People's Federation will live forever

As the first "human being" to follow Li De, although he didn't care about it himself, he knew exactly where the general's resistance came from. This may be the common doubt of everyone in the parliament——

As an inhuman existence, a leader who is supposed to be free from emotional shackles, is his care for his subordinates, organization and people out of "disguise" or is it real?If it's the former, the more "human" the gesture is, it's just a more disgusting performance. If it's the latter, how can you tell the difference?

As a scientist, Ensger knows very well that human emotions are just the chemical reactions of hormones, which bring almost all the pain and ugliness of human beings, but in other words, they make people truly human, noble and progressive ——Ensge is not interested in philosophy, but he himself was also afraid. What a terrible situation it would be if one day he was completely too forgetful, and even his curiosity as a scientific exploration disappeared?

This doubt seems to worry everyone in the parliament more than the rampage of No. [-]... But suddenly, Ensig had a new understanding in his heart——

If Li De is really a ruthless and desireless existence, then he is just a rock without any pursuit, why should he lead himself and others to create a brotherhood?"Taishang Wangqing" who doesn't even have selfish desires not only doesn't care about others, he doesn't even care about his own life or death!And the reason why the leader does these things, doesn't it just mean that he really has humanity and desires?

When he raised his head again, it seemed that a ray of light burst out from Li De's body, piercing into his mind and breaking all the myths.Ensig opened his mouth, this meaningless action came from his excitement about his new discovery, so simple, but so important, it only represents one thing - he and others are no longer simple to leaders Tools and pawns, but... more important partners?

On the other side, Olivia also seemed to have thought of something, and her body could no longer tremble uncontrollably.Finally, Olivia, who was saved from being paralyzed by Li De's support, fell on the leader's shoulders, and two lines of tears fell silently.

"She is not a test subject, let alone a tool... She is my sister, and she has a name—Irena."

In Reed's embrace, Olivia told a story, a story that connects all causes and effects, about her and this "sister" who has never been mentioned.

From being dependent on each other in the war zone to being taken in by the NOD fraternity, the two joined the sorority together. As the older sister, Olivia showed her genius mind and skill early and was selected into the "Way of War".

"I tried my best to keep her away from the battlefield. I thought that as long as I could carry all this, I could at least give her a stable life."

Olivia held back her tears and looked up, looking at Li De with red eyes, full of helplessness: "But I was wrong... I never tried to understand her, and I didn't think about Kane. I will never turn a blind eye to her talents... When I learned that she joined the army because she admired me, I knew that my arrogance had come.

The cruel war tormented people's minds, but Li De knew that if people had hope, they could survive it. Without Olivia's telling, he also guessed what crushed this invincible man who was once invincible in World War II. "Black Rose".When this matter was mentioned, the despair in the general's heart was clearly written on his face, which made people feel sad.

"I haven't seen her since she was 14...the last thing I knew was that she died in the war I ran, my ego, my sister's...dereliction of duty. "

For a long time, Olivia leaned in Li De's arms, no longer maintaining any restraint, and now she is just a fragile girl.And the master of the brotherhood who carried this fragility closed his eyes, put his hands on Olivia's back, and gave her a moment of peace.

"The past can't be changed, and you can't make up for your mistakes, Olivia."

Finally, Li De spoke, but it was not a simple comfort. He detailed the development of Olivia's story.Irena was killed in battle and Olivia committed suicide. The two lives that were supposed to end turned around because of Kane's "Salaru Project". Their bodies were preserved and transformed, and one became a weapon fused with Scrin technology. , and the other was pulled back from the edge of brain death, and was just packed away by the running self.

Like a trick of fate, the fate of the two sisters fell on me. Is this a burden or a responsibility?

"But it doesn't matter—" Li De held Olivia's face in his hands, and said, the confident and unreliable look returned to his face, and the leader of the brotherhood was full of confidence again, pointing his toe. High-spirited, "Because this is a new world, we have nothing else but a future with infinite possibilities!"

He wiped away Olivia's tears, and started the arrangement generously, sweeping away the haze in the meeting room: "Everyone, get ready, we have a lost little girl to pick up! Ensig, Is the 'Thinker' algorithm engine cracked from the Scrin document ready?"

