From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 370 Temptation under the interval

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 370 Temptation under the interval

After the protective cover was closed, several spaceships called guide ships by the other side attached themselves to the outer wall of the fortress from several directions, and hundreds of things that looked like pipes and mechanical feet came from around the ship body.

It was separated and inserted into the fortress structure, spreading all the way deep into the structure.

In just an instant, the central control system in the fortress seemed completely undefended and was taken over by aliens, causing the humans inside to completely lose control of their own spacecraft.

Then a black tide like a sea and smoke surged from the outside, and at the same time, invisible vibrations came from all directions where the lead ship was located, so the large and small hatches everywhere in the fortress shell were instantly opened, and the large black tide surged.

The tide poured in from it and rushed to every place inside.

Human beings were obviously aware of all this. They became panicked after discovering that the central control system was out of their control. When the transportation system in the fortress also stopped and locked itself, they were trapped in the darkness.

In this out-of-the-way place, panic began to spread rapidly among the crowd invisibly;

All of a sudden, shouts such as 'Sheit', 'Oumaiga', and 'Halihuya' were heard continuously from the darkness, and occasionally a few sobs came from the mouths of the little sisters.

"Damn it Jack, you've hurt us! You knew you shouldn't have let these monsters board the ship for inspection!"

"Woo, what should I do? I don't want to die yet."

"They. What on earth are they doing? This is different from what they promised!"

Amidst the endless complaints, curses, and confusion, a bright light was emitted from the crowd. A calm middle-aged man with a Chinese character face, wearing a close-fitting spacesuit and a transparent respirator on his head spoke in the center to attract people.

caught everyone's attention,

"Calm down! Everyone, calm down! The soldiers are on guard and the civilian staff are waiting in the middle. We are the only fire left. We must not mess up at this time;"

He looked around at everyone with a serious face and said solemnly,

"Hold on no matter what, as long as you survive there is still hope!"

Well, I don’t know if his words played a certain role, or if there were other factors affecting it. Anyway, the scene here calmed down soon after, and everyone seemed to be transcended from the shadows in an instant.

Then, they really followed his words and started to perform their duties quietly.

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In an area about a million kilometers away in all directions, dozens of dark shuttle-type spacecraft are quietly suspended in deep space. These shuttle-type spacecraft whose specific performance is unknown are not large, and they only have a total of about

It has a length of 15 meters and a cross-sectional width of about 5 meters at its widest point. After removing the power, attack and defense structures, there are about a hundred cubic meters of space available, but because there is only one unit responsible for control,

Will not appear too narrow;

At this time, the penetration detection system that was originally shielded by the spacecraft shield had begun to take effect, and the real-time information inside the spacecraft was sent to the base further back using these spacecraft as springboards;

And in that base whose location is still unknown, there is an inexplicable creature with different shapes and sizes, using various tools to analyze this information;

Here, language and sound waves do not seem to be a common method of communication for all members

But no matter what, the ongoing communication between them is unhindered, because the communication information sent by each individual will first pass through their respective equipment, which is worn on the head, hand, or any strange place, or even

The device swallowed into the abdomen is first converted into a conventional message medium, and then through the terminal, it is transformed into content understood by the individual.

[Upright type, external limbs, single center, no surface race recorded, suspected to be a mixed-base creature (to be confirmed);]

[Intense ultra-heavy metal radiation was detected, suspected to originate from bones (to be confirmed);]

[Emotions are relatively rich, but the expression method is single and inefficient. Sound waves in specific frequency bands are generally used for communication. Three unregistered sound wave languages ​​have been detected; ]

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'boom!'

The kinetic energy gun shattered the outer wall of the trackless suspension car with one blow, and then several tall warriors filed out of the car that was no longer suspended, and raised their weapons vigilantly, erecting a light red single shield.

The perimeter was alerted;

"There is no situation at the moment, but what should we do next? Can we regain control of the fortress and drive them out?"

"Then you have to give it a try. You can't just stay here and wait to die, right?"

At this time, the resolute man with the Chinese character's face also emerged from the opened hole and spoke in an attempt to cheer people up:

"It must be possible! As long as you work hard, you will be rewarded!"

Behind him, more than sixty non-combatants walked out for the first time, and then turned forward under the escort of more than forty combatants, as if they wanted to fight a war in this fortress.

But before they could take more than a dozen steps, there were sounds like "crack-crack-crack" footsteps coming from all directions. The slightly panicked crowd looked back and saw that it was a bird covered in armor.

A huge monster with jointed limbs is rushing towards me, and in the gaps between its abdomen and legs, there are hundreds of smaller monsters flying or walking along with it;

They turned back and moved forward, and another group of monster legions with the same formation gradually appeared in the shadows, and then there were "bang bang bang" sounds from all around;

Immediately, the upper, lower, left, and right barriers quickly melted away in violent tremors, and the traffic corridor where they were located turned from a traffic corridor dozens of meters wide into a large hole with a diameter of a hundred meters;

Everyone's feet became empty. Surrounded by the groups of arthropod monsters, they suddenly fell downwards, and were about to fall into the enemy groups that were also waiting below.

