People's Federation will live forever

The rifle was empty, and the captain, who couldn't reload with one hand, took out his pistol and shot the close laborers one by one—"Leave me alone, protect the resonance locator, the helicopter is coming!"

Marcus was in a hurry: "What silly things are you talking about, hurry up!"

"Humanity's survival depends on this, hurry up, it is more important than our lives... ah!"

A large-caliber bullet pierced through the captain's right leg, which shattered Jin Mingyang's leg bone. The captain screamed and fell to the ground. When he was about to get up, a tall figure surrounded by many orcs down in front of him.

"You can struggle, human."

A deep voice came out of this tall orc. Unlike ordinary orcs, it was not only taller, but also wore a leather jacket covering its whole body.Compared with its bloodthirsty siblings, its expressions are much richer.

Jin Mingyang endured the pain and raised his hand, before he could pull the trigger on the big and terrifying revolver in the opponent's hand, his arm was smashed to pieces.

"what--"

It was too late for Marcus and the others to rush out. The powerful firepower of the orcs shook the bricks and stones, making them unable to lift their heads.And the orc leader grabbed the captain's head with one hand and lifted him up. His nails were deeply embedded in Jin Mingyang's scalp, and he continued what he said just now: "But it's all in vain... Your city will be destroyed. will burn, people will be slain, and on the bones of your kind we will build a new world."

Exhausting his last strength, Jin Mingyang almost roared and shouted: "Retreat... Team D, retreat! Execute the order!"

As a soldier, he dedicated all his loyalty to his country. He sticks to his post, but all sticks will come to an end.The captain’s voice stopped abruptly, and his life stayed in Sylvie City forever. No one knew how much pain he suffered before he died. I hope that there will be people in the future who will remember the sacrifice of this soldier, just like all sacrifices for mankind. Soldiers who died.

"General Lamb."

A tall and thin figure came out from the herd of beasts. If Li De was present, he would definitely recognize it. It appeared in Orton City once, and was almost beheaded by Li De himself, General Si Kou.

Many orcs bowed to the two supreme beings, but the orc leader named General Lamb turned around, snorted contemptuously, and asked, "Sikou, I've heard about it! Give me an explanation!"

"You didn't march into the hinterland of the human race, but instead led a large force to encircle and suppress a few humans. How do you explain it?" Compared with the majestic Lamb, Si Kou's voice was sharp and piercing, "The group of humans are here, They are coming from the sea, and they will be here soon, I am here to remind you, these humans are not easy to deal with!"

"What qualifications do losers have to remind me!"

Lamb roared, and the two generals glared at each other, full of murderous intent, but in the end Lamb overwhelmed Si Kou in momentum, and the latter turned and left with his scepter in his hand: "Go catch your mouse, soon you will be killed!" I'll know, and when you're dead, I'll tell the Queen about your stupidity!"

"The queen won't listen to the words of a fool!"

After a final sarcasm, Lamb narrowed his eyes and waved his hand: "The queen has ordered that these humans who try to spy on the lair of the main group must die, and no one will be left behind!"

With Lamb's roar, a group of predators soared into the sky, aiming at a lone helicopter that was rapidly approaching.It was the retreat tool that Marcus and the others had been waiting for, but it was immediately entangled by the marauding beast.The heavy machine gun on the helicopter kept firing, but the helicopter was far inferior to the monster flying up and down in a close-range fight. Soon the tentacles of the marauding beast wrapped around the tail rotor of the helicopter, and two rockets fired at zero distance Blow up the plane into pieces in the air!

"No!"

The remaining four members of Team D stared blankly at the burning fireball falling from the sky, with surprise and anger, only Bud murmured: "I should have known this was the end..."

"What do you mean, Bud?"

"Isn't it always like this in movies? Helicopters are used to crash." He said, looking at Marcus, who was yelling in vain into the radio, and pushed Cole's shoulder—"I knew we would have stayed there Not coming back, someone said to give me a captain, but I refused like a fool."

