”
Finally, he added: "In a sense, the power of the space necromancy may be much more powerful than the fallen empire we know." ”
Grey Wind was convinced: "I understand, Marshal, but this kind of important information should have been told to me earlier......"
If it had known about the existence of the Tyranid Swarm and the Space Necromancy, it would not have made the wrong suggestion to thaw the Worm.
Russell is also very helpless, there are too many forces and relationships in the Warhammer universe, and it takes too long to explain it at once, so he can only keep everything simple.
"I'll find time to talk to you about the details of this world and the situation, and now we're going to hurry."
Russell said, silently speeding up his pace: "The worm queen is temporarily unusable, but in order to unify the Falla planet as soon as possible and use the population here for my use, I need to activate another artifact." ”