The chief scientist bowed and saluted: "It will take a little time, but it will be ready soon, my leader."

"Then Olivia and I will buy some time for you...Did you hear that, General? I approve your plan, take your troops to prepare!"

"Eh... yes, obey!"

After the explanation, Li De patted the dust that did not exist on his hands, turned around and looked at the "Number Zero" on the holographic screen who was fighting with missiles and naval guns, and said leisurely:

"Let's call you by your real name~Irena? It's a pretty good name!"

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In the quantum matrix, a piece of shared information fragments is absorbed into the watcher's body, which contains all the records outside, and also includes the emotional fluctuations of the body at that time-this is the data necessary for analysis.

"As in the plan, Olivia's loyalty will be unshakable, and the stability of the organization has reached a historical high, but she is no longer part of the plan. Plan 4.19.31 is deleted, and the search for a replacement is in progress."

"The subjugation of Experimental No. 47 can completely calm down the chaos on the planet Sira. The truth of the world can be revealed by the ontology's own exploration, and the No. [-] script will be activated."

"Everything is going according to plan."

Chapter 39 Fighting Again, Dawn (Hammer) is Coming

Although it has been said that the Brotherhood's surface ships are created by function rather than function, this does not mean that they are not combat effective.The 200-ton giant ship cleaves the waves, and the [-]mm caliber electromagnetic railguns distributed in the bow have been incorporated into capacitors and equipped with heavy warheads. In the middle of the ship, dense missile silos have also opened their flips in rows-very ironic , these formidable ships designed to carry out coastal bombardment, their first battle is indeed the Brotherhood's own "property".

And still come to die.

"Attention all units, this is the 'Unsinkable'..."

Olivia put her hand on her forehead, she couldn't understand how she could give this order naturally without laughing.A feeling of stomach pain spread up from her abdomen, tugging at the nerves on her face—never sinking?Fortunately, the leader still has time to give the ship such an unlucky name, and I really can't understand his humor. What is this, is it deliberately making me happy?

"The signal is clear, General."

Soon, Li De's voice was conveyed to her along with the picture.The leader who has been re-armed is sitting in the cockpit of a narrow reconnaissance plane, without a helmet or pressure suit, driving a fighter jet and circling at a very high speed in the sky, as if waiting for something.

Half an hour after the containment breach, just below Li De, the fire on the blockade platform has not been extinguished, but thick smoke has already risen.Irena, her target was standing there, but not one, there were more than 20 units with the same appearance wandering aimlessly, destroying all possible intact equipment.

Although I have seen the almost immortal survivability of nano life, it is these clones that really give Li De a headache. become bloated.There is no data to prove whether these avatars all have her own consciousness, or are only controlled by the main body. If possible, he hopes it will be the last one.

One divided into two, two divided into four, and soon the planet would be eaten up by the splinters if she wanted to.Li De didn't want to do this calculation problem, his focus was always on the one with the strongest radiation reaction, and soon, those godless eyes met his own in the sky.

"It would be bad for us to let her copy any more...Get your troops ready, General, we must reduce the number of these copies!"

Before the words were finished, there was a "boom", and a ballistic trajectory shining with silver light came from a distant battleship, instantly blasting through the steel platform hundreds of meters wide!

Twelve times the speed of sound rail gun, that is the highest crystallization of GDI technology.The iron conical projectile that escaped from the orbit of the strong Lorentz force was already in an ionized state when it exited the chamber, pulling out a blue-red trail in the air like a comet. When it hit the half-meter-thick The platform deck instantly released 2000 million joules of energy, which is equivalent to the simultaneous explosion of ten tons of TNT!

The wide platform burst like a balloon that was blown up, and the huge shock wave spread out at the speed of sound, blowing dozens of Irena into the sky by the way. A dozen cruise missiles were long overdue.

The place where the platform originally existed has been engulfed by the fire waves of the serial explosions, and only Li De's position under the shock wave can clearly see the tragedy below.The rising smoke was blown away by the sea breeze, and the platform that was deliberately avoided the buoyancy system was blasted tens of meters away by the missile. The deck was cut open like a turtle with its shell removed, but it was still floating.Not only that, balls of boiling silver nanofluid gushed out from the wreckage everywhere, and fused into a dozen "Irena" by themselves, a little less, but not much less.