Dom was stunned when he heard this sentence, but the situation could no longer allow them to stay here. The orcs surrounded them from all directions. Everyone raised their weapons and prepared to fight to the death, while Bard was still complaining: "Why didn't you persuade me at the beginning, now it's all right, how can I explain to Harold's wife? Your husband died honorably? Oh, I forgot, we can't go back."

"Because it's Bud, you said the duty of a soldier." Cole laughed, without the slightest sense of crisis in a desperate situation, "It's okay baby, at least we are not alone when we die!"

Marcus shouted impatiently: "Shut up, you two are in charge of the enemies behind, they are about to charge up!"

Bud said mercilessly: "Who are you, you, why do you temporarily serve as a junior soldier and order me? I have the highest rank here!"

What answered them was an orc's roar, and dense bullets.Thanks to the rough marksmanship of the orcs, they fought back fiercely, but the chain hammermen striding forward with their large shields left them nowhere to strike.

"I'm out of ammo!" "Who still has grenades?"

The steel flail swung down from overhead, and the squad narrowly escaped, but the force shattered the floor beneath their feet, and following the charge of the hammermen, the heavy shield slammed on Dom's body. , knocked the man who had never fallen down to the ground and there was no more movement.

"Dom!"

In a rage, Marcus swung the chainsaw hanging from the rifle and slashed at the chain hammer hand. He deftly dodged the opponent's defense, and the sawtooth cut on the ankle of the giant beast!

The chain hammer tilted his body, and Marcus pulled out the bloody chain saw and swung it upwards, cutting open the opponent's chest and abdomen all the way, reaching out from between the ribs, pinching the sinful heart and uprooting it——

"puff"

The gushing blood gushed out along with the exploded organs, but Marcus was still not satisfied, but a voice from above his head stopped him—"Stop if you don't want to die!"

Following the sound, a cylindrical grenade was thrown into the crowd of orcs. Immediately, Marcus felt a strong dizziness that was about to drown him, his internal organs were overwhelmed, and he almost vomited.

There was no explosion or sound, but an invisible impact spread from the center of the grenade, and all the orcs collapsed to the ground in an instant, bleeding from their mouths and noses—their internal organs and brains were twisted together in an instant. mud.More grenades were thrown by the comers, and the orcs on the street were instantly swept away, and the attack was interrupted.

A cable hangs from the roof of the building, and along it, a pitch-black figure in a hood descends from the sky, holding a gun in one hand, and a long sword hanging from his waist. The slightly younger face is hidden in the In the shadow of the hood.

Those almost lifeless eyes looked at several people, and before he could speak, people on both sides recognized him:

"Li De!"

"Lister!"

PS: Anti-personnel sonic grenades are very rare and cannot be distributed to all soldiers.

Chapter 26·The "Purity School" Black Hand and Team A

They were saved...temporarily.

It is precisely the most unexpected people who save them in this desperate moment, but at this time there is nothing to criticize.The threat of the orcs was temporarily resolved, but their cruel leader would never just let them go with incompetent rage. In a short gap, Marcus picked up his injured brother, and the four of them followed Li De's instructions. Run wildly on the road.Along the way, they heard the sound of pursuers, and then those pursuers were blocked by "reinforcements" that appeared from nowhere.After avoiding the fatal wave just now, the way forward became unimpeded.

"Just follow me, we'll talk about everything when it's safe!"

The mysterious helper didn't seem to want to explain at all, and the long sprint seemed effortless for the man named Lister, who even had the strength to help Marcus carry the unconscious Dom.But what Marcus cares more about than this is Bud's attitude. They seem to know this guy like Dom, but the name is different.

Who is Li De?

After rushing out of the center of the city, they were finally able to reach the destination that the other party had mentioned - a black armored vehicle, and a group of heavily armed soldiers in a defensive posture.For a moment Marcus thought he had run into the Black Armors again, but then he remembered that the Black Armors didn't wear capes at all.

"Bud, look! Isn't this the kind of black luxury car that can be invisible..."

"Shut up, Cole, I don't want to think about it!"