However, a 'buzzing' sound was emitted from the space suit of the fallen person. Although more than a hundred figures appeared more panicked, they were still briefly suspended in the air amid the flashes of electric light all over their bodies, and then adjusted their postures.

Slowly landed in the lower space;

But surrounded by thousands of large and small monsters, they were still trapped in a predicament that was almost unable to move.

The reaction of those monsters was also a bit strange. They neither carried out a silencing attack on the spot, nor urged everyone to disarm and surrender as soon as possible. They just maintained the surrounding posture without saying a word, resulting in a kind of lack of strength.

A silent confrontation of how to match was formed in the field.

"They are all mechanical creations without independent thinking. They should be self-propelled or remotely controlled weapons;"

In the crowd, a scholar wearing a pair of glasses under a transparent respirator mask said, and tried to use the equipment on his hand to make some attempts.

"I want to try to see if I can hack into their control program, if that's possible."

"Don't act recklessly, it may anger their controller;"

A gentle man wearing gold-rimmed glasses under a mask and still combing his hair with a delicate oily comb even at this moment quickly spoke out to dissuade him,

"Let's wait for the real person in charge first. Since he didn't choose to attack us immediately, then the other party must have a certain desire to communicate. Maybe this is all just a misunderstanding?"

"Shut up!" A red-haired soldier turned back to glare at him and shouted angrily, "Are you still thinking of surrendering without a fight? If you want to kneel down, go up and kneel down!"

"Haha, you are stupid and don't know yourself."

The gentle young man subconsciously wanted to push up his glasses, but his outstretched index and middle fingers were blocked by the breathing mask. He had to stop this action, turned to look at the resolute middle-aged man before and said,

"Sir, this is our last bit of fire. Do we really want to risk almost certain death for a soul-stirring one?"

The middle-aged man frowned as if he was deep in thought, but how could he have so much time to think carefully at a critical moment? It turns out that the choice was not in human hands from beginning to end, because the next situation changed almost in an instant.

At a certain moment, the mechanical legion took action as if it had suddenly received an order. A giant individual immediately sent out some kind of strong compound wave, and in less than a breath, all human beings were stunned.

The shield seemed to disappear into nothingness;

Then, hundreds of extremely accurate purple-red rays shot out from the surroundings. They hit every activated or unactivated weapon in the human hand, leg, and waist, causing them all to be fired.

It was melted by the high temperature emanating from the inside and outside, and dripped from everywhere like lava;

This wave of attacks was very sudden but very efficient, and did not harm the spacesuit or the human beings inside at all. It resembled the style of an extremely restrained law enforcer, and as a result, the resolute middle-aged and the arrogant young man were shocked.

The individual faces showed some hope;

But before they could really breathe a sigh of relief, there were sharp shock waves coming from all directions, causing everyone who had lost their shields to fall to the ground in a very short period of time;

Then more black mist surged in from all around. They rushed into the team densely and attached themselves to the spacesuits and masks, and penetrated without any hindrance without causing any damage, directly entering the human torso.

After only a moment of silence, these more than a hundred humans stood up and walked forward spontaneously in silence. Although their spacesuits were still intact and their movements seemed extremely smooth at this moment, the tightly closed

The eyes that were staring and the thoughts that were not fluctuating at all seemed to be describing a state similar to that of a 'walking zombie'.

After that, they continued to march in silence. All the mechanical monsters, large and small, that were blocking the way along the way gave way, allowing these unconscious humans to walk towards the outside of the fortress;

At the end of the road, there is a so-called "guiding ship" waiting quietly.

After sending away the main goal of this trip, thousands of mechanical legions maintained their earliest formations and rushed into the fortress, and carried out a carpet-like search in a pattern that spared almost every corner;

In fact, they are not the only ones. There are as many as a million machines of different sizes in the fortress at this time, as well as almost countless unknown black tides, which are also performing similar but different tasks.

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In the relatively distant headquarters of the Republic, as well as in the relatively close hundreds of large and small bases along the way, Nesta, Azshara, and the other virtual and real elves who may be combined or separated are watching and sensing all the time.

Everything is happening inside and outside the black hole exploration ship, and sporadic exchanges occur between individuals from time to time;

"Good fellow, is this actually a 'pick-up'?"

"Yes, it seems that the follow-up is going to be carried out towards the plan of Plan 1."

"The defense methods are not yet known, but at least the attack and interference levels are on the technological side, and the performance does not seem to be exaggerated?"

"It's just a mechanical puppet, so what can you tell? It's not necessarily what the real owner is doing. But those fleshy bugs really scare me a bit."

Among them, a certain or certain Azshara was looking at their companions beside them suspiciously, and asked with some curiosity,

"How much free time do you have?"

