Data theft
Yu Sheng jumped off the bed and held down the man, who was rolling on the floor. His face was horrible, his muscles were twitching, veins on his forehead were bulging, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was screaming in pain. Yu Sheng and the other two couldn't hold him down, so he kicked over the table in the room, and the cups on the table clattered to the floor.
Finally, the man's strength gradually ran out. Frey half squatted down, looked at the man's eyes which were gradually turning blue, then raised his hand to turn the man over and pushed aside the hair on the back of his head. At that moment, the red dot that symbolized life had turned blue, between red and blue.
"He's dying," Frey stated matter-of-factly.
Perhaps it was because he heard the word "death", the man's body suddenly jumped, his eyes widened, his hands stretched forward to grab the air desperately, his face was horrifying, and a wheezing sound like a broken bellows came from his throat, accompanied by his hoarse tone, like the scythe of the god of death dragging on the ground.
"Odo..." He called out a person's name indistinctly, his eyeballs bulged out of his sockets, his hands still stretched out to grab something in the air, but he stopped breathing forever.
The red dot behind the head turned completely blue, meaning the end of life.
"O, who is Odo?" Having witnessed the death of their roommate with their own eyes, the remaining two were stunned, not knowing when the scythe of the god of death would be forced to their necks and end their lives.
Yu Sheng shook his head without saying a word.
Maybe it's the lover he wants to spend his life with, or maybe it's his closest relative or friend, but no matter who it is, they are destined not to wait for him.
"Someone is coming." Frey suddenly looked up at the iron door of the room.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, the iron door opened and two men in white coats walked in. Seeing a recently deceased body lying on the ground, one of them raised his communicator and said, "Enhancement No. 3-2 has died. Requesting transport."
"receive."
"All of you go back to bed! Don't move!" another man in a white coat said fiercely to Yu Sheng and the others.
Then, a robot slid in from the doorway, stowed the body away in its square box, and departed. Two people in white coats asked Yu Sheng and the others a few questions, asking if they had any heart pain or fever, and then left.
The next morning, the wake-up bell rang throughout the Red Blood Base, and everyone gathered beneath the Red Blood Tree. Yu Sheng took a quick look and realized that at least a quarter of the people were missing.
The middle-aged man reappeared, frowning as he spoke to his assistant. The assistant nodded and left. He then addressed the group, saying, "From today on, you will receive the most advanced military training. Combined with the five enhancements of the bloodstone, you will become an invincible team across the galaxy!"
After saying this, he shouted a few commands loudly. Seeing that everyone was standing in a sparse line, he couldn't help but get angry. "Anyone who dares to disobey orders will die!"
The threat to his life was certainly effective. Everyone responded quickly and swiftly to the following instructions, finally taking on the appearance of an army. The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, "You're all very lucky. There were no rejection reactions, proving that you can all accept the strengthening of the bloodstone and become the sharp blades of the Imperial Star. Train well, and the day will come when you will see the light of day again!"
There was complete silence in the audience, and everyone stood straight as if their heads would explode if they bent their backs even slightly.
Next, they were taken into a large training room, where they underwent combat training, simulated mecha training, shooting training... one by one, Yu Sheng had the inexplicable illusion of returning to a special training camp. If he hadn't known that he was deep in the mountains, coupled with the faint smell of blood in the air, one would have had the illusion that he was in a serious military training.
Guila and the others pretended to be well-behaved, lowering their heads to train, only keeping an eye on Yu Sheng and Frey out of the corner of their eyes, waiting for instructions at any time.
When accidentally passing by Garen, Frey used the training movements to cover it up and gestured to Guila and the others: take action at 11pm tonight.
We can't delay this any longer.
Yu Sheng used his mental power to clearly hear what the middle-aged man said to his assistant, "Tomorrow, we will draw blood for all the enhancement products and scan and record the physical data."
It didn't matter to anyone else, but as a Blue Star native, Yu Sheng's identity would be exposed if his blood was drawn. Given this, they had to act sooner rather than later. Even if they couldn't find the Zerg, they had to reveal the secrets of the Red Blood Base to the world, exposing the ugliness of Queen Qiu En to the entire galaxy and undermining her prestige, thereby forcing the United Star to revoke Queen Qiu En's interstellar order.