The yelling of the duo of live treasures was very inappropriate, because from Marcus's point of view, the guys wearing cloaks on the opposite side surrounded him aggressively, and pointed the small muzzle of the black-gray rifle at him without hesitation.

He stopped and pointed at Liszt and shouted to the group: "Wait a minute, we are not enemies, this bastard brought us here!"

The soldiers still surrounded them unambiguously, and immediately took away their weapons and ammunition.However, he maintained great respect for the soldiers like Lister, and the difference in status was so obvious that Bud, in a hurry, scolded Marcus for not being thoughtful.

"The bastard you mentioned is the one who saved your life, you should at least be grateful!"

Seemingly having no time to chat nonsense with them, the leading black-handed officer saluted Liszt: "Envoy Twilight, the large forces have assembled on the outskirts of the city, and the refugee team and the defeated security guards have been brought under control."

This time Bard became excited himself: "What are you talking about, defeated soldiers? We have not failed, we are still fighting!"

The black hand respected Liszt very much, but he disdained them all the more. He said with a sneer: "It is not a failure to be defeated by a group of primitive society enemies who occupy your homeland and kill your compatriots. ?”

"This...is different!" Bud argued with a red neck, pointing to the shell-shaped exoskeleton armor on Blackhand's body, "We want your equipment, and we'll kill all the orcs long ago!"

"Equipment is just a tool, but talent is the key to everything!"

Liszt stopped them: "Okay, you 'purists' don't think highly of the locals, I've heard it before. Also, I only called the vehicle, what's the matter with you?"

"Extremely terrified, Your Excellency the Special Envoy." The black hand saluted, "General Olivia believes that the plan of the security is in line with the arrangement of the leader, and the bureaucrats of the security will never sit back and watch us intervene, so you need assistance."

Marcus watched all this happen with cold eyes. When he noticed that a soldier took off Dom's armor and took out the electric shock device, he didn't care that he was still pointed at the gun, and rushed over to ask: "Dom's How's the injury?"

"Concussion, a few ribs were broken, no internal organs were stabbed, but there are signs of bleeding..." Liszt said, meaning that there is still hope to be saved, and he wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly an air blast interrupted topic.

A scorching red light beam shot out from the rifles in the hands of the apostles, followed by the crackling sound of the high-energy rays ionizing the air, a rising orc a hundred meters away was blown to pieces in a ball of flames.

That's right, the Particle Beam upgrade is complete.This expensive weapon with its own accelerator can concentrate hundreds of millions of charged particles at one point. The instantaneous high temperature caused by the hit will cause the target surface to ionize and cause an explosion. For black hands, it saves the burden of carrying ammunition.

"Your Excellency, please get in the car immediately!"

The apostles flicked their left arms, and a shield wall composed of expanded lattice shields firmly protected several people. As the black hand gave orders, the orcs were shot back by a salvo just as they emerged.

The ground began to tremble, and the orcs began to play their best tricks, one pit after another suddenly appeared, and the earth-drilling beast screamed from all directions-"Please leave this to us, Your Excellency, and we will be able to talk to you soon." confluence."

The Blackhand officer raised his flamethrower, clicked the flames, and the eyepiece on his helmet glowed red.He took a step forward, and the apostles spread out around him in an inverted V formation, and took off some disc-shaped intelligent control soldiers.The liquidator truck had already started, and Liszt shook his head to greet the three of them to get on the truck with the wounded, while Marcus was still looking at these soldiers who were posing for a deadly battle, with an unreasonable expression on his face.

Especially when this group of people opened fire, they were still chanting words, and the loudspeakers shouted to the surroundings, as if they wanted to let the whole world see their determination——

"Where evil breeds, we will purify it. With bullets and swords, we are surrounded by enemies, but we are not trapped; our hearts are pained, but we are not despaired; we are persecuted, but we never give up; we are defeated, but we are not trapped." Never perish. Because our way is clear and unique, that is to eradicate tyranny, to bring justice, to dedicate everything to the supreme glory of our leader!"