These replicas seemed to realize that their "feeding" had been disturbed, and quickly set their sights on the warship in the distance.Without seeing any sign of command, these replicas jumped into the sea in unison, thumping, and moved towards the "Unsinkable" at high speed like a sea snake swimming.

"Here we come, the target has entered the water, pay attention to the sonar signal!"

"This is Olivia, call the Granite team, and continue to launch anti-submarine rockets to interfere with the target's movement!"

Several hammerhead sharks that had been circling near the airspace for a long time skimmed the sea surface at high speed, and the cluster rocket pods fired small warheads with umbrella flowers tens of meters apart.These depth charges blasted a white line of spray between the warship and the target, not only for interference, but also marked a clear firing path for the warship's main guns, and the rail guns had already cooled down.

"boom!"

The electromagnetic gun smashed a ten-meter-diameter depression on the surface of the sea. Although the terrible shock wave had very limited damage to the nanomachines, the vortex caused by the rapid return of the sea water after the separation also pulled Irena's clones into it. center.More than a dozen mechanical bodies were rolled together, collided, and entangled by the water flow, but they all tightly protected the core body in the center.

"it's time..."

Li De, who was driving a reconnaissance plane, overlooked the sea where the artillery was flying. With the bombardment vortex as the center point, a signal was transmitted from himself to the control center of the archipelago, and then uploaded from the radar array of the control center to the orbit of the planet. There, a huge The satellite is making attitude adjustments and poking out its focusing lenses.

The surging energy released by the photon fission furnace drives the circular proton collider, and the positive and negative electrons generated by the collision of high-energy particles are annihilated at the moment of contact.This energy was transmitted to the quantum lens after a short period of containment, and a strong light that was a hundred times brighter than the sun was projected from the sky...

Hammer of Dawn, 30.00% power!

A few seconds of exposure caused the sea water to boil, and the mushroom cloud created by the explosion brought shock waves and hit the Unsinkable, and the helicopter formation was tossed up and down like fallen leaves in a strong wind.The power of this combo is so amazing, but after analysis, Li De and Olivia both believe that Irena will never be destroyed by this attack.

In fact, Li De couldn't even believe what he saw through the vapor.

In the center of the satellite bombardment, a "lotus flower" is blooming layer by layer-different from beautiful flowers, these peeled off shells are all silver-white solid substances. When the real body inside is revealed, these shells are also Then it turns into powder.

Li De blinked, and the judgment he said was even unbelievable to himself: "She used her avatar to make a ceramic shell to protect herself? What is this, magic?"

"For a nano-life, it is normal to control matter to mimic other materials, leader."

Ensge's voice appeared at the right time, assuming the role of explaining - "If we can maturely use nanotechnology, we can also replicate this ability for industrial construction. It is conservatively estimated that our productivity can be achieved within the existing A hundred-fold increase on the basis!"

"I don't want to disturb, gentlemen." Olivia interrupted the chief scientist impatiently, "She is about to start acting again, Ensig, have you finished your preparations?"

As Olivia said, the recovered Irena seemed to be very upset. She had lost all her avatars and looked around. There was only a warship moored not far away in the vast sea, and there was still a warship in the sky. A bunch of nasty, buzzing helicopters, that's what dropped the bombs that terrified her and made her gasp into her chest.

"Wow--"

Like a little girl crying, a piercing scream swept across the sea, and the anger contained in it made the listeners shudder.Immediately after the cry, Irena raised her hand and pointed to the nearest helicopter.

In an instant, the helicopter was cut in half evenly!

Chapter 40 Endgame, bathed in the dusk under the setting sun

"Mayday, please, the plane stalled, out of control... ah!"

The pilot's shouting stopped after his head flew out of the window, and even the explosion did not happen.The disintegration of the first helicopter was like a signal, and immediately the other two wingmen of the same specification were also cut into several pieces by the invisible "blade" in the air-no attack was found, not even a prelude, as if Irena Just need to call the name with your finger to destroy the aircraft [-] meters away.

What magic is this?

Whether it was Li De or Olivia, even with the highest magnification optical observation instrument, they couldn't see what method Irena used.But this is not over yet. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the pilot of the last plane quickly raised the nose and turned to return. Found the problem.