"What's wrong?" The Nestas looked back or tilted their heads to express their confusion.

After that, these inquiries and responses were directly concentrated in one place, and different actions started again in other locations.

"I just heard at least three languages ​​with clear logic. None of them belong to any clan on the home planet, and those forged historical and cultural materials look too similar."

It's a bit strange to say that although most of the humans in the fortress look like their hometown, the language and culture they deliberately created have no trace of their hometown. All they use are processed European and American languages, and European and American base simulations with added materials.

culture;

The language aspect was randomly reproduced with idle thoughts over the years, while the culture aspect was created at that moment using hundreds of millions of threads. Although it is more or less different from the previous life, it can still be considered complete in general.

self-consistent;

What Azshara asked at this time was naturally about this unknown system that had never appeared in this world.

In just that period of time, although she could not fully acquire it in the comparison of words and actions, she still understood about 40 to 50% of it and could understand its seriousness and completeness. What's more, she did not conceal anything when filling in cultural information.

Looking at the elves, one can also see the relatively close relationship between them.

"Haha~"

Nesta, who didn't want to lie to her, but didn't want to tell the truth at the same time, just smiled noncommittally and changed the topic.

He closed his eyes and always observed the progress of things in the distance through certain molecules he reserved, and said at the same time to different targets in hundreds or thousands of places,

"You see, although the other party has allocated part of its power to transmit the data, it seems to be searching for something more intently? It is obviously the first time that the two parties have met. Are they looking for something, or are they just confirming

What is the level of technology?”

The elves looked at each other in shock after hearing this, and began to think about whether they had neglected something.

Azshara did not break the casserole and continue to dwell on the previous topic. Instead, she laughed it off and thought about the things that might be 'ignored'.

The thinking advantages of spellcasters lie in multi-thread parallelism and the ability to review single or multiple events. They may not enjoy other increases in imagination and creation except the speed and breadth of thinking, but when it is needed like now

It has a very powerful efficiency when it comes to 'reminiscing';

Therefore, not long after Nesta raised the 'question', various answers appeared simultaneously in various places, and Azshara's guess was one of them.

"Remember that meat bug? It showed obvious abnormalities when communicating with us for the first time. Did the problem arise in the listening of all things? The thoughts of the Beast King will be carried by sound waves, electromagnetic waves, gravitational waves, etc.

In the information medium sent by it, if there is a translation method, what you hear is the roar of a beast; if not, what you receive is clutter;"

Just listen to her say,

"But they will directly affect the consciousness of intelligent life. Even if the message is not recognized, it can be understood. The external manifestation of this ability is indeed too obvious. If I were an alien creature, I would definitely feel curious and then

It triggers a desire for exploration and even a desire for plunder. Of course, it may be just like the story you said about 'the king uses a golden hoe', which is just my conjecture."

"Beast king, near god, magic-like, alien. Under the same starry sky, there may be similar creatures here, but just these few words of communication are not enough to be sure."

"Well, everything over there is up to you. What are you going to do specifically?"

After thinking for a moment, Nesta shook her head and said,

"I have completely eaten the remains of the Beast King. Even if I haven't eaten it, I don't want to take it out. It's not like you don't know how stingy I am in this regard."

"Then destroy the ship as soon as possible. Just say it was large equipment picked up along the way or some other reason. In short, the things have been destroyed because of their reckless behavior."

"Okay, then I'll activate it. I'll take a look at the strength of those mechanical soldiers and explore their base in terms of materials."

When talking about this, the mechanical creations who boarded the ship had roughly completed transmitting the forged information, and the fused clones of themselves and other casters also left the fortress and entered the 'reception' ship;

After spotting the opportunity, Nesta activated the latent cell structure from a long distance, triggering more than a hundred fusion reactors and weapons arsenal that had been prepared in advance;

Only a moment later, the fortress ship with a diameter of 500 kilometers rapidly expanded in a series of chain reactions, and turned into a silent yet tangible huge bursting fireball in the deep space. It looked like a small fireball against the dark background of the universe.

Shine like the sun.

Led by Nesta, all the elves with cells near the explosion point were still watching, and several pilot ships were seen breaking through the plasma flames and coming to the outside world, and continued to move forward seemingly without any damage;

Immediately afterwards, countless large and small mechanical monsters also emerged from the small sun, and continued to merge into the former's big belly along the way.

Behind them, the exploding fireball also showed its own heat as it spread, and quickly dimmed due to loss of temperature.

Under this situation, the faces of the elves on all sides became a little more solemn. At least the opponent's ability in materials should not be underestimated.

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The pilot ship broke through the fire cloud and went straight forward. More than a hundred human bodies were like rotten trees swallowed by the swamp, rising and falling in the liquid black tide inside;

Most of their conscious activities have been stopped, and only extremely tiny cells are emitting mental power to test the control tools in the body.

(End of chapter)