The liquidator was driving at high speed, leading several people away from the battlefield.The gunshots and explosions gradually faded away, and Liszt covered his face, feeling a pain in his non-existent brain—not all black hands are philosophic like Myers, at any time, action is always The first to make noise.

"It's the first time you have met the black hand, and you are very unlucky, and you are the most troublesome 'pure sect'." Liszt had to speak first to break the silence, "I don't want to explain too much to you, they are fanatics, but They are even more elite, they do what they say, and they are definitely not arrogant.”

"I'm not interested in what you said." Marcus narrowed his eyes, perhaps to see that the hostility had temporarily stopped after Liszt helped them, but the suspicion was far from eliminated. "I don't want to have anything to do with you, brotherhood, do you? We still have a mission, and when Dom wakes up, let us go."

He paused for a moment, as if he wanted to hear the voices of Bud and Cole, but the other two looked at each other, and suddenly raised their hands—

Cole showed a simple and honest smile, without any embarrassing reserve: "Baby, it's the same wherever you fight orcs. I haven't received military pay anyway! Leader? Can you give me that armor again? It was made for me, can I take the orc's head?"

"He's not a leader, although he looks quite similar, you idiot." Bud coughed twice, sorted out his words, and said emotionally——

"After the moment of life and death just now... Ah, although it's not the first time, I still feel that life is more important, so..."

He smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hands to hide his embarrassment.

"The captain who agreed to give it to me at the beginning...does that still count?"

Chapter 27. The prelude to Zero's awakening?new human project

"The front line reports that Black Hand has made contact with Team D, and now four personnel are under surveillance by the legion. If we maintain control, it is expected that the security military command will find that Team D is missing within half an hour and send reinforcements."

"General Olivia has already established a landing point around Sylvie City. This operation has used 50.00% of Black Hand's troops and one-third of the naval ships. The material consumption is [-]% higher than the calculation, and it is calculated by The progress is increasing by [-]% per hour, should an inquiry be sent to General Olivia to control the scale of the operation?"

Li De: "No need, my generals are eager to try, let them let go, our resources can support it now."

The host Legion reported the integrated information to Li De one by one, and our brotherhood leader opened his eyes in the integration cabin, adapting to this new body.Bioprinting technology is an upgrade from the biochemical technology of the old fraternity after the cancellation of the Intellectual Control Corps. Although it is still in the experimental stage, once it is successfully popularized, it can be combined with bioelectronic technology to create a perfect game that does not violate ethics. The Borg are just around the corner.

The LCL solution faded, the hatch opened, and the soft light of the shadowless lamp illuminated every corner of the laboratory clearly and brightly.And Li De blinked, stretched out his hand to support the bulkhead and staggered out - the weakness in his legs made him almost fall, and a strange, almost disgusting dizziness hit his brain .But he didn't hate this feeling, instead he felt a burst of joy.

"Leader, please allow me to adjust the balance function of the synthetic cochlea for you."

"Ensig" dressed as a researcher sketched on the data board, while explaining to Li De: "A flesh and blood body is no better than a mechanical body. We can use synthetic tissues to make organs, but these are not real cells after all. Because Without the functions of the immune system and metabolism, you can neither exercise like ordinary people with this body, nor must you replace tissue fluid and aging organs every two days."

After Li De stood up, he clicked on the AR eyepiece, and a laser scanned Li De from head to toe: "From the data, this body is weak and weak, far inferior to the mechanical prosthetic body, and it is dull. I can't understand the foresight of the leader, and I don't know why the leader deliberately transferred to such a weak body?"

Li De glanced at him, picked up a coat and put it on his stiff body due to the cold.When he spoke, his voice was sharp and hoarse with the initial operation of his vocal cords—

"Which personality number are you Ensig?"

"Subpersonality No. 47, full-time biological laboratory control and research."

"So, number 47, if I shoot you, will you feel pain and fear?"

"No, I'm just a sub-personality loaded in a prosthetic body. When the body is destroyed, it will return to the main personality. My brain is a silicon chip, which does not produce pheromones of pain and fear..."