"Watch out, she's coming!"

His warning was already too late, an extra arm suddenly appeared on the tail rotor of the high-flying helicopter, and it clung to the plane tightly, and even floated into the air "abruptly" with Irena on the sea , It seems that there is an invisible rope pulling the general to "fly" towards the helicopter at an extremely fast speed.

No, there is indeed a rope, but I and others can't see it!

Ensger discovered this first, and he immediately made a full-screen broadcast: "This is not magic. She inhales air first, and then ejects her fingers with high pressure... There are extremely thin nanowires on the fingers and body Connect, they shred the aircraft!"

Li De also discovered more situations, and immediately called: "Pilot No. 4, turn around immediately! She wants to move to the plane and attack the battleship!"

This is the most objective judgment, but for the pilot, it undoubtedly notified his death sentence - in such a short period of time, Li De and the others did not and could not rescue him.What's worse is that he is already very close to the "Unsinkable". As the pilot of Black Hand, he certainly knows that his army commander is on board.

After a brief silence, the pilot's voice came over the radio, low but calm: "She has climbed up..."

Immediately, the helicopter seemed to be swinging, and suddenly made a difficult elevation angle, crawled and rushed into the sky for a while. When the plane was [-] degrees vertical to the sea, the pilot turned off the engine.

"For...fraternity!"

When the wreckage of the helicopter fell into the sea, its surface had been covered with cobweb-like silver nano-fluid.But the pilot's sacrifice was not worthless, he bought more time for Li De and others to prepare - time, every second right now is precious.Li De's final plan is still undergoing a final diagnosis, so the battleship has already started its horsepower and galloped to the open sea, provoking Irena with anti-submarine missiles while advancing, making her stick to her goal.

The game seems to be back to the original rally, but this time Olivia has no intention of sitting on the sidelines.The general left his seat and walked up the bridge elevator.She is very clear about what she has to face, and even more clear about what will happen to her if she fails.

When the glass door closed, she looked at herself in the reflection, as if she saw the sister she hadn't seen for many years chasing her from the ocean.

After a long silence, she sighed: "That's good, at least, we won't be separated again."

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A battleship sailing at 32 knots can be called high speed among surface ships, but it only takes a little longer in front of Irena who can change shape at will.The sea snake-like nanofluid finally touched the stern of the ship, and countless invisible silk threads wrapped around the deck of the battleship, not only fixing it, but also transporting all of Irena's tissues to the deck like an infusion tube.

The transformation of nano-creatures is like magic in novels. Countless messy threads weave a naked human figure on the spot. In just a second, Irena has already set foot on the goal she is looking for.Those scarlet eyes, which were too huge, looked around the ship, as if they were looking at it, but also seemed to be thinking, thinking about where to start.

No one can understand the idea of ​​​​this inhuman life, but she seems to have made a decision quickly-"condensing" countless nanofluids from her hair and skin, these substances transformed into The exquisite cicada-wing-shaped blades flapped their wings at high speed and made a piercing "humming" sound, rushing towards every corner of the ship in groups.

Razor bee swarm - the classic Scrin technology, this kind of alien weapon that once brought despair and cruelty to humans in the Tiberium world appeared in front of Li De and others. It is not unexpected, but Irena's " The Razor Swarm seems to be far more refined than the Scrin's.They sliced ​​through the skin of the bridge like butter, slashed cables and slid through pipelines into the cabins below decks.Soon after, the capacitor of the ship leaked electricity, the boiler exploded, and the transmission shaft stopped. The [-]-ton ship immediately lost power and anchored in the open sea.

Irena seemed very happy about this, creating more razor swarms from her body and tearing apart all the equipment in sight on the deck.The close-in anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles, and especially the bow electromagnetic gun that impressed her were all cut into irregular pieces of iron under this fierce attack.The scattered fragments were blown up by the sea wind like snowflakes. When she was doing these actions, she was not stopped. The deck was swept away, and her body shrank rapidly due to too many splits, and finally reached a 1.4 meter The appearance of an unreachable child.

The bridge collapsed... tumbling down in a scream of metal overwhelmed.There seemed to be nothing worth destroying here, just when Irena felt bored, a voice called out to her.