Garen and his four companions received Frey's order. Around 11:00 PM that night, they quietly took out their equipment and weapons from their storage bags and gently opened the door of the room.
The Red Blood Base's supervision of them wasn't particularly strict, and the white-coated officers lacked any weapons. This was likely due to the middle-aged man's confidence. After all, each of them had a hornet's nest that would explode if they took a single step outside the base, and the middle-aged man could control their life and death at any time, so naturally, he wouldn't waste manpower or resources on supervising them.
In his eyes, this group of people were like little white mice in a cage, at the mercy of others, and they could not escape from his clutches no matter what.
Just after turning the corner of the corridor and silently twisting the neck of a man in a white coat, Guila saw the door of room number three open, and His Majesty and Yu Sheng walked out. His Majesty even quickly leaned over to Yu Sheng's face and kissed him.
“…” Your Majesty, that’s enough!
Suddenly, Guila's butt was poked by someone. She turned around and saw that it was Garen who was making faces. Just as she was about to ask Garen what was wrong, Mars slapped Garen's hand away with a sour face and said in a low voice, "Don't poke me!"
"Tsk." Galen smiled. "Are you getting it?"
Mars' ears turned red at a visible speed. He glared at Galen angrily, then turned to face Guila's surprised expression, his cheeks red. "Who, who has come to his senses?" He remembered Guila sneaking onto his bed last night, tiptoeing to his chest and crying. He felt distressed and embarrassed. "I don't understand what you are talking about at all."
"You're being stubborn." Galen had just poked Guila to gossip about his bed-climbing behavior last night. It looked like he'd made a lot of money climbing on the bed! The thousand-year-old wooden knot had actually sprouted!
"Follow Yu Sheng." Within a few words, Frey and the other two had already joined them. "Yu Sheng used his mental power to detect a place that looks like a database. Let's search there. Once we get the information, we'll immediately leave the Red Blood Base and return to Wenxing."
"What about Weiner?" Xiao Du asked, "He is still in the Qiu En Palace."
Frey frowned and said after a moment of silence, "Give up the rescue plan." It was really beyond their expectation that Weiner was unwilling to leave with them, but it had to be said that choosing his own life was a right Weiner should have.
"It's okay. As long as we successfully expose the Red Blood Base, Queen Qiu En and Weiner will definitely become the focus of all interstellar people. By then, it won't be so easy for Qiu En to do any red blood stone experiments. 'Cell propagation plants' are explicitly prohibited, not to mention that they used the cells of rare blue beasts to cultivate the 'Red Blood Tree'. No matter how dirty the United Interstellar is, they have to openly appease the public anger and punish Queen Qiu En." Then, Galen briefly explained what "cell propagation plants" are.
The term was first proposed by interstellar biologist Beda Kahn, who got inspiration from the fruit trees that harvest fruits year after year. If the fruits borne by fruit trees are no longer "apples" and "grapes", but human organs instead, then interstellar people will no longer have to fear diseases. Everyone can plant a few "organ trees" of their own, and replace any organ when it is damaged. It is estimated that the average life expectancy of interstellar people can be doubled!
Moreover, this research has an advantage that is a hundred times better than cloning: it is just a tree that has organs, so there will be no ethical issues. The issues that people are concerned about, such as whether cloned humans have human rights, do not exist at all.
However, the research was ultimately banned by interstellar law before it could succeed.
The reason is that cultivating a tree requires a large amount of human blood. Preliminary estimates suggest that cultivating one's own organ tree would require providing the tree with at least 1,000 kilobases of blood daily, and that original cells would need to be extracted. This would severely impact a person's physical health. If this experiment were to continue, countless people would likely become involuntarily guinea pigs for scientists' experiments. For this reason, like cloning, the experiment was banned shortly after it gained popularity.