Li De shook his head: "So you are just a machine... I have nothing to say with the machine, let the master come to see me."

No. 47 paused for a moment, and immediately a smile appeared on his face, the artificial skin stretched upwards and pulled the corners of his mouth, looking extremely hypocritical—"Ah, I obey your call, leader, I rushed over from the Islands Energy Center immediately .”

"So, can you understand the purpose of my insisting that you focus on synthetic humans?" Li De took a few steps in the laboratory, he looked around, there are many containers, and bioprinters operating at high speed , the DNA sample spectrum is constantly adjusting new sequences, the most eye-catching is the human figure woven on the silicon carbide skeleton - different from ordinary bones, this body has many openings in the skull, like some kind of plug interface-like.

"Of course, leader, your purpose is to sublimate human beings, but the birth of new human beings relies on the understanding of old human beings. Our next step is to decipher the secret of the existence of consciousness and create new human beings through scientific planning instead of natural selection. .”

Ensig said happily that he is very willing to seize the opportunity that can be shown in front of Li De, and the essence of chatterbox is also displayed here. It is impossible to explain this great plan clearly in a few words, let alone in this plan Ensig also added many of his own ideas.

"From a realistic point of view, we may have to spend a hundred years on such a grand plan, so my subordinates divided this plan into several stages from the beginning, and each stage can play a transformative role for the Brotherhood. ..."

The first stage - initial cyberization.Natural people can accept transformations that do not damage their own functions, implant quantum plug-ins in the brain to increase the computing power and reaction speed of the brain, and use brain nerves to connect to the powerful quantum matrix network (cyber space) of the Brotherhood. This approach It can increase the operational efficiency of the society by more than ten times.

Assuming that an ordinary person who has no engineering training can directly obtain engineering knowledge through the networked cyberspace by relying on the expanded memory and reaction speed of the plug-in in his brain, his work efficiency from scratch will not be better than that of a 20 What is the difference between the elderly with years of experience.Once implemented, the facility of the school, like the church, can be included in the museum, and the average quality of the social personnel can reach an incredible standard.As long as the psychological problems are solved, it is not impossible for young scientists and generals.

The second stage - consciousness transfer.There is no one who lives forever and sees forever in the world, and the flesh and blood are weak and doomed to decline.After calculation, it is not only currently impossible to artificially proliferate the mitochondria of cells, but the estimated cost is also unbelievably high, but Li De will never tolerate the day when Ensig, Olivia, and Wu Wei die of old age in front of him. Human beings must get rid of the confinement of nature!If "consciousness", the electrostatic impulse phenomenon distributed in brain neurons, is cracked and can be perfectly transferred (not copied!), then the price of death is just another body. There is a chance to save again.

"...Leader, although your body is still immature, it is of great significance for our first and second stages of development! Including your genius-like idea of ​​how to use natural raw material to form a DNA sequence that can operate reasonably , and can produce operational genetic material, allowing artificial humans to combine with natural humans to give birth to offspring, then General Olivia..."

When Ensig was elated, Li De interrupted him: "The future will be discussed in the future."

The latter bowed and seemed slightly disappointed that he hadn't been able to tell the next plan.And Li De stroked the cold and sharp-edged laboratory table, feeling the clear touch from his fingertips, itching, pain, these sensory stimulations that ordinary people can enjoy returned to him again after decades of separation. On himself, Li De's heart was filled with emotions, hormones were secreted, and a tear slid down from the corner of his eyes.

Ensig looked at all this in surprise, but saw Li De reaching out to wipe away the tear, looking like a child whose wish had come true.Puzzled, but immediately came to his senses, he couldn't help but sigh:

"When the mind returns to the starting point of the past, there must be a new awareness."

Li De said with a chuckle: "A person must have both a body and a mind, and both need to be trained."

Ensig put his hand on his chest: "Russell's words are too shallow to be applied to you, the leader. You have already transcended all things, so why should you return to mortals?"