"You don't look like you've grown up at all, Irena...you still play around like a child."

Following this call, thousands of razor bee swarms rushed towards the source like a dark cloud, but they crackled and scattered countless lightning bolts, which undoubtedly attracted Irena's attention—she crooked Tilting his head, he suddenly kicked his right foot, and the electric light and flint spanned a distance of more than ten meters, and the arms that turned into spiked drills were stuck on a transparent wall!

But as if by a barrier of air, the wire-wrapped glass house remained motionless under her blows, and each of her strikes sparked an electric arc that reflected the force back on her.Looking at Irena who was waving her knife in vain, Olivia patted a generator next to her and shook her head:

"Don't waste your time, this is a nano-wall with an experimental deflector shield attached, every design is for you...It's funny, the technology that was supposed to contain you is now a barrier The only way you can kill me."

With a hint of sadness, the general put his hands on the wall, meeting Irena's eyes.How many years has it been since the reunion?The general didn't want to think about it, she just wanted to look at the other person's face and connect her with the girl in her memory.

People only know what is precious when they lose it. The greatest happiness in this world is to get it back... But, human beings, before you long for the lost thing to return to your arms, please think about yourself who lost it How sinful it is.

What Olivia said to Irena that day, and what happened to the two cannot be known. This is their private matter, and Li De will not interfere.As for this operation, he now needs to give a detailed explanation.

From an official point of view, Irena can obtain advanced nanotechnology and Sijin technology, which can enhance the strength of the Brotherhood, and more importantly, it is also the only way to crack the secret of the sunken ship on the seabed. Or all members of the Supreme Council are determined to win.It is related to the future of the entire organization, no matter how much material is spent or how much force is used, it is worthwhile.

So from a personal point of view, first of all, he promised Olivia the future, letting her get rid of the shackles of the past and assist him without any burden.Secondly, although the two did not get along for a long time, as the proposer of "sublimation", he firmly believes that personal ideals can only be manifested by changing others, and he must keep his word.

Besides, which man has the heart to let such an excellent woman sink, so that it becomes a tragedy?

The time is approaching—Ensger’s special service fleet has appeared above the battleship. This transport fleet looks a little different from the usual ones. A radar-shaped directional electromagnetic launcher is mounted under each abdomen of their square bodies. Even the position when flying in formation is also particular, and the neat hexagon seems to be able to lock the ships in the center.

"Leader, the 'Thinker' engine has arrived, but a critical catalyst is needed to activate it to allow us to incorporate into the underlying logic matrix of the target."

Although Irena is a complex composed of gigascale micro-nano machines, her remaining consciousness is all buried in the lowest-level core with quantum state codes.The Thinker Algorithm is a logical algorithm cracked by the Watcher that can fit into the nano core. With it, Irena's consciousness can be reshaped with the greater computing power of the host computer, allowing her to find a peaceful self.

But as Ensger said - "Don't worry, there is no more suitable catalyst than me."

The venom reconnaissance plane flew over the ship at a low speed, and Li De's figure fell in the air. With the determination to break his legs, he landed on the deck abruptly and rolled dozens of times on the ground.

When he looked up, a small bare foot stepped on his face, but his eyes did see a white "scene"-although such an appearance was a bit embarrassing, but Olivia, who was confirmed as the bait, was still there. After all was well, he whistled:

"Hey girl, we meet again!"

Then, while half of his face was sunken, he didn't forget to ask Olivia beside him: "The plan is about to start... Are you two sisters talking well?"

The general wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and shook his head: "It's basically me talking..."

But immediately, a happy smile appeared on her face, such a cheerful, beautiful beauty that Li Deping had never seen in his life.

"She called me... my sister, she still remembers me~"

"Ah, that's great." Li De's head has been eroded to the core by the nanofluid, and only the electromagnetic vocal cord in his larynx is left to speak.His stump was still moving, and he raised his right hand high from the floor and gave a thumbs up.

"My eaten brain has wired the Quantum Matrix virus into Irena's core... Let's go, everyone, start the Thinker Engine."

"Got it, establishing a network connection...Wait, General Olivia, what is this?"

"Take my thinking into it, Ensig...she has lost most of her memories, and fill in the missing ones from my memory!"