After Galen finished explaining "cell-propagating plants," Team B arrived at the database door. Yu Sheng released his mental power, directly disabling the iris lock on the door. The seven of them cautiously entered the database. Mars, the vanguard, twisted the neck of the officer on duty with one hand and gently dragged the body to the corner.
Guila went straight to the data storage device and opened it. As expected, a password screen popped up. Guila removed the "camera" from her chest, inserted it into the device, and began to crack the password.
The so-called "camera" is actually a multi-functional task device developed by the Wenxing military research and development team specifically for agents. It not only has basic functions such as scanning, storage, and video recording, but also contains a huge electronic virus database to help Guila crack the program.
But the firewall of this device was very difficult to break. Guila bent his body, his clothes were soaked with sweat, his eyes fixed on the screen, his hands typing rapidly. Even so, after an hour, he still couldn't crack the password.
The six people on leave had been closely monitoring the surrounding movements. Mars glanced at the time and anxiously whispered to Guila, "Hurry up, the white coats need to get up."
"Don't rush me!" Guila, who was concentrating on her work, completely lost her doll image and looked almost ferocious.
Mars just shut up after being yelled at by Guila.
Another half hour passed, and Frey narrowed his eyes. "Gui La, give up stealing data in fifteen minutes."
"Wait a moment, wait a moment longer," Guila muttered. His eyelashes were wet with sweat, and his vision on the screen was a little blurry, but it didn't affect the speed of his typing at all. After five minutes, he relaxed and stood up, saying, "Done."
The device interface successfully redirected, and Guila quickly scanned the information on the screen. The database was too vast, and his multi-function task device had limited storage space, so he had to select specific research content on the "Red Blood Tree" to download.
Within ten seconds, Guila found it. He successfully clicked the download button and poured the cultivation information of the "Red Blood Tree" into his tasker. During the import process, he glanced down and suddenly saw the word "Zerg" in the corner of the screen!
After calculating the time, Guila called everyone together and opened the document. The more she read, the more frightened and angry she became.
This is actually a record of the Zerg eating "blood stone" to strengthen themselves!
According to experimental data, while Zerg do experience rejection, the probability is extremely low. Out of a hundred Zerg, only one will die from the immune energy's explosion. Crucially, humans can consume bloodstone for a maximum of five enhancements, each of which yields a greater leap in quality. Exceeding five enhancements will result in immediate death. Even with fewer than five, the damage caused by enhancement is irreversible. It's estimated that after five enhancements, the recipient will not survive past the age of forty due to the excessive strain on their bodily functions.
But the Zerg don't have that drawback. They don't live long to begin with. Even if they undergo ten, twenty, or even a hundred rounds of enhancement, they won't explode and die instantly; they'll simply mutate. Even if their lifespan is shortened, who cares? Their immense reproductive capacity ensures they won't be in short supply.
"Import this into the tasker as well." Frey narrowed his eyes. With this information, he could unveil Queen Qiuen and expose her malicious nature of collaborating with the enemy to the entire galaxy.
Guila said "hmm" and dragged the information into the task device.
At this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly rang out throughout the Red Blood Base. Everyone was shocked and looked at the red "exclamation mark" on the device, realizing that an extremely confidential file had been touched. As long as there was any downloading or exporting behavior, the alarm would be sounded immediately.
"Prepare for battle!" Frey gave an order and everyone drew their weapons.
"The space here is small, and we can't summon mechas." Yu Sheng calmly released his mental thread, listened to the footsteps in the base, and said, "We fight and retreat. As long as we escape from the entrance to the cave, we can summon mechas and escape." Almost all the people here have little combat power, so Yu Sheng is not very nervous.
But when Team B rushed out of the database, killed a dozen white coats and successfully ran to the hall where the red blood trees were planted, the various mutant Zergs made Yu Sheng's heart sink instantly.
Oh no, I forgot about these mutant Zerg! But I haven't noticed any Zerg at the base these past two days! Why would they show up at this time?
"Tsk." A figure walked out from behind the tree, squinting his eyes, locking his gaze on Yu Sheng, uncontrollably revealing greed.
"My deliciousness, where are you going?"
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